Rakefile in knife-solo-0.2.0.pre1 vs Rakefile in knife-solo-0.2.0

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
 require 'rake/testtask'
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'knife-solo', 'info')
 
 MANIFEST_IGNORES = %w[
     .travis.yml
     .gitignore
     Gemfile
@@ -11,20 +12,31 @@
     knife-solo.gemspec
     script/newb
     script/test
   ]
 
-desc 'Updates Manifest.txt with a list of files from git'
-task :manifest do
-  git_files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
 
-  File.open('Manifest.txt', 'w') do |f|
-    f.puts((git_files - MANIFEST_IGNORES).join("\n"))
+namespace :manifest do
+  desc 'Checks for outstanding changes to the manifest'
+  task :verify => :update do
+    changes = `git status --porcelain Manifest.txt`
+    raise "Manifest has not been updated" unless changes.empty?
   end
+
+  desc 'Updates Manifest.txt with a list of files from git'
+  task :update do
+    git_files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+
+    File.open('Manifest.txt', 'w') do |f|
+      f.puts((git_files - MANIFEST_IGNORES).join("\n"))
+    end
+  end
 end
-task :release => :manifest
 
+desc 'Alias to manifest:update'
+task :manifest => 'manifest:update'
+
 # Returns the parsed RDoc for a single file as HTML
 # Somewhat gnarly, but does the job.
 def parsed_rdoc file
   options = RDoc::Options.new
   options.template_dir = options.template_dir_for 'darkfish'
@@ -49,16 +61,15 @@
       f.puts '---'
       f.puts parsed_rdoc("README.rdoc")
     end
     rev = `git rev-parse HEAD`[0..7]
     Dir.chdir(clone) do
-      sh "git commit --allow-empty -m 'Updated index from README.rdoc rev #{rev}' index.html"
+      sh "git commit --allow-empty -m 'Update index for v#{KnifeSolo.version} from README.rdoc rev #{rev}' index.html"
       sh "git push origin gh-pages"
     end
   end
 end
-task :release => 'gh-pages'
 
 namespace :test do
   Rake::TestTask.new(:integration) do |t|
     t.libs << "test"
     t.test_files = FileList['test/integration/*_test.rb']
@@ -71,8 +82,13 @@
 
   desc 'Run both unit and integration tests'
   task :all => [:units, :integration]
 end
 
-desc "Alias for test:units"
-task :test => ['test:units']
+desc 'Alias for test:units'
+task :test => 'test:units'
+
 task :default => :test
+task :default => 'manifest:verify'
+
+task :release => :manifest
+task :release => 'gh-pages' unless KnifeSolo.prerelease?