Rakefile in newgem-1.0.1 vs Rakefile in newgem-1.0.2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-%w[rubygems rake rake/clean fileutils hoe rubigen].each { |f| require f }
+%w[rubygems rake rake/clean fileutils rubigen cucumber].each { |f| require f }
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/newgem'
 
 # Generate all the Rake tasks
 # Run 'rake -T' to see list of generated tasks (from gem root directory)
 $hoe = Hoe.new('newgem', Newgem::VERSION) do |p|
@@ -12,14 +12,45 @@
     ['rubigen',">= #{RubiGen::VERSION}"],
     ['hoe', ">= #{Hoe::VERSION}"],
     ['RedCloth','>= 4.0.0'], # for website generation
     ['syntax','>= 1.0.0']
   ]
-  p.spec_extras['rdoc_options'] = ['--main', Dir['README*'].first] # hopefully fixed in future hoe > 1.8
+  p.extra_dev_deps = [
+    ['cucumber', ">= #{::Cucumber::VERSION::STRING}"]
+  ]
   p.clean_globs |= %w[**/.DS_Store tmp *.log]
   path = (p.rubyforge_name == p.name) ? p.rubyforge_name : "\#{p.rubyforge_name}/\#{p.name}"
   p.remote_rdoc_dir = File.join(path.gsub(/^#{p.rubyforge_name}\/?/,''), 'rdoc')
   p.rsync_args = '-av --delete --ignore-errors'
 end
 
 require 'newgem/tasks' # load /tasks/*.rake
 
+namespace :hoe do
+  desc "Applies patch files to the hoe.rb in latest hoe rubygem and stores in lib/hoe-patched.rb"
+  task :patch do
+    gem 'hoe'
+    hoe_lib = $LOAD_PATH.grep(/hoe.*\/lib/)
+    hoe_rb  = File.join(hoe_lib, 'hoe.rb')
+    FileUtils.cp hoe_rb, File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/hoe.rb"
+    patches = Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/patches/hoe/*.patch"].sort
+    patches.each do |patch|
+      puts "Applying patch #{File.basename patch}"
+      sh %{ cat #{patch} | patch -p1 }
+    end
+    patched_hoe = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/hoe-patched.rb"
+    FileUtils.mv File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/hoe.rb", patched_hoe
+
+    help_msg = <<-EOS.gsub(/^\s+/,'')
+    # Patched version of Hoe to allow any README.* file
+    # Pending acceptance of ticket with this feature
+    # File created by 'rake hoe:patch' in newgem
+    # from patch files in patches/hoe/*.patch
+    EOS
+
+    contents = File.read(patched_hoe)
+    File.open(patched_hoe, "w") do |f|
+      f << help_msg + "\n"
+      f << contents
+    end
+  end
+end