Rakefile in newgem-0.24.0

- old
+ new

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require 'rubygems/specification'
+require 'date'
 
-GEM = "new_gem"
-VERSION = "0.0.1"
+GEM = "<%= name %>"
+GEM_VERSION = "0.0.1"
 AUTHOR = "Your Name"
 EMAIL = "Your Email"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://example.com"
 SUMMARY = "A gem that provides..."
 
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = GEM
-  s.version = VERSION
+  s.version = GEM_VERSION
   s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.has_rdoc = true
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README", "LICENSE", 'TODO']
   s.summary = SUMMARY
   s.description = s.summary
@@ -30,8 +32,16 @@
 
 Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
   pkg.gem_spec = spec
 end
 
+desc "install the gem locally"
 task :install => [:package] do
-  sh %{sudo gem install pkg/#{GEM}-#{VERSION}}
+  sh %{sudo gem install pkg/#{GEM}-#{GEM_VERSION}}
+end
+
+desc "create a gemspec file"
+task :make_spec do
+  File.open("#{GEM}.gemspec", "w") do |file|
+    file.puts spec.to_ruby
+  end
 end
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