lib/railsthemes/utils.rb in railsthemes-1.0.3 vs lib/railsthemes/utils.rb in railsthemes-1.0.4

@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
     def self.copy_ensuring_directory_exists src, dest
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(dest)) # create directory if necessary
       FileUtils.cp src, dest
     end
 
+    def self.read_file filepath
+      File.exists?(filepath) ? File.read(filepath) : ''
+    end
+
     # would be nice to put download status in the output (speed, progress, etc.)
     def self.download_file_to url, save_to
       File.open(save_to, "wb") do |saved_file|
         # the following "open" is provided by open-uri
         open(url) do |read_file|