Rakefile in soulmate-0.0.3 vs Rakefile in soulmate-0.0.4

@@ -43,16 +43,52 @@
   test.libs << 'test'
   test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
   test.verbose = true
 end
 
-task :default => :test
-
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
   version = File.exist?('VERSION') ? File.read('VERSION') : ""
 
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
   rdoc.title = "soulmate #{version}"
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end
+
+REDIS_DIR = File.expand_path(File.join("..", "test"), __FILE__)
+REDIS_CNF = File.join(REDIS_DIR, "test.conf")
+REDIS_PID = File.join(REDIS_DIR, "db", "redis.pid")
+REDIS_LOCATION = ENV['REDIS_LOCATION']
+
+task :default => :run
+
+desc "Run tests and manage server start/stop"
+task :run => [:start, :test, :stop]
+
+desc "Run rcov and manage server start/stop"
+task :rcoverage => [:start, :rcov, :stop]
+
+desc "Start the Redis server"
+task :start do
+  redis_running = \
+    begin
+      File.exists?(REDIS_PID) && Process.kill(0, File.read(REDIS_PID).to_i)
+    rescue Errno::ESRCH
+      FileUtils.rm REDIS_PID
+      false
+    end
+
+  if REDIS_LOCATION
+    system "#{REDIS_LOCATION}/redis-server #{REDIS_CNF}" unless redis_running
+  else
+    system "redis-server #{REDIS_CNF}" unless redis_running
+  end
+end
+
+desc "Stop the Redis server"
+task :stop do
+  if File.exists?(REDIS_PID)
+    Process.kill "INT", File.read(REDIS_PID).to_i
+    FileUtils.rm REDIS_PID
+  end
 end