Simple Gem Template

flay.rake

begin
  require "rake"
  require "rake/tasklib"
  require "flay"
  require "flay_task"
  FlayTask.new do |t|
    t.verbose = true
  end
rescue LoadError
  task :flay do
    abort "Flay is not available. In order to run flay, you must: sudo gem install flay"
  end
end

flog.rake

begin
  require "rake"
  require "rake/tasklib"
  require "flog"
  require "flog_task"
  FlogTask.new do |t|
    t.verbose = true
  end
rescue LoadError
  task :flog do
    abort "Flog is not available. In order to run flog, you must: sudo gem install flog"
  end
end

GEM_NAME.gemspec

require "rake"
Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.name        = "GEM_NAME"
  s.version     = "0.1.0"
  s.summary     = "GEM_SUMMARY (short)"
  s.description = "GEM_DESCRIPTION (longer)"
  s.homepage    = "http://example.com/GEM_NAME"

  s.authors = ["GEM_AUTHOR_NAME"]
  s.email   = "GEM_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
  #s.date   = "2011-06-08" # defaults to today
  s.files   = FileList["lib/**/*.rb", "bin/*", "[A-Z]*", "test/**/*"].to_a

  # RDoc settings
  s.extra_rdoc_files = FileList["[A-Z]*"].to_a
  s.rdoc_options     << "--title"        << s.summary <<
                        "--main"         << "README.rdoc" <<
                        "--line-numbers" << "--charset=UTF-8"

  # Test settings
  s.test_files = FileList["test/**/*"].to_a

  # Dependencies
  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
    s.specification_version = 3

    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new("1.2.0") then
      s.add_runtime_dependency     "GEM_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY",     [">= 1.0.0"]
      s.add_development_dependency "GEM_DEVELOPMENT_DEPENDENCY", [">= 1.0.0"]
    else
      s.add_dependency "GEM_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY",     [">= 1.0.0"]
      s.add_dependency "GEM_DEVELOPMENT_DEPENDENCY", [">= 1.0.0"]
    end
  else
    s.add_dependency "GEM_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY",     [">= 1.0.0"]
    s.add_dependency "GEM_DEVELOPMENT_DEPENDENCY", [">= 1.0.0"]
  end
end

Gemfile

# Get all the dependencies defined in the gemspec
gemspec

Rakefile

require "rake"
require "rake/clean"

Dir["tasks/**/*.rake"].each { |t| load t }

task :default => :test

rcov.rake

begin
  require "rcov/rcovtask"
  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |t|
    t.libs << "test"
    t.pattern = "test/**/test_*.rb"
    t.verbose = true
  end
rescue LoadError
  task :rcov do
    abort "RCov is unavailable. In order to run rcov, you must: gem install rcov"
  end
end

rdoc.rake

require "rake/rdoctask"
Rake::RDocTask.new do |t|
  # t.rdoc_dir = "html"
  # t.title = "GEM_NAME -- GEM_SUMMARY"
  # t.options << "--line-numbers --inline-source"
  # t.rdoc_files.include(gemspec.files)
  # t.main = "README.rdoc"
end

reek.rake

begin
  require "reek"
  require "reek/rake/task"
  Reek::Rake::Task.new do |t|
    t.verbose = true
  end
rescue LoadError
  task :reek do
    abort "Reek is unavailable. In order to run reek, you must: gem install reek"
  end
end

roodi.rake

begin
  require "rake"
  require "rake/tasklib"
  require "roodi"
  require "roodi_task"
  RoodiTask.new do |t|
    t.verbose = false
  end
rescue LoadError
  task :roodi do
    abort "Roodi is unavailable. In order to run roodi, you must: gem install roodi"
  end
end

test.rake

require "rake/testtask"
Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
  t.libs << "lib" << "test"
  t.pattern = "test/**/test_*.rb"
  t.verbose = true
end