A create admin rake task using the highline gem

gistfile1.rb

namespace :admin do
  desc "creates and admin user"
  task :create => :environment do
    line = HighLine.new # a command line lib that uses erb? Bizarre.
    line.say "<%= color('Creating a new administrative user', BOLD) %>"

    email = line.ask("Email:  ")
    pass = line.ask("Password:  " ) { |q| q.echo = "*" }

    admin = Admin.new(:email => email, :password => pass)

    puts "\n************************************"
    if admin.save
      line.say "<%= color('Admin user created', GREEN) %>"
      line.say "<%= color('Please visit /admins/sign_in in a browser to log in', GREEN + BOLD) %>"
    else
      line.say "<%= color('The admin user could not be created', RED + BOLD) %>"
      admin.errors.each_pair do |key, value|
        error = "#{key}: #{value}".gsub(/[\'\"]/, '')
        line.say "<%= color('#{error}', RED) %>"
      end
    end
    puts "\n************************************"


  end 
end