My personal template for my Rails projects

template.rb

# Evan Walsh Rails template - version 3

@after_blocks = []
def after_bundler(&block); @after_blocks << block; end
def say_wizard(text); say "\033[36m" + "wizard".rjust(10) + "\033[0m" + "    #{text}" end

# Remove some junk I don't need

inside('public') do
  FileUtils.rm_rf %w(index.html 404.html 422.html 500.html favicon.ico)
end

inside('public/images') do
  FileUtils.rm_rf %w(rails.png)
end

inside('public/javascripts') do
  FileUtils.rm_rf %w(controls.js dragdrop.js effects.js prototype.js rails.js)
end

# Add jQuery
inside "public/javascripts" do
  get "http://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/raw/master/src/rails.js", "rails.js"
  get "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js",                 "jquery/jquery.min.js"
end

# Setup some files

initializer 'jquery_setup.rb', <<-CODE
ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper.register_javascript_expansion :jquery => ['jquery', 'rails']
CODE

file 'Gemfile', <<-CODE
source 'http://rubygems.org'

# Next-level stuff
gem 'rails', '~> 3.0.3'
gem 'sinatra', '~> 1.0'
gem 'delayed_job', '~> 2.1.2'
gem 'delayed_job_mongoid', '~> 1.0.1'

# Database
gem 'mongo', '~> 1.1'
gem 'bson', '~> 1.1'
gem 'bson_ext', '~> 1.1'
gem 'mongoid', '>= 2.0.0.beta.20'

# Authentication and authorization
gem 'cancan', '~> 1.4.0'
gem 'roles_mongoid', '~> 0.4.0'
gem 'devise', '~> 1.1'

# Markup
gem 'rdiscount', '~> 1.6.5'

# File uploading
gem 'carrierwave', '~> 0.5.0'
gem 'fog', '~> 0.3.13'
gem 'rmagick', '~> 2.13.1'

# Misc.
gem 'simple_form', '~> 1.2.2'
gem 'will_paginate', '~> 3.0.pre2'

group :development do
  gem 'compass', '~> 0.10.6.pre.1'
end

group :test, :development do
  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.0.1'
  gem 'steak', '~> 1.0.0'
  gem 'capybara', '~> 0.4.0'
  gem 'miniskirt', '~> 0.9.1'
  gem 'database_cleaner', '~> 0.6.0'
  gem 'mongoid-rspec', '~> 1.3.2'
end
CODE

file 'app/helpers/application_helper.rb', <<-CODE
module ApplicationHelper
  include ActionView::Helpers
  def title(page_title)
    content_for(:title) { page_title }
  end
  
  def flash_messages
    if flash
      @output = String.new
      flash.each do |type,message|
        @output << content_tag(:div, message, :class => "flash \#{type}")
      end
      raw @output
    end
  end
end
CODE

file '.gitignore', <<-FILE
.DS_Store
log/*.log
tmp/**/*
config/database.yml
db/*.sqlite3
public/uploads/*
gems/*
!gems/cache
!gems/bundler
FILE

git :init
git :submodule => "init"
git :add => '.'
git :commit => "-a -m 'GONNA KNOCK YO LIGHTS OUT'"

after_bundler do
  generate 'mongoid:config'
  generate 'rspec:install'
  generate 'steak:install'
end

# say_wizard "Running Bundler install. This will take a while."
# run 'bundle install'
# say_wizard "Running after Bundler callbacks."
# @after_blocks.each{|b| b.call}