create_rails_gitkeep_files.rb

root_dir = "/path/to/rails/app"

dirs = ["app/mailers", "app/models", "lib/tasks", "public/stylesheets", "test/fixtures", "test/functional", "test/integration", "test/unit", "vendor/plugins"]

dirs.each do |dir|
  begin
    File.open File.join(root_dir, dir, ".gitkeep"), "w" do |file|
      file.puts ""
    end
  rescue
    puts "nogo: #{dir}"
  end

end