irb fail!

>> "<%= '#{"this string doesnt have fail, but 'is still bad' when interpreted"}'%>"
=> "<%= 'this string doesnt have fail, but 'is still bad' when interpreted'%>"
>> "#{"this \"is a\" string with fail!"}"
# no terminus
"
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):26: unterminated string meets end of file
	from (irb):26
>> "#{"this is a string without fail!"}"
=> "this is a string without fail!"
>> "#{"this is 'a string' without fail!"}"
=> "this is 'a string' without fail!"
>> "#{"this is \'a string\' with fail!"}"
# no terminus still!
'
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):12: unterminated string meets end of file
	from (irb):12
>> 

irb session demonstrating highline templating fail

>> require 'highline/import'
=> true
>> say "<%= color('- #{"this is a bloody string"}',:red)%>"
- this is a bloody string
=> nil
>> say "<%= color('- #{"this is 'a bloody' string"}',:red)%>"
(erb):1: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
SyntaxError: compile error
(erb):1: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')'
_erbout = ''; _erbout.concat(( color('- this is 'a bloody' string',:red)).to_s); _erbout
                                                  ^
(erb):1: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting $end
_erbout = ''; _erbout.concat(( color('- this is 'a bloody' string',:red)).to_s); _erbout
                                                                               ^
	from (erb):1:in `say'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.4.0/lib/highline.rb:442:in `say'
	from (irb):28
	from :0
>> say "<%= color('- #{"this is \'a bloody\' string"}',:red)%>"
"
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):30: unterminated string meets end of file
	from (irb):30
	from :0
>> 

new dependencies.rb

# dependencies are generated using a strict version, don't forget to edit the dependency versions when upgrading.
merb_gems_version = "<%= merb_gems_version %>"
dm_gems_version   = "<%= dm_gems_version %>"

# For more information about each component, please read http://wiki.merbivore.com/faqs/merb_components
dependency "merb-action-args", merb_gems_version
dependency "merb-assets", merb_gems_version  
dependency "merb-cache", merb_gems_version   
dependency "merb-helpers", merb_gems_version 
dependency "merb-mailer", merb_gems_version  
dependency "merb-slices", merb_gems_version  
dependency "merb-auth-core", merb_gems_version
dependency "merb-auth-more", merb_gems_version
dependency "merb-auth-slice-password", merb_gems_version
dependency "merb-param-protection", merb_gems_version
dependency "merb-exceptions", merb_gems_version
 
dependency "dm-core", dm_gems_version         
dependency "dm-aggregates", dm_gems_version   
dependency "dm-migrations", dm_gems_version   
dependency "dm-timestamps", dm_gems_version   
dependency "dm-types", dm_gems_version        
dependency "dm-validations", dm_gems_version  

old dependencies.rb

dependency "merb-action-args", "0.9.10"   # Provides support for querystring arguments to be passed in to controller actions
dependency "merb-assets", "0.9.10"        # Provides link_to, asset_path, auto_link, image_tag methods (and lots more)
dependency "merb-cache", "0.9.10"         # Provides your application with caching functions 
dependency "merb-helpers", "0.9.10"       # Provides the form, date/time, and other helpers
dependency "merb-mailer", "0.9.10"        # Integrates mail support via Merb Mailer
dependency "merb-slices", "0.9.10"        # Provides a mechanism for letting plugins provide controllers, views, etc. to your app
dependency "merb-auth", "0.9.10"          # An authentication slice (Merb's equivalent to Rails' restful authentication)
dependency "merb-param-protection", "0.9.10"
 
dependency "dm-core", "0.9.6"         # The datamapper ORM
dependency "dm-aggregates", "0.9.6"   # Provides your DM models with count, sum, avg, min, max, etc.
dependency "dm-migrations", "0.9.6"   # Make incremental changes to your database.
dependency "dm-timestamps", "0.9.6"   # Automatically populate created_at, created_on, etc. when those properties are present.
dependency "dm-types", "0.9.6"        # Provides additional types, including csv, json, yaml.
dependency "dm-validations", "0.9.6"  # Validation framework
dependency "dm-sweatshop", "0.9.6"    # Fixture framework

Output from merb-gen app when upgrading an old app

  [CONFLICT]  config/dependencies.rb
1. skip
2. overwrite
3. render
4. diff
5. abort
How do you wish to proceed with this file?
4
Showing differences for config/dependencies.rb

-  dependency "merb-action-args", "0.9.10"   # Provides support for querystring arguments to be passed in to controller actions
-  dependency "merb-assets", "0.9.10"        # Provides link_to, asset_path, auto_link, image_tag methods (and lots more)
-  dependency "merb-cache", "0.9.10"         # Provides your application with caching functions 
-  dependency "merb-helpers", "0.9.10"       # Provides the form, date/time, and other helpers
-  dependency "merb-mailer", "0.9.10"        # Integrates mail support via Merb Mailer
-  dependency "merb-slices", "0.9.10"        # Provides a mechanism for letting plugins provide controllers, views, etc. to your app
(erb):1: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
(erb):1: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
(erb):1: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
(erb):1:in `say': compile error (SyntaxError)
(erb):1: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')'
_erbout = ''; _erbout.concat(( color('-  dependency "merb-auth", "0.9.10"          # An authentication slice (Merb's equivalent to Rails' restful authentication)', :red) ).to_s); _erbout
                                                                                                                    ^
(erb):1: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting $end
_erbout = ''; _erbout.concat(( color('-  dependency "merb-auth", "0.9.10"          # An authentication slice (Merb's equivalent to Rails' restful authentication)', :red) ).to_s); _erbout
                                                                                                                                                                                 ^	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.4.0/lib/highline.rb:442:in `say'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/templater-0.3.3/lib/templater/cli/generator.rb:166:in `output_diff_line'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/templater-0.3.3/lib/templater/cli/generator.rb:140:in `conflict_menu'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/templater-0.3.3/lib/templater/cli/generator.rb:139:in `each'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/templater-0.3.3/lib/templater/cli/generator.rb:139:in `conflict_menu'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.4.0/lib/highline/menu.rb:314:in `call'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.4.0/lib/highline/menu.rb:314:in `select'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.4.0/lib/highline.rb:309:in `choose'
	 ... 6 levels...
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/templater-0.3.3/lib/templater/manifold.rb:80:in `run_cli'
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/merb-gen-1.0/bin/merb-gen:6
	from /usr/bin/merb-gen:19:in `load'
	from /usr/bin/merb-gen:19
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