rails_base_template.rb

#file ".gitignore", <<-END  
#.DS_Store  
#log/*.log  
#tmp/**/*  
#config/database.yml  
#db/*.sqlite3  
#END

run "touch tmp/.gitignore log/.gitignore vendor/.gitignore"  
run "cp config/database.yml config/example_database.yml"

git :init  
git :add => ".", :commit => "-m 'initial commit.'"  

generate :controller, "welcome index"  
route "map.root :controller => 'welcome'" 
git :rm => "public/index.html"  
git :add => ".", :commit => "-m 'adding welcome controller.'"

generate :nifty-layout
gem 'RedCloth', :lib => 'redcloth'  
gem 'mislav-will_paginate', :lib => 'will_paginate', :source => 'http://gems.github.com'

rake gems:install

if yes?("Do you want to use RSpec?")  
  plugin "rspec", :git => "git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec.git"  
  plugin "rspec-rails", :git => "git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec-rails.git"  
  generate :rspec  
end  

name = ask("What would you like the user to be called?")  
generate :nifty_authentication, name  
rake "db:migrate"  
git :add => ".", :commit => "-m 'adding authentication'"