Rakefile

require 'rubygems'
Gem::manage_gems
require 'rake/gempackagetask'

spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 s.name = "simplegit"
 s.version = "0.1.1"
 s.author = "Scott Chacon"
 s.email = "schacon@gmail.com"
 s.summary = "A simple gem for using Git in Ruby code."
 s.files = FileList['lib/**/*'].to_a
 s.require_path = "lib"
end

Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
 pkg.need_tar = true
end

task :default => "pkg/#{spec.name}-#{spec.version}.gem" do
 puts "generated latest version"
end