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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require "fileutils"
+require 'rubygems'
+gem 'rspec'
+gem 'rspec-rails'
+
+PROJECT_NAME = 'redmine_rate'
+REDMINE_PROJECT_NAME = 'redmine-rate'
+
+Dir[File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/lib/tasks/**/*.rake"].sort.each { |ext| load ext }
+
+# Modifided from the RSpec on Rails plugins
+PLUGIN_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+REDMINE_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../')
+REDMINE_APP = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../app')
+REDMINE_LIB = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../lib')
+
+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/clean'
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+
+$:.unshift(REDMINE_ROOT + '/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib')
+require 'cucumber/rake/task'
+
+CLEAN.include('**/semantic.cache', "**/#{PROJECT_NAME}.zip", "**/#{PROJECT_NAME}.tar.gz")
+
+# No Database needed
+spec_prereq = :noop
+task :noop do
+end
+
+task :default => [:spec, :features]
+task :stats => "spec:statsetup"
+
+desc "Run all specs in spec directory (excluding plugin specs)"
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec => spec_prereq) do |t|
+  t.spec_opts = ['--options', "\"#{PLUGIN_ROOT}/spec/spec.opts\""]
+  t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+end
+
+namespace :spec do
+  desc "Run all specs in spec directory with RCov (excluding plugin specs)"
+  Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |t|
+    t.spec_opts = ['--options', "\"#{PLUGIN_ROOT}/spec/spec.opts\""]
+    t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+    t.rcov = true
+    t.rcov_opts << ["--rails", "--sort=coverage", "--exclude '/var/lib/gems,spec,#{REDMINE_APP},#{REDMINE_LIB}'"]
+  end
+  
+  desc "Print Specdoc for all specs (excluding plugin specs)"
+  Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:doc) do |t|
+    t.spec_opts = ["--format", "specdoc", "--dry-run"]
+    t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+  end
+
+  desc "Print Specdoc for all specs as HTML (excluding plugin specs)"
+  Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:htmldoc) do |t|
+    t.spec_opts = ["--format", "html:doc/rspec_report.html", "--loadby", "mtime"]
+    t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+  end
+
+  [:models, :controllers, :views, :helpers, :lib].each do |sub|
+    desc "Run the specs under spec/#{sub}"
+    Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(sub => spec_prereq) do |t|
+      t.spec_opts = ['--options', "\"#{PLUGIN_ROOT}/spec/spec.opts\""]
+      t.spec_files = FileList["spec/#{sub}/**/*_spec.rb"]
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# TODO: Requires webrat to be installed as a plugin....
+Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
+  t.cucumber_opts = "--format pretty"
+end
+
+namespace :features do
+  Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:rcov) do |t|
+    t.cucumber_opts = "--format pretty" 
+    t.rcov = true
+    t.rcov_opts << ["--rails", "--sort=coverage", "--exclude '/var/lib/gems,spec,#{REDMINE_APP},#{REDMINE_LIB},step_definitions,features/support'"]
+  end
+end
+
+desc 'Generate documentation for the Budget plugin.'
+Rake::RDocTask.new(:doc) do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+  rdoc.title    = PROJECT_NAME
+  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('app/**/*.rb')
+end
+
+
+namespace :release do
+  desc "Create a zip archive"
+  task :zip => [:clean] do
+    sh "git archive --format=zip --prefix=#{PROJECT_NAME}/ HEAD > #{PROJECT_NAME}.zip"
+  end
+
+  desc "Create a tarball archive"
+  task :tarball => [:clean] do
+    sh "git archive --format=tar --prefix=#{PROJECT_NAME}/ HEAD | gzip > #{PROJECT_NAME}.tar.gz"
+  end
+
+  desc 'Uploads project documentation'
+  task :upload_doc => ['spec:rcov', :doc, 'spec:htmldoc'] do |t|
+    # TODO: Get rdoc working without frames
+    `scp -r doc/ dev.littlestreamsoftware.com:/home/websites/projects.littlestreamsoftware.com/shared/embedded_docs/#{REDMINE_PROJECT_NAME}/doc`
+    `scp -r coverage/ dev.littlestreamsoftware.com:/home/websites/projects.littlestreamsoftware.com/shared/embedded_docs/#{REDMINE_PROJECT_NAME}/coverage`
+  end
+end