diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index bfb18fd..f0fe365 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
-
-# Specify your gem's dependencies in bullseye.gemspec
+# generated by penchant, environment: remote
+source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
+gem "rake"
+gem "capybara"
+gem "cucumber"
+gem "rspec"
+gem "cuke-pack", {:git=>"git://github.com/johnbintz/cuke-pack.git"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile.penchant b/Gemfile.penchant
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef0e9b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile.penchant
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ensure git hooks are always installed
+ensure_git_hooks!
+
+# everything in the :local env is assumed to be a sibling directory of this one
+defaults_for env(:local), :path => '../%s'
+
+# reference a github repository with gem 'my-gem', :github => 'username'
+property :github, :git => 'git://github.com/$1/%s.git'
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in bullseye.gemspec
+gemspec
+
+gem 'rake'
+
+gems 'capybara', 'cucumber', 'rspec'
+
+env :local do
+  gem 'cuke-pack'
+end
+
+env :remote do
+  gem 'cuke-pack', :github => 'johnbintz'
+end
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c42eb53..94857bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,3 +60,9 @@ Want to target that page in your Sass? Use a little string interpolation and a f
 ```
 
 Piece of cake.
+
+## Hacking
+
+_You'll need to install [Penchant](http://github.com/johnbintz/penchant) to mess with the Gemfile
+during development._
+
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f57ae68..ffb574f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rake
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+
diff --git a/script/gemfile b/script/gemfile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eb78755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'penchant'
+
+if Penchant::Gemfile.do_full_env_switch!(ARGV[0])
+  puts "Gemfile switched to #{ARGV[0]}"
+else
+  exit 0
+end
+
diff --git a/script/hooks/commit-msg b/script/hooks/commit-msg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..880057a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+msg=$(cat $1)
+
+OLD_GIT_DIR=$GIT_DIR
+
+# lion appears to insert git paths before everything else. ensure rvm can
+# bust through, at the very least.
+if [ ! -z "$MY_RUBY_HOME" ]; then
+  PATH="$MY_RUBY_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$GEM_PATH" ]; then
+  oifs="$IFS"
+  while IFS=":" read -ra GEM_PATHS; do
+    FIXED_GEM_PATH=""
+    for i in "${GEM_PATHS[@]}"; do
+      FIXED_GEM_PATH="$FIXED_GEM_PATH:${i}/bin"
+    done
+  done <<< "$GEM_PATH"
+  IFS="$oifs"
+  PATH="$FIXED_GEM_PATH:$PATH"
+fi
+
+if [[ "${msg}" != *"[ci skip]"* ]]; then
+  if [ "$(penchant gemfile-env)" != "remote" ]; then
+    unset GIT_DIR
+    penchant gemfile remote
+    GIT_DIR=$OLD_GIT_DIR
+  fi
+
+  if [ $(bundle exec rake -P | grep default | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then
+    bundle exec rake
+    R=$?
+    if [ $R -ne 0 ]; then exit $R; fi
+  else
+    echo "[penchant] No default Rake task found! Add one if you want to run tests before committing."
+  fi
+fi
+
diff --git a/script/hooks/post-commit b/script/hooks/post-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..99e8287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/hooks/post-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+unset GIT_DIR
+penchant gemfile remote --switch-back
+
diff --git a/script/hooks/pre-commit b/script/hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dfc22bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $(bundle exec rake -P | grep preflight_check | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then
+  bundle exec rake preflight_check
+  R=$?
+  if [ $R -ne 0 ]; then exit $R; fi
+fi
+
+unset GIT_DIR
+penchant gemfile remote --deployment
+GIT_DIR=$OLD_GIT_DIR
+git add Gemfile*
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/script/initialize-environment b/script/initialize-environment
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dad92b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/initialize-environment
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+if File.file?('Gemfile.erb')
+  pwd = Dir.pwd
+
+  Dir.chdir '..' do
+    File.readlines(File.join(pwd, 'Gemfile.erb')).find_all { |line| line[':git'] }.each do |line|
+      repo = line[%r{:git => (['"])([^'"]+)\1}, 2]
+
+      puts "Installing #{repo}"
+      system %{git clone #{repo}}
+    end
+  end
+
+  puts "Bundling for local environment"
+  system %{script/gemfile local}
+else
+  puts "Bundling..."
+  system %{bundle}
+end
+
+puts "Installing git hooks"
+system %{script/install-git-hooks}
+
+bundle = File.file?('Gemfile') ? 'bundle exec' : ''
+
+command = [ bundle, 'rake', '-s', '-T', 'bootstrap' ]
+
+if !(%x{#{command.join(' ')}}).empty?
+  puts "Trying to run rake bootstrap..."
+  system %{#{bundle} rake bootstrap}
+end
+
+puts "Done!"
+
diff --git a/script/install-git-hooks b/script/install-git-hooks
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0644244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/install-git-hooks
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+for hook in script/hooks/* ; do
+  ln -sf $PWD/$hook .git/hooks/${hook##*/}
+done
+