Added a new command line option to emit and update the stand-alone configuration file.

lib/compass/commands/write_configuration.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'project_base')
+
+module Compass
+  module Commands
+    class WriteConfiguration < ProjectBase
+      
+      def initialize(working_path, options)
+        super
+        assert_project_directory_exists!
+      end
+
+      def perform
+        read_project_configuration
+        Compass.configuration.set_maybe(options)
+        Compass.configuration.set_defaults!
+        config_file = projectize("config.rb")
+        if File.exists?(config_file)
+          if options[:force]
+            logger.record(:overwrite, config_file)
+          else
+            message = "#{config_file} already exists. Run with --force to overwrite."
+            raise Compass::FilesystemConflict.new(message)
+          end
+        else
+          logger.record(:create, basename(config_file))
+        end
+        project_path, Compass.configuration.project_path = Compass.configuration.project_path, nil
+        open(config_file,'w') do |config|
+          config.puts Compass.configuration.serialize
+        end
+        Compass.configuration.project_path = project_path
+      end
+
+
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/compass/exec.rb

@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ END
           self.options[:command] = :list_frameworks
         end
 
+        opts.on('-c', '--write-configuration', "Write the current configuration to the configuration file.") do
+          self.options[:command] = :write_configuration
+        end
+
         opts.on('-f FRAMEWORK', '--framework FRAMEWORK', 'Set up a new project using the specified framework.') do |framework|
           self.options[:framework] = framework
         end