diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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index 0000000..7879e88
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+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Copyright (c) 2010 Ryan Tomayko <http://tomayko.com/about>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER 
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+require 'rake/testtask'
+task :default => :test
+
+desc 'Run tests (default)'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.test_files = FileList['test/*_test.rb']
+  t.ruby_opts = ['-rubygems'] if defined? Gem
+end
+
+# PACKAGING =================================================================
+
+if defined?(Gem)
+  SPEC = eval(File.read('rocco.gemspec'))
+
+  def package(ext='')
+    "pkg/rocco-#{SPEC.version}" + ext
+  end
+
+  desc 'Build packages'
+  task :package => %w[.gem .tar.gz].map {|e| package(e)}
+
+  desc 'Build and install as local gem'
+  task :install => package('.gem') do
+    sh "gem install #{package('.gem')}"
+  end
+
+  directory 'pkg/'
+
+  file package('.gem') => %w[pkg/ rocco.gemspec] + SPEC.files do |f|
+    sh "gem build rocco.gemspec"
+    mv File.basename(f.name), f.name
+  end
+
+  file package('.tar.gz') => %w[pkg/] + SPEC.files do |f|
+    sh "git archive --format=tar HEAD | gzip > #{f.name}"
+  end
+end
+
+# GEMSPEC ===================================================================
+
+file 'rocco.gemspec' => FileList['{lib,test,bin}/**','Rakefile'] do |f|
+  # read version from tilt.rb
+  version = File.read('lib/rocco.rb')[/VERSION = '(.*)'/] && $1
+  # read spec file and split out manifest section
+  spec = File.
+    read(f.name).
+    sub(/s\.version\s*=\s*'.*'/, "s.version = '#{version}'")
+  parts = spec.split("  # = MANIFEST =\n")
+  # determine file list from git ls-files
+  files = `git ls-files`.
+    split("\n").sort.reject{ |file| file =~ /^\./ }.
+    map{ |file| "    #{file}" }.join("\n")
+  # piece file back together and write...
+  parts[1] = "  s.files = %w[\n#{files}\n  ]\n"
+  spec = parts.join("  # = MANIFEST =\n")
+  spec.sub!(/s.date = '.*'/, "s.date = '#{Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")}'")
+  File.open(f.name, 'w') { |io| io.write(spec) }
+  puts "updated #{f.name}"
+end
diff --git a/lib/rocco.rb b/lib/rocco.rb
index 78bb3b9..0427b3d 100644
--- a/lib/rocco.rb
+++ b/lib/rocco.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ end
 # whatever means necessary and return it as a string. With no `block`, the
 # file is read to retrieve data.
 class Rocco
+  VERSION = '0.1'
+
   def initialize(filename, &block)
     @file = filename
     @data =
diff --git a/rocco.gemspec b/rocco.gemspec
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+++ b/rocco.gemspec
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+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.specification_version = 2 if s.respond_to? :specification_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+
+  s.name = 'rocco'
+  s.version = '0.1'
+  s.date = '2010-03-08'
+
+  s.description = "Docco in Ruby"
+  s.summary     = s.description
+
+  s.authors = ["Ryan Tomayko"]
+  s.email = "r@tomayko.com"
+
+  # = MANIFEST =
+  s.files = %w[
+    COPYING
+    README.md
+    Rakefile
+    bin/rocco
+    lib/rocco.rb
+    lib/rocco/layout.mustache
+    lib/rocco/layout.rb
+    rocco.gemspec
+  ]
+  # = MANIFEST =
+
+  s.executables = ["rocco"]
+
+  s.test_files = s.files.select {|path| path =~ /^test\/.*_test.rb/}
+  s.add_dependency 'rdiscount'
+  s.add_dependency 'mustache'
+
+  s.has_rdoc = false
+  s.homepage = "http://rtomayko.github.com/rocco/"
+  s.require_paths = %w[lib]
+  s.rubygems_version = '1.1.1'
+end