# Bones 3.4.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bones-3-4-2/188820 "2010-05-18T22:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timperrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@timperrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/timperrett)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bones-3-4-2/188820/1 "2010-05-18T22:32:13Z")
bones version 3.4.2 by Tim P. [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gemcutter.org/gems/bones) == DESCRIPTION Mr Bones is a handy tool that creates new Ruby projects from a code skeleton. The skeleton contains some starter code and a collection of rake tasks to ease the management and deployment of your source code. Several Mr Bones plugins are available for creating git repositories, creating GitHub projects, running various test suites and source code analysis tools. == CHANGES 2 bug fixes - small typo in gem task descriptions [Stephen B.] - better handling of undefined configuration settings == INSTALL - gem install bones If you would like some extra functinoality the following plugins can be installed: - gem install bones-git - gem install bones-extras The ‘bones-git’ gem provides command line options for generating a git repository and pushing to github upon creation. Rake tasks for working with the git repository are also provided. The ‘bones-extras’ gem provides rake tasks for running Rspec tests, running Rcov on your source code, and pushing releases to RubyForge. You will need to have the corresponding gems installed for these tasks to be loaded. == SYNOPSIS To create a new “Get Fuzzy” project: bones create get\_fuzzy If you ever get confused about what Mr Bones can do: bones --help After your project is created, you can view all the available configuration options: rake bones:options Detailed information about the options (or a subset of options) can also be displayed: rake bones:help #=\> for all options rake bones:help gem #=\> for the “gem” subset == FEATURES Mr Bones is configurable, helpful, and it simplifies project development. Mr Bones simplifies project creation by using a code template for generating a new working area for your code. This skeleton is customizable, and you can have multiple skeletons for various types of projects you work on - ruby libraries, web applications, or even writing projects. When working with Rake, Mr Bones provides a set of tasks that help simplify common development tasks. These tasks include … - release announcements - gem packaging and management - releasing to gemcutter and rubyforge - documentation - annotation listing (TODO, FIXME, etc) - testing The provided rake tasks are configured using a “Bones” configuration block in the Rakefile. You can obtain a list of the available options and descriptive help for each option by running the various “bones” tasks (use “rake -T” to list the available tasks). Although there are many configuration options, the vast majority of them have sensible defaults; tailor to suit your needs in the Bones configuration block. Mr Bones can be extended via plugins. The plugins provide new rake tasks and configuration options for those tasks. Other developers can release plugins to automate the use of their libraries in a bones enabled system. Currently there are a “bones-git” plugin for interacting with github and git repositories and a “bones-extras” plugin for working with Rcov, RubyForge, and Rspec. There is far more information available in the Mr Bones manual. [http://wiki.github.com/TwP/bones/manual](http://wiki.github.com/TwP/bones/manual)