# Mr Bones 1.3.1

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-bones-1-3-1/127857>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-bones-1-3-1/127857 "2008-02-01T21:30:32Z")\
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**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:** [February 1, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-bones-1-3-1/127857/1 "2008-02-01T21:30:32Z")

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== Mr Bones

```
 <http://codeforpeople.rubyforge.org/bones>

```

Mr Bones is a handy tool that builds a skeleton for your Ruby projects.  
The skeleton contains some starter code and a collection of rake tasks  
to  
ease the management and deployment of your source code. Mr Bones is not  
viral – all the code your project needs is included in the skeleton (no  
gem dependency required).

Follow the URL above for more information, a list of available rake  
tasks, and some instructions on customizing Mr Bones to make life  
even easier.

== Changes

- 4 minor enhancements
  - Updated the “ensure\_in\_path” method to take more than one path
  - Added an “in\_directory” method for executing shell tasks in a  
different directory
  - Fleshed out a spec\_helper and a better default project spec file
  - By default the project changes, description, and summary will be  
loaded from the History and README files

- 3 bug fixes
  - RSpec tasks were not including the user defined project libraries  
such as “ext” or anything besides “lib”
  - Tweaked the gem install/uninstall tasks to remove installed  
binaries  
and to install paltform specific gem versions
  - Fixed a bug where the RDoc task was ignoring the PROJ.rdoc\_opts

== Release Notes

For existing projects, you should update those bones …

bones -u your\_project

This will update the rake tasks while saving off the current set of  
tasks to the “tasks/archive” directory.

== Fun Fact

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a  
radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy\_Spencer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Spencer)

== Post Script

Blessings,  
TwP

== Post Post Script

Keep rattlin’ 'dem bones!