gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1ae018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.2.0 (August 3, 2010) - Added manual setGauge and clearGauge to Stats.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 6cef012..2b7f796 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 project.name=ostrich
 project.organization=com.twitter
 scala.version=2.7.7
-project.version=1.1.23
+project.version=1.2.0
 sbt.version=0.7.3
 build.scala.versions=2.7.7
 project.initialize=false
diff --git a/project/plugins/project/build.properties b/project/plugins/project/build.properties
index 4391320..ee8c574 100644
--- a/project/plugins/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/plugins/project/build.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #Project properties
-#Fri Jun 11 15:05:02 PDT 2010
+#Wed Aug 04 16:21:06 PDT 2010
 plugin.uptodate=true
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/Stats.scala b/src/main/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/Stats.scala
index aeab753..78e0af8 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/Stats.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/Stats.scala
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ object Stats extends StatsProvider {
     forkedCollections.foreach { _.addTiming(name, timingStat) }
     collection.addTiming(name, timingStat)
   }
+  
+  def setGauge(name: String, value: Double) = {
+    gaugeMap += name -> new Gauge { def apply(reset: Boolean) = value }
+  }
+    
+  def clearGauge(name: String) = {
+    gaugeMap -= name
+  }
 
   def incr(name: String, count: Int): Long = {
     forkedCollections.foreach { _.incr(name, count) }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/StatsSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/StatsSpec.scala
index c9015d8..488764e 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/StatsSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/twitter/ostrich/StatsSpec.scala
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ object StatsSpec extends Specification {
         Stats.makeGauge("pi") { java.lang.Math.PI }
         Stats.getGaugeStats(false) mustEqual Map("pi" -> java.lang.Math.PI)
       }
+ 
+      "setGauge" in {
+        Stats.setGauge("stew", 11.0)
+        Stats.getGaugeStats(true) mustEqual Map("stew" -> 11.0)
+      }
+
+      "clearGauge" in {
+        Stats.setGauge("stew", 11.0)
+        Stats.clearGauge("stew")
+        Stats.getGaugeStats(true) mustEqual Map()
+      }
 
       "update" in {
         var potatoes = 100.0

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