gistfile1.rb

class Repo
  
  # class for Repos
  attr_accessor :repo, :scm, :path, :files, :directories, :pattern
  
  # setup new repo
  def initialize(repo,scm,path,pattern)
    @repo = repo
    @scm = scm
    @path = path
    @files = Array.new
    @directories = Array.new
    @pattern = pattern
    getDirectories(path)
    @directories.each do |d|
      @files << getFiles(d)
    end
  end
  
  # get all directories  
  def getDirectories(path)
     @directories.concat(Dir[path+'**/*/'])
  end
  
  # get all files in a given that matches the given pattern
  def getFiles(directory)
    Dir[File.join(directory+'*')].sort.each do |name|
      if File.file?(name) and name[@pattern]
#        if name.kind_of?(Array)
#          @files.concat(name)
#        else
          @files << name
#        end
      end
    end
  end
     
end


output 
"./include/zip/ZipCodes.class"
["./include/zip/ZipCodes.class"]

gistfile2.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'Digest'
require 'json'
require 'tire'
require 'pathname'

# include needed library files.
require './lib/Repo.rb'
require './lib/SourceFile.rb'

if ARGV[0] == '--repo'
  repo = ARGV[1]
else
  puts "must pass it --repo <reponame>"
  exit
end

@files = Array.new

@repo = Repo.new(repo,'svn','./'+repo+'/',/.+\.(wdsl|php|inc|js|class)$/)
# file storage bucket
puts @repo.files.inspect
exit
#
#@repo.files.each do |rfile|
#  puts rfile.inspect
#  if not rfile.kind_of?(Array)
#    @files << SourceFile.new(File.basename(rfile),rfile,@repo.repo,File.size(rfile))
#  end
#end

@repo.files.each do |file|
  puts file.to_json
end