Simple ERB templater

Rakefile

require 'erb'
require 'ostruct'

desc 'Generate a README.md using the module name'
task 'generate', [:name] do |t, args|
  metadata = OpenStruct.new( args.to_hash )
  erb_file = File.expand_path('README.md.erb', File.dirname(__FILE__))
  template = File.open( erb_file, 'r').readlines.join("\n")
  content  = ERB.new template
  File.open( 'README.md', 'w' ){ |f| f.puts content.result(binding) }
end

Usage

# generate README.md for module 'awesomesauce'
rake -f /path/to/Rakefile generate[awesomesauce]

Notes

• README.md.erb has to be in the same directory as Rakefile