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-require 'rake'
-
-# loosely based on zholman's install script
-
-def linkables
-  linkables = Dir.glob('**/*.symlink')
-  linkables.each do |linkable|
-    file = linkable.split('/').last.split('.symlink').last
-    target = "#{ENV["HOME"]}/.#{file}"
-    yield linkable, file, target if block_given?
-  end
-end
-
-desc "make a backup of all files that will be replaced (if they exist)"
-task :backup do
-  linkables do |linkable, file, target|
-    if File.exists?(target) || File.symlink?(target)
-      `mv "$HOME/.#{file}" "$HOME/.#{file}.backup"`
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-desc "restore the backups"
-task :restore do
-  linkables do |linkable, file, target|
-    if File.exists?("#{ENV['HOME']}/.#{file}.backup")
-      `mv "$HOME/.#{file}.backup" "$HOME/.#{file}"`
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-desc "create all the symlinks"
-task :install do
-  linkables do |linkable, file, target|
-    unless File.exists?(target)
-      `ln -s "$PWD/#{linkable}" "#{target}"`
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-desc "remove all files added"
-task :uninstall do
-  linkables do |linkable, file, target|
-    if File.symlink?(target)
-      FileUtils.rm(target)
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-task :default => 'install'