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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/testtask'
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+desc 'Default: run unit tests.'
+task :default => :test
+
+desc 'Test the redmine_banner plugin.'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib'
+  t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  t.verbose = true
+end
+
+desc 'Generate documentation for the redmine_banner plugin.'
+Rake::RDocTask.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title    = 'Redmine Banner'
+  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('app/**/*.rb')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+  rdoc.options = ["--charset", "utf-8"] 
+end