Gem: Simple Navigation (Navigation menu builder for Ruby on Rails)

I’ve just released my new gem simple_navigation. This gem help’s you to create a navigation menu for your Ruby on Rails application.
Installation
Edit your config/environment.rb to setup simple_navigation gem:

config.gem "mexpolk-simple_navigation",
:lib => "simple_navigation",
:source => "http://gems.github.com"

And from the command line, install the plugin:

rake gems:install

Usage
To create your menus create a new [...]

GEdit: Snippets for Ruby on Rails

I’ve just created a new GitHub repo with GEdit snippets for Ruby on Rails. Any suggestions and comments are welcome. To install them simply copy the xml files to your ~/.gnome2/gedit/snippets directory.
Refs:
GEdit
GEdit Snippets Plugin

Git: Adding a Ruby on Rails Project to Git

Here’s how to add a recently created Ruby on Rails project to git:
1. Create your new project:

$ rails -d mysql project_name

2. Create some .gitignore empty files so you save the entire structure of your project (git doesn’t include empty folders):

$ touch db/.gitignore lib/.gitignore log/.gitignore tmp/.gitignore vendor/.gitignore

3. Create a new .gitignore file in the root directory [...]