diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..c00a179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in persistent-shel-history.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
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+require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
+
+task :default => :build
+
diff --git a/bash_history.rb b/bin/bash_history.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from bash_history.rb
rename to bin/bash_history.rb
diff --git a/lib/persistent-shell-history.rb b/lib/persistent-shell-history.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/persistent-shell-history.rb
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+require "persistent-shell-history/version"
+
+module Persistent
+  module Shell
+    module History
+      # Your code goes here...
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/persistent-shell-history/version.rb b/lib/persistent-shell-history/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/persistent-shell-history/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Persistent
+  module Shell
+    module History
+      VERSION = "0.0.1"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/persistent-shell-history.gemspec b/persistent-shell-history.gemspec
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+++ b/persistent-shell-history.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "persistent-shell-history/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "persistent-shell-history"
+  s.version     = Persistent::Shell::History::VERSION
+  s.authors     = ["Vincent Batts"]
+  s.email       = ["vbatts@hashbangbash.com"]
+  s.homepage    = ""
+  s.summary     = %q{bash shell history collection}
+  s.description = %q{
+This is a quick job, to have a local database, to collect _all_ commands
+from ~/.bash_history
+See README for other implementation helpers.
+}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "persistent-shell-history"
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+end