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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
+
+files = ['plugin/surround.vim', 'doc/surround.txt']
+
+desc "Make zip file"
+file 'surround.zip' => files do |t|
+  File.unlink t.name if File.exists?(t.name)
+  system('zip','-q',t.name,*t.prerequisites)
+end
+
+desc "Make vimball"
+file 'surround.vba' => files do |t|
+  File.unlink t.name if File.exists?(t.name)
+  File.open(t.name,"w") do |out|
+    out.puts '" Vimball Archiver by Charles E. Campbell, Jr., Ph.D.'
+    out.puts 'UseVimball'
+    out.puts 'finish'
+    t.prerequisites.each do |name|
+      File.open(name) do |file|
+        file.each_line {}
+        out.puts name
+        out.puts file.lineno
+        file.rewind
+        file.each_line {|l|out.puts l}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+task :publish => [:zip,:vimball] do
+  Rake::SshFilePublisher.new("tpope.net","/var/www/surroundvim",".","surround.zip","surround.vba").upload
+end
+
+desc "Install"
+task :install do
+  vimfiles = if ENV['VIMFILES']
+               ENV['VIMFILES']
+             elsif RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(win|w)32$/
+               File.expand_path("~/vimfiles")
+             else
+               File.expand_path("~/.vim")
+             end
+
+  puts "Installing surround.vim"
+  files.each do |file|
+    target_file = File.join(vimfiles, file)
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(target_file))
+    FileUtils.cp(file, target_file)
+    puts "  Copied #{file} to #{target_file}"
+  end
+end
+
+task 'zip' => 'surround.zip'
+task 'vimball' => 'surround.vba'
+task :default => [:zip, :vimball]