1. Reduced dependencies and updated the gemfile

2. Added whole vendor directory to .gitignore for `bundle package` users
3. Removed guard tasks and replaced serve tasks in Rakefile.
3. Reorganized rake tasks and cleaned up the Rakefile.

4 files changed, 43 insertions, 86 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8244bf0e..14292256 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 _cache
 public
 source/_stash
-vendor/ruby
+vendor
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b7473d16..4c3b7a40 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@ gem 'RedCloth'
 gem 'haml', '>= 3.1'
 gem 'compass', '>= 0.11'
 gem 'rubypants'
-gem 'rb-fsevent'
-gem 'guard-livereload'
-gem 'serve'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e8ce6a80..6ec67893 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
     RedCloth (4.2.7)
-    activesupport (3.0.7)
-    addressable (2.2.6)
     chunky_png (1.2.0)
     classifier (1.3.3)
       fast-stemmer (>= 1.0.0)
@@ -12,45 +10,22 @@ GEM
       fssm (>= 0.2.7)
       sass (~> 3.1)
     directory_watcher (1.4.0)
-    em-websocket (0.2.1)
-      addressable (>= 2.1.1)
-      eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
-    eventmachine (0.12.10)
     fast-stemmer (1.0.0)
     fssm (0.2.7)
-    guard (0.3.4)
-      thor (~> 0.14.6)
-    guard-livereload (0.1.11)
-      em-websocket (~> 0.2.0)
-      guard (>= 0.2.2)
-      json (~> 1.5.1)
     haml (3.1.1)
-    i18n (0.6.0)
     jekyll (0.10.0)
       classifier (>= 1.3.1)
       directory_watcher (>= 1.1.1)
       liquid (>= 1.9.0)
       maruku (>= 0.5.9)
-    json (1.5.1)
     liquid (2.2.2)
     maruku (0.6.0)
       syntax (>= 1.0.0)
-    rack (1.3.0)
     rake (0.9.0)
-    rb-fsevent (0.4.0)
     rdiscount (1.6.8)
     rubypants (0.2.0)
     sass (3.1.1)
-    serve (1.1.0)
-      activesupport (~> 3.0.7)
-      i18n (~> 0.6.0)
-      rack (~> 1.3.0)
-      tilt (~> 1.3.1)
-      tzinfo (~> 0.3.27)
     syntax (1.0.0)
-    thor (0.14.6)
-    tilt (1.3.2)
-    tzinfo (0.3.27)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -58,11 +33,8 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   RedCloth
   compass (>= 0.11)
-  guard-livereload
   haml (>= 3.1)
   jekyll
   rake
-  rb-fsevent
   rdiscount
   rubypants
-  serve
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 7ce6f96f..33e115c3 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -9,25 +9,16 @@ posts       = "_posts"    # directory for blog files
 post_format = "markdown"  # file format for new posts when using the post rake task
 
 ## -- Rsync Deploy config -- ##
+# Be sure your public key is listed in your server's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file
 ssh_user      = "user@host.com"    # for rsync deployment
 document_root = "~/document_root/" # for rsync deployment
-## ---- ##
 
 ## -- Github Pages deploy config -- ##
 # Read http://pages.github.com for guidance
-# You can deploy to github pages with `rake push_github` or change the default push task below to :push_github
-# If you're not using this, you can remove it
+# You can deploy to github pages with `rake push_github` or change the default push task to :push_github
 source_branch = "source" # this compiles to your deploy branch
 deploy_branch = "master" # For user pages, use "master" for project pages use "gh-pages"
-## ---- ##
 
-def ok_failed(condition)
-  if (condition)
-    puts "OK"
-  else
-    puts "FAILED"
-  end
-end
 
 desc "Initial setup for Octopress: copies the default theme into the path of Jekyll's generator. rake install defaults to rake install[classic] to install a different theme run rake install[some_theme_name]"
 task :install, :theme do |t, args|
@@ -36,22 +27,21 @@ task :install, :theme do |t, args|
   puts "## Copying "+theme+" theme to Jekyll paths"
   system "cp -R themes/"+theme+"/source source"
   system "cp -R themes/"+theme+"/sass sass"
-  system "cp -R themes/"+theme+"/_plugins/ _plugins/"
+  # system "cp -R themes/"+theme+"/_plugins/ _plugins/"
 end
 
-## if you're deploying with github, change the default deploy to push_github
-desc "default push task"
-task :push => [:push_rsync] do
-end
+#######################
+# Working with Jekyll #
+#######################
 
-desc "Generate and deploy task"
-task :deploy => [:integrate, :generate, :push] do
+desc "Watch the site and regenerate when it changes"
+task :watch do
+  system "trap 'kill $jekyllPid $compassPid' Exit; jekyll --auto & jekyllPid=$!; compass watch & compassPid=$!; wait"
 end
 
-desc "Generate jekyll site"
-task :generate do
-  puts "## Generating Site with Jekyll"
-  system "jekyll"
+desc "preview the site in a web browser"
+task :preview do
+  system "trap 'kill $jekyllPid $compassPid' Exit; jekyll --auto --server & jekyllPid=$!; compass watch & compassPid=$!; wait"
 end
 
 # usage rake post[my-new-post] or rake post['my new post'] or rake post (defaults to "new-post")
@@ -83,24 +73,40 @@ task :integrate do
   FileUtils.mv Dir.glob("#{source}/#{stash}/*.*"), "#{source}/#{posts}/"
 end
 
-desc "list tasks"
-task :list do
-  puts "Tasks: #{(Rake::Task.tasks - [Rake::Task[:list]]).to_sentence}"
-  puts "(type rake -T for more detail)\n\n"
+##############
+# Deploying  #
+##############
+
+## if you're deploying with github, change the default deploy to push_github
+desc "default push task"
+task :push => [:push_rsync] do
 end
 
-desc "Watch the site and regenerate when it changes"
-task :watch do
-  system "trap 'kill $jekyllPid $guardPid $compassPid' Exit; jekyll --auto & jekyllPid=$!; compass watch & compassPid=$!; guard & guardPid=$!; wait"
+desc "Generate and deploy task"
+multitask :deploy => [:integrate, :generate, :push] do
+end
+
+desc "Generate jekyll site"
+task :generate do
+  puts "## Generating Site with Jekyll"
+  system "jekyll"
 end
 
-desc "generate and deploy website via rsync"
-multitask :push_rsync do
+def ok_failed(condition)
+  if (condition)
+    puts "OK"
+  else
+    puts "FAILED"
+  end
+end
+
+desc "Deploy website via rsync"
+task :push_rsync do
   puts "## Deploying website via Rsync"
   ok_failed system("rsync -avz --delete #{site}/ #{ssh_user}:#{document_root}")
 end
 
-desc "deploy website to github user pages"
+desc "deploy website to github pages"
 multitask :push_github do
   puts "## Deploying #{deploy_branch} branch to Github Pages "
   require 'git'
@@ -122,28 +128,10 @@ multitask :push_github do
   repo.branch("#{source_branch}").checkout
 end
 
-desc "start up a web server on the output files"
-task :start_server => :stop_server do
-  print "## Starting serve..."
-  system("serve #{site} #{port} > /dev/null 2>&1 &")
-  sleep 1
-  pid = `ps auxw | awk '/bin\\/serve #{site} #{port}/ { print $2 }'`.strip
-  ok_failed !pid.empty?
-  system "open http://localhost:#{port}" unless pid.empty?
-end
 
-desc "stop the web server"
-task :stop_server do
-  pid = `ps auxw | awk '/bin\\/serve #{site} #{port}/ { print $2 }'`.strip
-  if pid.empty?
-    puts "## Adsf is not running"
-  else
-    print "## Stoping adsf..."
-    ok_failed system("kill -9 #{pid}")
-  end
-end
 
-desc "preview the site in a web browser"
-task :preview do
-  system "trap 'kill $servePid $jekyllPid $guardPid' Exit; serve #{site} #{port} > /dev/null 2>&1 & servePid=$!; jekyll --auto & jekyllPid=$!; guard & guardPid=$!; compass compile; open http://localhost:#{port}; wait"
+desc "list tasks"
+task :list do
+  puts "Tasks: #{(Rake::Task.tasks - [Rake::Task[:list]]).to_sentence}"
+  puts "(type rake -T for more detail)\n\n"
 end