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+# Name
+project.name = CakePHP
+
+# Directories
+build.dir = build
+dist.dir = dist
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project name="CakePHP" default="build">
+	<taskdef classname="phing.tasks.ext.d51PearPkg2Task" name="d51pearpkg2" />
+
+	<property file="build.properties" />
+	<property name="package" value="${phing.project.name}" override="true" />
+
+	<!--
+		The set of files we're going to package
+		Exclude the cli scripts, as they get installed separately.
+	 -->
+	<fileset id="libs" dir="./lib/Cake">
+		<include name="**" />
+		<exclude name="Console/cake.bat" />
+		<exclude name="Console/cake.php" />
+		<exclude name="Console/cake" />
+	</fileset>
+
+	<!--
+		CLI scripts to package and install
+	-->
+	<fileset id="cli" dir="./lib/Cake/Console">
+		<include name="cake.bat" />
+		<include name="cake.php" />
+		<include name="cake" />
+	</fileset>
+
+
+	<!-- start fresh each time.  Remove the dist and build dirs -->
+	<target name="clean">
+		<delete dir="${build.dir}" includeemptydirs="true" />
+		<delete dir="${dist.dir}" includeemptydirs="true" />
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- makes directories and sets properties -->
+	<target name="prepare" depends="clean">
+		<echo msg="Creating build + dist directories." />
+		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${dist.dir}" />
+
+		<exec executable="php" outputProperty="version">
+			<arg value="-r" />
+			<arg value="$fh = file('./lib/Cake/VERSION.txt'); echo strtoupper(array_pop($fh));" />
+		</exec>
+
+		<!-- set PEAR stability based on version number. -->
+		<condition property="pear.stability" value="beta">
+			<contains string="${version}" substring="beta" casesensitive="false"/>
+		</condition>
+		<condition property="pear.stability" value="alpha">
+			<contains string="${version}" substring="alpha" casesensitive="false"/>
+		</condition>
+		<condition property="pear.stability" value="devel">
+			<contains string="${version}" substring="dev" casesensitive="false"/>
+		</condition>
+		<condition property="pear.stability" value="beta">
+			<contains string="${version}" substring="rc" casesensitive="false" />
+		</condition>
+		<condition property="pear.stability" value="stable">
+			<not><isset property="pear.stability"/></not>
+		</condition>
+
+		<!-- pear versions need to not have '-' -->
+		<exec executable="php" outputProperty="pear.version">
+			<arg value="-r" />
+			<arg value="echo str_replace(array('-'), array(''), '${version}');" />
+		</exec>
+
+		<echo msg="Preparing package of ${version} (${pear.version}+${pear.stability})" />
+	</target>
+
+	<!--
+		Copy all the files to build/ so they can be packaged up.
+	-->
+	<target name="copy-files" depends="prepare">
+		<echo msg="Copying files to build directory" />
+		<copy todir="${build.dir}/${project.name}-${version}/Cake">
+			<fileset refid="libs" />
+		</copy>
+		<copy todir="${build.dir}/${project.name}-${version}/bin">
+			<fileset refid="cli" />
+		</copy>
+	</target>
+
+	<!--
+		Define the package.xml.  Using xml to make xml is fun!
+	-->
+	<target name="define-pear-package" depends="copy-files">
+		<d51pearpkg2 baseinstalldir="/" dir="${build.dir}/${project.name}-${version}">
+			<name>CakePHP</name>
+			<summary>CakePHP Framework</summary>
+			<channel>pear.php.net</channel>
+			<description>CakePHP </description>
+			<lead user="mark_story" name="Mark Story" email="mark@mark-story.com" />
+			<license>MIT License</license>
+			<version release="${pear.version}" api="${pear.version}" />
+			<stability release="${pear.stability}" api="${pear.stability}" />
+			<notes>http://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/master/README</notes>
+			<dependencies>
+				<php minimum_version="5.2.9" />
+				<pear minimum_version="1.9.0" recommended_version="1.9.4" />
+				<package name="PHPUnit" channel="pear.phpunit.de" minimum_version="3.5.0" type="optional" />
+			</dependencies>
+			<dirroles key="bin">script</dirroles>
+			<release>
+				<install as="cake" name="bin/cake" />
+				<install as="cake.php" name="bin/cake.php" />
+				<install as="cake.bat" name="bin/cake.bat" />
+			</release>
+		</d51pearpkg2>
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- Generate the PEAR package from a directory and move the files to the dist folder -->
+	<target name="generate-package" depends="define-pear-package">
+		<exec command="pear package" dir="${build.dir}/${project.name}-${version}" passthru="true"/>
+		<echo msg="Moving ${project.name}-${pear.version}.tgz"/>
+		<move file="${build.dir}/${project.name}-${version}/${project.name}-${pear.version}.tgz" todir="${dist.dir}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- top level easy to type target -->
+	<target name="build" depends="generate-package" />
+
+
+
+</project>