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+
+$:.push "lib"
+require "gemsmith.rb"
+
+
+site :odin_lab do
+	
+end
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diff --git a/lib/gemsmith.rb b/lib/gemsmith.rb
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+
+$gemsmith = {
+	active: nil,
+	stages: [],
+}
+
+def load_site(in_path, out_path)
+	Dir["#{in_path}/*"].map do |f|
+		out_f = "#{out_path}/#{File.basename f}"
+		if File.symlink? f then
+			$stderr.puts "Warning: Skipping symlink #{f}"
+			nil
+		elsif File.directory? f then
+			[File.basename(f), [:directory, load_site(f, out_f)]]
+		else
+			[File.basename(f), [:file, {
+					created: File.birthtime(f),
+					modified: File.mtime(f),
+					source_path: f,
+					dependencies: f,
+					out_path: out_f,
+					stages: [ proc { File.open(f) {|io| io.readlines} } ]
+				}]]
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+
+def site(site_name, params = {})
+
+	in_path = params.fetch(:src, "src")
+	out_path = params.fetch(:out, "build/#{site_name}")
+
+	$gemsmith[:active] = { 
+		in_path: in_path,
+		out_path: out_path, 
+		files: load_site(in_path)
+	}
+
+	directory $gemsmith[:active][:in_path]
+	directory $gemsmith[:active][:out_path]
+
+	yield
+
+	$gemsmith[:active] = nil
+end
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