[ruby-talk:444807] [ANN] hoe 4.7.0 Released

hoe version 4.7.0 has been released!

• home: <hoe | software projects | by ryan davis;
• code: <https://github.com/seattlerb/hoe>
• bugs: <https://github.com/seattlerb/hoe/issues>
• doco: <https://docs.seattlerb.org/hoe/>
• clog: <https://github.com/seattlerb/hoe/blob/master/History.rdoc>

Hoe is a rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It helps you manage, maintain, and release your project and includes a dynamic plug-in system allowing for easy extensibility. Hoe ships with plug-ins for all your usual project tasks including rdoc generation, testing, packaging, deployment, and announcement.

See class rdoc for help. Hint: ri Hoe or any of the plugins listed below.

For extra goodness, see: https://docs.seattlerb.org/hoe/Hoe.pdf

Features/Problems:

• Includes a dynamic plug-in system allowing for easy extensibility.
• Auto-intuits changes, description, summary, and version.
• Uses a manifest for safe and secure deployment.
• Provides 'sow' for quick project directory creation.
• Sow uses a simple ERB templating system allowing you to capture your project patterns.

Changes:

4.7.0 / 2026-04-22

• 2 minor enhancements:

• Added cov_branches to enable branch level coverage reporting.

• Merged hoe/gemcutter into hoe/package. Distinction doesn't make sense.

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