2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2e574dd..9e53abd 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ require "./lib/sqlite3/version"
 PACKAGE_NAME = "sqlite3-ruby"
 PACKAGE_VERSION = SQLite3::Version::STRING
 
+puts "name   : #{PACKAGE_NAME}"
+puts "version: #{PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+
 SOURCE_FILES = FileList.new do |fl|
   [ "ext", "lib", "test" ].each do |dir|
     fl.include "#{dir}/**/*"
@@ -180,3 +183,17 @@ task :build do
     system 'make'
   end
 end
+
+desc "Package a beta release"
+task :beta do
+  require 'yaml'
+  system 'svn up'
+  rev = YAML.load(`svn info`)["Revision"]
+  version = File.read("lib/sqlite3/version.rb")
+  version.gsub!(/#:beta-tag:/, %(STRING << ".#{rev}"))
+  File.open("lib/sqlite3/version.rb", "w") { |f| f.write(version) }
+
+  system "rake gem"
+
+  #system "svn revert lib/sqlite3/version.rb"
+end
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
index 12e678b..6cad239 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ module SQLite3
     TINY  = 0
 
     STRING = [ MAJOR, MINOR, TINY ].join( "." )
+    #:beta-tag:
 
   end