adding .gitignore file
adding a gemfile to specify the gems
adding a locking file for gems
adding a readme file to describe the project
adding a rake file
creating an app directory
adding a binary file
creating a configuration file
creating a configuration directory
creating a database directory
creating a library directory
adding log directory for storing logs
creating a public directory for public users data
creating a vendor directory for third parties
adding other unneccesary files to ignore
modifying the gemfile.lock file
editing secret_token.rb to generate the secret token dynamically rather than hard-coded
creating .rspec file used for testing
creating the spec directory
modifying the README file to be more helpfully