suyccom/hobo_bootstrap — pull request #2 by bryanlarsen (2012-07-31 18:53:23+00:00)
Title: delete README so that the hobo cookbook finds README.md instead 

Here's what the cookbook uses to find the README:

readme_file = Dir["#{plugin.dir}/README*"].first

In your case, we want to find README.md, but the above finds README. Since it's an empty file, it seems safe to delete...