2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4b14f8a2f1..0c1c240410 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -123,3 +123,25 @@ task :pdoc => :rdoc do
     system %(cd #{project} && #{$0} pdoc)
   end
 end
+
+task :update_versions do
+  constants = {
+    "activesupport"   => "ActiveSupport",
+    "activemodel"     => "ActiveModel",
+    "actionpack"      => "ActionPack",
+    "actionmailer"    => "ActionMailer",
+    "activeresource"  => "ActiveResource",
+    "activerecord"    => "ActiveRecord",
+    "railties"        => "Rails"
+  }
+
+  version_file = File.read("version.rb")
+
+  PROJECTS.each do |project|
+    Dir["#{project}/lib/*/version.rb"].each do |file|
+      File.open(file, "w") do |f|
+        f.write version_file.gsub(/Rails/, constants[project])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/version.rb b/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dd8fa0ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Rails
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR = 3
+    MINOR = 0
+    TINY  = 0
+    BUILD = "beta1"
+
+    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, BUILD].join('.')
+  end
+end