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+== Add a custom generator command ==
+
+You may have noticed above that you can used one of the built-in rails migration commands `migration_template`.  If your plugin needs to add and remove lines of text from existing files you will need to write your own generator methods.
+
+This section describes how you you can create your own commands to add and remove a line of text from 'routes.rb'.  This example creates a very simple method that adds or removes a text file.
+
+To start, add the following test method:
+
+*vendor/plugins/yaffle/test/generator_test.rb*
+
+[source, ruby]
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+def test_generates_definition
+  Rails::Generator::Scripts::Generate.new.run(["yaffle", "bird"], :destination => fake_rails_root)
+  definition = File.read(File.join(fake_rails_root, "definition.txt"))
+  assert_match /Yaffle\:/, definition
+end
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Run `rake` to watch the test fail, then make the test pass add the following:
+
+*vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle/templates/definition.txt*
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+Yaffle: A bird
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+*vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/yaffle.rb*
+
+[source, ruby]
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+require "yaffle/commands"
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+*vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/commands.rb*
+
+[source, ruby]
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+require 'rails_generator'
+require 'rails_generator/commands'
+
+module Yaffle #:nodoc:
+  module Generator #:nodoc:
+    module Commands #:nodoc:
+      module Create
+        def yaffle_definition
+          file("definition.txt", "definition.txt")
+        end
+      end
+
+      module Destroy
+        def yaffle_definition
+          file("definition.txt", "definition.txt")
+        end
+      end
+
+      module List
+        def yaffle_definition
+          file("definition.txt", "definition.txt")
+        end
+      end
+
+      module Update
+        def yaffle_definition
+          file("definition.txt", "definition.txt")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Rails::Generator::Commands::Create.send   :include,  Yaffle::Generator::Commands::Create
+Rails::Generator::Commands::Destroy.send  :include,  Yaffle::Generator::Commands::Destroy
+Rails::Generator::Commands::List.send     :include,  Yaffle::Generator::Commands::List
+Rails::Generator::Commands::Update.send   :include,  Yaffle::Generator::Commands::Update
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Finally, call your new method in the manifest:
+
+*vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle/yaffle_generator.rb*
+
+[source, ruby]
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+class YaffleGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
+  def manifest
+    m.yaffle_definition
+  end
+end
+-----------------------------------------------------------