Create New Provider from Scratch

Steps to Follow

• bundle gem fog-provider --no-mit

• git remote add origin git@github.com:fog/fog-provider.git

• create CONTRIBUTING.md

• create CONTRIBUTORS.md

• create LICENSE.md linking to CONTRIBUTORS.md

• create .ruby-version

• create .ruby-gemset

• create .travis.yml with support for 2.0.*, 2.1.*, 2.2.*, 2.3.*, 2.4.*, 2.5.* and jruby

• create Rakefile with minitest as the default task

• update fog-provider.gemspec

• update README.md

• create spec/minitest_helper.rb

• In case of extraction:

  • CONTRIBUTORS.md
    • git shortlog -sne lib/fog/provider
    • git shortlog -sne lib/fog/provider.rb
    • git shortlog -sne tests/provider
    • git shortlog -sne lib/fog/bin/provider.rb
  • Rakefile
    • Add support for shindo and run both shindo and minitest on the default task
  • Move the files from fog
  • Fix orphan require's
  • Move provider/core.rb content to the file fog/provider.rb and remove the references to it

• When coding:

  • Use autoload as much as possible to avoid loading time issues (#3430)

• For examples take a look at one of:

  • fog-xenserver
  • fog-aws