diff --git a/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/USAGE b/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/USAGE
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+Description:
+    The plugin generator creates stubs for a new Redmine plugin.
+	
+Example:
+    ./script/generate redmine_plugin meetings
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/app/controllers
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/app/helpers
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/app/models
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/app/views
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/db/migrate
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/lib/tasks
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/assets/images
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/assets/javascripts
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/assets/stylesheets
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/lang
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/README
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/init.rb
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/lang/en.yml
diff --git a/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/redmine_plugin_generator.rb b/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/redmine_plugin_generator.rb
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+# redMine - project management software
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2008  Jean-Philippe Lang
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+class RedminePluginGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
+  attr_reader :plugin_path, :plugin_name
+  
+  def initialize(runtime_args, runtime_options = {})
+    super
+    @plugin_name = "redmine_#{file_name.underscore}"
+    @plugin_path = "vendor/plugins/#{plugin_name}"
+  end
+  
+  def manifest
+    record do |m|
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/app/controllers"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/app/helpers"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/app/models"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/app/views"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/db/migrate"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/lib/tasks"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/assets/images"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/assets/javascripts"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/assets/stylesheets"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/lang"
+      
+      m.template 'README',    "#{plugin_path}/README"
+      m.template 'init.rb',   "#{plugin_path}/init.rb"
+      m.template 'en.yml',    "#{plugin_path}/lang/en.yml"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/README b/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/README
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+= <%= file_name %>
+
+Description goes here
diff --git a/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/en.yml b/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/en.yml
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+# English strings go here
+my_label: "My label"
diff --git a/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/init.rb b/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/init.rb
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+++ b/hooks/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/init.rb
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+require 'redmine'
+
+Redmine::Plugin.register :<%= plugin_name %> do
+  name 'Example plugin'
+  author 'Author name'
+  description 'This is a plugin for Redmine'
+  version '0.0.1'
+end