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+require 'fileutils'
+require 'yaml'
+require 'securerandom'
+
+namespace :bootstrap do
+  desc 'Copy over initial db config'
+  task :db_config do
+    example_config_file = File.join(Rails.root, 'config', 'database.yml.example')
+    new_config_file = File.join(Rails.root, 'config', 'database.yml')
+    FileUtils.cp example_config_file, new_config_file
+  end
+
+  desc 'Generate new secret tokens'
+  task :secret_tokens do
+    secret_tokens_file = File.join Rails.root, 'config', 'secrets.yml'
+
+    secrets = {
+      'development' => {'secret_key_base' => SecureRandom.hex(64)},
+      'test'        => {'secret_key_base' => SecureRandom.hex(64)},
+      'production'  => {'secret_key_base' => '<%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>'}
+    }
+
+    File.open(secret_tokens_file, 'w') do |f|
+      f.puts secrets.to_yaml
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+desc 'Perform initial setup of the application'
+task bootstrap: ['bootstrap:secret_tokens',
+                 'bootstrap:db_config',
+                 'db:create',
+                 'db:migrate',
+                 'db:test:prepare']