diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.gem
+*.rbc
+.bundle
+.config
+.yardoc
+Gemfile.lock
+InstalledFiles
+_yardoc
+coverage
+doc/
+lib/bundler/man
+pkg
+rdoc
+spec/reports
+test/tmp
+test/version_tmp
+tmp
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in jekyll-slim.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+++ b/LICENSE.txt
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+Copyright (c) 2013 Reda Lemeden
+
+MIT License
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Jekyll::Slim
+
+TODO: Write a gem description
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'jekyll-slim'
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install jekyll-slim
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here
+
+## Contributing
+
+1. Fork it
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
+5. Create new Pull Request
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
diff --git a/jekyll-slim.gemspec b/jekyll-slim.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'jekyll-slim/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
+  gem.name          = "jekyll-slim"
+  gem.version       = Jekyll::Slim::VERSION
+  gem.authors       = ["Reda Lemeden"]
+  gem.email         = ["reda@thoughtbot.com"]
+  gem.description   = %q{Slim html converter for Jekyll}
+  gem.summary       = %q{Convert Slim templates to HTML}
+  gem.homepage      = ""
+
+  gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split($/)
+  gem.executables   = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+  gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'jekyll', ">= 0.10.0"
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'slim'
+
+  gem.add_development_dependency('rake')
+  gem.add_development_dependency('bundler')
+end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-slim.rb b/lib/jekyll-slim.rb
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+++ b/lib/jekyll-slim.rb
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+require 'slim'
+require 'jekyll-slim/version'
+require 'jekyll-slim/convertible'
+
+module Jekyll
+  class SlimConverter < Converter
+    safe true
+    priority :low
+
+    def matches(ext)
+      ext =~ /slim/i
+    end
+
+    def output_ext(ext)
+      ".html"
+    end
+
+    def convert(content)
+      begin
+        Slim::Template.new { content }.render
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        puts "!!! SLIM Error: " + e.message
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-slim/ext/convertible.rb b/lib/jekyll-slim/ext/convertible.rb
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+++ b/lib/jekyll-slim/ext/convertible.rb
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+module Jekyll
+  class Layout
+    def content
+      if ext =~ /slim/i && @converted != true
+        @content   = Slim::Template.new { content }.render
+        @converted = true
+      else
+        @content
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-slim/version.rb b/lib/jekyll-slim/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/jekyll-slim/version.rb
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+module Jekyll
+  module Slim
+    VERSION = "0.0.1"
+  end
+end