namespace :mod_rails do
  desc <<-DESC
  Restart the application altering tmp/restart.txt for mod_rails.
  DESC
  task :restart, :roles => :app do
    run "touch  #{release_path}/tmp/restart.txt"
  end
end

namespace :deploy do
  %w(start restart).each { |name| task name, :roles => :app do mod_rails.restart end }
end

class String
  # unicode_str.initial_caps => new_str
  # returns a copy of a string with initial capitals
  # "Jules-Édouard".initial_caps => "J.É."
  def initial_caps
    self.tr('-', ' ').split(' ').map { |word| word.chars.first.upcase.to_s + "." }.join
  end
end

# This instance method can handle any latin string

require 'unicode'

class String
  def to_slug
    str = Unicode.normalize_KD(self).gsub(/[^\x00-\x7F]/n,'')
    str = str.gsub(/\W+/, '-').gsub(/^-+/,'').gsub(/-+$/,'').downcase
  end
end