diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Author name here (c) 2016
+
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+
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+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
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+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
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+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Author name here nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
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+module Main where
+
+import New
+import Build
+import Data.List (intercalate)
+import Data.Char
+import System.Environment (getArgs)
+
+newtype Command = Command { unCommand :: String }
+newtype CommandArgs = CommandArgs { unCommandArgs :: [String] }
+
+runPlugin :: Command -> CommandArgs -> IO ()
+runPlugin c a = do
+  let command = unCommand c
+      args = unCommandArgs a
+      plugin = case toLower `fmap` command of
+        "new" -> new
+        p -> error $ "not support plugin: " ++ p
+
+  putStrLn $ "Calling " ++ command ++ " with [" ++ intercalate " " args ++ "]."
+  run plugin args
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  args <- getArgs
+  case args of
+    [] -> build
+    [cmd] | cmd `elem` ["clean", "run", "test"] -> build
+    (command:otherargs) -> runPlugin (Command command)
+                                    (CommandArgs otherargs)
+
diff --git a/desert.cabal b/desert.cabal
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+name:                desert
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            a simple build tool for OCaml projects
+description:         Please see README.md
+homepage:            https://github.com/zjhmale/desert
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              zjhmale
+maintainer:          zjhmale@gmail.com
+copyright:           2016 zjhmale
+category:            Language
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Build
+                     , New
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , bytestring >= 0.10.4.0
+                     , directory >= 1.2.1.0
+                     , filepath >= 1.3.0.2
+                     , process
+                     , transformers
+                     , http-conduit
+                     , shake
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+
+executable desert
+  hs-source-dirs:      app
+  main-is:             Main.hs
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -Wall
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , desert
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite desert-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , desert
+                     , hspec
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -Wall
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/zjhmale/desert
diff --git a/src/Build.hs b/src/Build.hs
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+module Build where
+
+import Development.Shake
+
+mlFiles :: [String]
+mlFiles = ["//*.ml", "//*.mli", "//*.mll", "//*.mly"]
+
+build :: IO ()
+build = shakeArgs shakeOptions{shakeFiles="_build"} $ do
+  want ["_build/bin/main"]
+  want ["_build/bin/test"]
+
+  phony "clean" $ do
+    putNormal "Cleaning files in _build"
+    removeFilesAfter "_build" ["//*"]
+
+  phony "run" $ do
+    cmd "_build/bin/main"
+
+  phony "test" $ do
+    cmd "_build/bin/test"
+
+  "_build/bin/main" %> \_ -> do
+    cs <- getDirectoryFiles "" mlFiles
+    need cs
+    () <- cmd "ocamlbuild -use-ocamlfind main.native"
+    () <- cmd "mkdir -p _build/bin"
+    cmd "mv main.native _build/bin/main"
+
+  "_build/bin/test" %> \_ -> do
+    cs <- getDirectoryFiles "" mlFiles
+    need cs
+    () <- cmd "ocamlbuild -use-ocamlfind -package oUnit test.native"
+    () <- cmd "mkdir -p _build/bin"
+    cmd "mv test.native _build/bin/test"
diff --git a/src/New.hs b/src/New.hs
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+++ b/src/New.hs
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+module New where
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+import Data.List (intercalate)
+import Network.HTTP.Conduit (simpleHttp)
+import System.Directory
+import System.FilePath
+import System.Process
+
+data DesertPlugin = DesertPlugin { run :: [String] -> IO () }
+
+new :: DesertPlugin
+new = DesertPlugin $ \args -> do
+  let packageName = head args
+
+  putStrLn $ "Creating new project named " ++ packageName
+
+  alreadyExists <- doesDirectoryExist packageName
+  if (not alreadyExists) then createDirectory packageName else return ()
+
+  setCurrentDirectory packageName
+
+  let sourceDir = "src"
+      testDir = "test"
+      mainFilePath = sourceDir </> "main.ml"
+      libHeaderFilePath = sourceDir </> "lib.mli"
+      libFilePath = sourceDir </> "lib.ml"
+      testFilePath = testDir </> "test.ml"
+      readmeFilePath = "README.md" --File path is filename in current dir
+      tagFilePath = "_tags"
+
+  createDirectoryIfMissing True sourceDir
+  createDirectoryIfMissing True testDir
+
+  writeFile mainFilePath $ intercalate "\n"
+    ["open Lib",
+     "",
+     "let _ = Printf.printf \"hello, we get: %s\\n\" (str_of_t (succ (succ one_t)));"
+    ]
+
+  writeFile libHeaderFilePath $ intercalate "\n"
+    ["type t",
+     "",
+     "val one_t : t",
+     "val succ : t -> t",
+     "val str_of_t : t -> string"
+    ]
+
+  writeFile libFilePath $ intercalate "\n"
+    ["type t = int",
+     "",
+     "let one_t = 1",
+     "let succ i = i+1",
+     "let str_of_t = string_of_int"
+    ]
+
+  writeFile testFilePath $ intercalate "\n"
+    ["open OUnit",
+     "open Lib",
+     "",
+     "let suite = \"OUnit tests...\" >:::  [\"Fix me\" >:: (fun () -> assert_equal \"1\" (str_of_t (succ (succ one_t))))]",
+     "",
+     "let _ = run_test_tt_main suite"
+    ]
+
+  writeFile tagFilePath $ intercalate "\n"
+    ["<src/**>: include",
+     "<test/**>: include",
+     "<test/**>: package(oUnit)"
+    ]
+
+  writeFile readmeFilePath $ intercalate "\n"
+    ["#" ++ packageName ++ "!"]
+
+  _ <- rawSystem "git" ["init"]
+
+  simpleHttp "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gitignore/master/OCaml.gitignore" >>= L.writeFile ".gitignore"
+
+  return ()
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}