diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/node_modules
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# lineman-bower
+
+This is a plugin to make it easy to use Bower in conjunction with a
+[Lineman](http://linemanjs.com) app.
+
+## Usage
+
+First, add the plugin to your lineman project:
+
+```
+$ npm install lineman-bower --save-dev
+```
+
+Second, you'll want to make sure that your bower dependencies don't get checked
+into git, so add them to your `.gitignore`:
+
+```
+/vendor/bower
+```
+
+Next, you'll need a `bower.json` to start pulling down dependencies:
+
+```
+{
+  "name": "my-app",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "jquery": "~1.9.0"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Finally, you'll want to make sure that jquery is made available when Lineman
+concatenates your vendor JavaScript libraries. You can do this by extending the
+`js.vendor` configuration in `config/files.js` like so:
+
+```
+module.exports = require(process.env["LINEMAN_MAIN"]).config.extend("files", {
+  js: {
+    vendor: [
+      "vendor/bower/jquery/jquery.js",
+      "vendor/js/**/*.js"  //Note that this glob remains for traditional vendor libs
+    ]
+  }
+});
+```
+
+Now, when you run `lineman run` and visit [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000),
+you should see Bower install jQuery and have access to the library on the page.
diff --git a/config/plugins/bower.coffee b/config/plugins/bower.coffee
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+module.exports = (lineman) ->
+  config:
+    loadNpmTasks: lineman.config.application.loadNpmTasks.concat("grunt-bower-task")
+
+    prependTasks:
+      common: ["bower"].concat(lineman.config.application.prependTasks.common)
+
+    clean:
+      bower:
+        src: "vendor/bower"
+
+    bower:
+      install:
+        options:
+          targetDir: "vendor/bower"
+          cleanBowerDir: true
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
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+module.exports = {
+  version: require('./package').version
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "lineman-bower",
+  "title": "A Bower plugin for Lineman",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/testdouble/lineman-bower",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Justin Searls",
+    "company": "Test Double"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/testdouble/lineman-bower.git"
+  },
+  "main": "main.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "grunt-bower-task": "~0.3.4",
+    "coffee-script": "~1.6.3",
+    "grunt": "~0.4.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "grunt": "~0.4.1"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "lineman": ">= 0.19.0"
+  },
+  "licenses": [
+    {
+      "type": "MIT",
+      "url": "http://mit-license.org"
+    }
+  ]
+}