thanks file

Rakefile

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = "CouchRest provides a simple interface on top of CouchDB's RESTful HTTP API, as well as including some utility scripts for managing views and attachments."
   s.has_rdoc = true
   s.authors = ["J. Chris Anderson"]
-  s.files = %w( LICENSE README.rdoc Rakefile THANKS ) + 
+  s.files = %w( LICENSE README.md Rakefile THANKS.md ) + 
     Dir["{bin,examples,lib,spec,utils}/**/*"] - 
     Dir["spec/tmp"]
-  s.extra_rdoc_files = %w( README.rdoc LICENSE THANKS )
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = %w( README.md LICENSE THANKS.md )
   s.require_path = "lib"
   s.bindir = 'bin'
   s.executables << 'couchdir'

THANKS

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-CouchRest THANKS
-=====================
-
-CouchRest was originally developed by J. Chris Anderson <jchris@grabb.it>
-and a number of other contributors. Many people further contributed to 
-CouchRest by reporting problems, suggesting various improvements or submitting
-changes. A list of these people is included below.
-
- * Greg Borenstein <http://ideasfordozens.com>
- * Geoffrey Grosenbach <http://nubyonrails.com/>
- * Simon Rozet <simon /at/ rozet /dot/ name>
-
-Patches are welcome. The primary source for this software project is:
-
-http://github.com/jchris/couchrest/tree/master

THANKS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+CouchRest THANKS
+=====================
+
+CouchRest was originally developed by J. Chris Anderson <jchris@grabb.it>
+and a number of other contributors. Many people further contributed to 
+CouchRest by reporting problems, suggesting various improvements or submitting
+changes. A list of these people is included below.
+
+ * [Matt Aimonetti](http://merbist.com/about/)
+ * [Greg Borenstein](http://ideasfordozens.com)
+ * [Geoffrey Grosenbach](http://nubyonrails.com/)
+ * Simon Rozet (simon /at/ rozet /dot/ name)
+ * [Matt Lyon](http://mattly.tumblr.com/)
+ 
+Patches are welcome. The primary source for this software project is [on Github](http://github.com/jchris/couchrest/tree/master)
+
+A lot of people have active forks - thank you all - even the patches I don't end up using are helpful.