hoe-travis is a Hoe plugin that allows your gem to gain maximum benefit from http://travis-ci.org. The plugin contains a <code>.travis.yml</code> generator and a pre-defined rake task which runs the tests and ensures your manifest file is correct. With hoe-travis it is easy to add additional checks. Custom checks can be easily verified locally by simply running a rake task instead of committing and pushing a change, waiting for travis to run your tests, then trying a new commit if you didn't fix the problem.