diff --git a/client-libraries/ruby/redis-rb.gemspec b/client-libraries/ruby/redis-rb.gemspec
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+++ b/client-libraries/ruby/redis-rb.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = %q{redis-rb}
+  s.version = "0.0.3"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Ezra Zygmuntowicz", "Taylor Weibley"]
+  s.autorequire = %q{redis}
+  s.date = %q{2009-03-31}
+  s.description = %q{Ruby client library for redis key value storage server}
+  s.email = %q{ez@engineyard.com}
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["LICENSE"]
+  s.files = ["LICENSE", "README.markdown", "Rakefile", "lib/redis.rb", "lib/dist_redis.rb", "lib/hash_ring.rb", "lib/server.rb", "lib/better_timeout.rb", "spec/redis_spec.rb", "spec/spec_helper.rb"]
+  s.has_rdoc = true
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/winescout/redis-rb}
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.1}
+  s.summary = %q{Ruby client library for redis key value storage server}
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 2
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    else
+    end
+  else
+  end
+end
diff --git a/client-libraries/update-erlang-client.sh b/client-libraries/update-erlang-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9d05c0cf1
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+++ b/client-libraries/update-erlang-client.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Sorry for now this must be done by hand... don't know mercurial enough"
diff --git a/client-libraries/update-lua-client.sh b/client-libraries/update-lua-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1843997f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-libraries/update-lua-client.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+rm -rf temp
+mkdir temp
+cd temp
+git clone git://github.com/nrk/redis-lua.git
+cd redis-lua
+rm -rf .git
+cd ..
+cd ..
+rm -rf lua
+mv temp/redis-lua lua
+rm -rf temp
diff --git a/client-libraries/update-perl-client.sh b/client-libraries/update-perl-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..164b40dcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-libraries/update-perl-client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+rm -rf temp
+mkdir temp
+cd temp
+svn checkout svn://svn.rot13.org/Redis/ 
+find . -name '.svn' -exec rm -rf {} \; 2> /dev/null
+cd ..
+rm -rf perl
+mv temp/Redis perl
+rm -rf temp
diff --git a/client-libraries/update-ruby-client.sh b/client-libraries/update-ruby-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..71637d188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-libraries/update-ruby-client.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+rm -rf temp
+mkdir temp
+cd temp
+git clone git://github.com/ezmobius/redis-rb.git
+cd redis-rb
+rm -rf .git
+cd ..
+cd ..
+rm -rf ruby
+mv temp/redis-rb ruby
+rm -rf temp