# File lib/automateit/project.rb, line 219
    def self.create(opts)
      display = lambda {|message| puts message if ! opts[:verbosity] || (opts[:verbosity] && opts[:verbosity] <= Logger::INFO) }

      path = opts.delete(:create) \
        or raise ArgumentError.new(":create option not specified")
      interpreter = AutomateIt.new(opts)
      interpreter.instance_eval do
        # +render+ only files that don't exist.
        template_manager.default_check = :exists

        mkdir_p(path) do |created|
          display.call PNOTE+"%s AutomateIt project at: %s" %
            [created ? "Creating" : "Updating", path]

          render(:text => WELCOME_CONTENT, :to => "README_AutomateIt.txt")
          render(:text => RAKEFILE_CONTENT, :to => "Rakefile")

          mkdir("config")
          render(:text => TAGS_CONTENT, :to => "config/tags.yml")
          render(:text => FIELDS_CONTENT, :to => "config/fields.yml")
          render(:text => ENV_CONTENT, :to => "config/automateit_env.rb")

          mkdir("dist")
          render(:text => DIST_README_CONTENT, :to => "dist/README_AutomateIt_dist.txt")

          mkdir("lib")
          render(:text => BASE_README_CONTENT, :to => "lib/README_AutomateIt_lib.txt")

          mkdir("recipes")
          render(:text => RECIPE_README_CONTENT, :to => "recipes/README_AutomateIt_recipes.txt")
          render(:text => RECIPE_HELLO_CONTENT, :to => "recipes/hello.rb")
        end

        if log.info? and not opts[:quiet]
          puts '-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
          puts WELCOME_MESSAGE
          puts '-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
        end
      end # of interpreter.instance_eval
    end