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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  nix-update-script,
+  versionCheckHook,
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "rails-new";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rails";
+    repo = "rails-new";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7hEdLu9Koi2K2EFIl530yA+BGZmATFCcBMe3htYb0rs=";
+  };
+
+  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-FrndtE9hjP1WswfOYJM4LW1UsE8S9QXthYO7P3nzs2I=";
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Generate new Rails applications without having to install Ruby";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rails/rails-new";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "rails-new";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ coat ];
+  };
+}