diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0cb6eeb..803f56c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
-/.bundle/
-/.yardoc
-/Gemfile.lock
-/_yardoc/
-/coverage/
-/doc/
-/pkg/
-/spec/reports/
-/tmp/
+_yardoc
+.bundle
+.config
+.DS_Store
+.idea
+.rvmrc
+.rake_tasks~
+.rspec
+.ruby-version
+.yardoc
+.yardopts
+*.gem
+*.rbc
+*.sw?
+bin/
+coverage
+doc
+Gemfile.local
+Gemfile.lock
+InstalledFiles
+lib/bundler/man
+pkg
+spec/reports
+test/tmp
+test/version_tmp
+tmp
+vendor
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1111476..439e848 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@ addons:
 
 matrix:
   include:
+    - rvm: 2.3.7
     - rvm: 2.4.4
     - rvm: 2.5.1
     - rvm: ruby-head
   allow_failures:
     - rvm: ruby-head
+
 branches:
   only:
   - master
 
-bundler_args: --without changelog
+bundler_args: --without docs development
 
 before_install:
   - gem install bundler
@@ -26,5 +28,4 @@ before_install:
   - gem update --system
   - gem --version
 
-script:
-  - bundle exec rake ci
+script: bundle exec rake
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c54a684..fd39b75 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-# Specify your gem's dependencies in mixlib-archive.gemspec
 gemspec
 
 gem "ffi-libarchive"
+
+group :docs do
+  gem "yard"
+  gem "redcarpet"
+  gem "github-markup"
+end
+
+group :test do
+  gem "chefstyle", git: "https://github.com/chef/chefstyle.git", branch: "master"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.0"
+  gem "rake"
+end
+
+group :development do
+  gem "pry"
+  gem "pry-byebug"
+  gem "pry-stack_explorer"
+  gem "rb-readline"
+end
+
+instance_eval(ENV["GEMFILE_MOD"]) if ENV["GEMFILE_MOD"]
+
+# If you want to load debugging tools into the bundle exec sandbox,
+# add these additional dependencies into Gemfile.local
+eval_gemfile(__FILE__ + ".local") if File.exist?(__FILE__ + ".local")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89d1934..30119da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,10 +46,33 @@ tar.create(%w{ file.rb file2.rb }, gzip: true)
 
 After checking out the repo, run `bundle` to install dependencies. Then, run `bundle exec rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bundle console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
 
+## Documentation
+
+All documentation is written using YARD. You can generate a by running:
+
+```
+rake docs
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
-Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at <https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive>. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Community Guidelines](https://docs.chef.io/community_guidelines.html) code of conduct.
+For information on contributing to this project please see our [Contributing Documentation](https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
-## License
+## License & Copyright
 
-The gem is available as open source under the terms of the Apache License, v2
+- Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Chef Software, Inc.
+- License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+
+```text
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+```
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 853e9d2..d3a818f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
 require "rspec/core/rake_task"
-require "mixlib/archive/version"
 
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+task default: [:style, :spec]
 
-task :default => :spec
+Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
-desc "Run tests for Travis CI"
-task ci: [:style, :spec]
+desc "Run specs"
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
+  spec.pattern = "spec/**/*_spec.rb"
+end
 
 begin
   require "chefstyle"
@@ -16,16 +17,20 @@ begin
     task.options += ["--display-cop-names", "--no-color"]
   end
 rescue LoadError
-  puts "chefstyle/rubocop is not available.  gem install chefstyle to do style checking."
+  puts "chefstyle/rubocop is not available. bundle install first to make sure all dependencies are installed."
 end
 
 begin
-  require "github_changelog_generator/task"
-
-  GitHubChangelogGenerator::RakeTask.new :changelog do |config|
-    config.issues = false
-    config.future_release = Mixlib::Archive::VERSION
-  end
+  require "yard"
+  YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new(:docs)
 rescue LoadError
-  puts "github_changelog_generator is not available. gem install github_changelog_generator to generate changelogs"
+  puts "yard is not available. bundle install first to make sure all dependencies are installed."
+end
+
+task :console do
+  require "irb"
+  require "irb/completion"
+  require "mixlib/archive"
+  ARGV.clear
+  IRB.start
 end
diff --git a/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb b/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb
index 628b612..30c8f9e 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/archive/tar.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module Mixlib
   class Archive
     class Tar
-      TAR_LONGLINK = "././@LongLink"
+      TAR_LONGLINK = "././@LongLink".freeze
 
       attr_reader :options
       attr_reader :archive
diff --git a/lib/mixlib/archive/version.rb b/lib/mixlib/archive/version.rb
index b71fdc6..fd6c306 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/archive/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/archive/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Mixlib
   class Archive
-    VERSION = "0.4.9"
+    VERSION = "0.4.9".freeze
   end
 end
diff --git a/mixlib-archive.gemspec b/mixlib-archive.gemspec
index 40e85e7..101ea43 100644
--- a/mixlib-archive.gemspec
+++ b/mixlib-archive.gemspec
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.summary       = %q{A simple interface to various archive formats}
   spec.description   = spec.summary
   spec.homepage      = "https://chef.io"
-  spec.license       = "APACHE-2.0"
+  spec.license       = "Apache-2.0"
 
   spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 12"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "chefstyle"
   spec.add_dependency "mixlib-log"
 end