shinit

shinit interactively initializes empty project for a Bourne shell script.

shinit asks user for:

• project name (by default: sh-<hash>),
• author name (by default: user from git config or current OS user),
• license ID from corporate-safe selection:
  • MIT (default) - to maximize chance of mass adoption by preserving authorship information only,
  • GPL-3.0-only - to secure access to the source code at the cost of adoption across for-profit organizations,
  • MIT-0 - to release the source code into the public domain, even in jurisdictions without the public domain.

Based on answers, shinit creates a new directory with:

• initialized Git repository and .gitignore allow list
• shell script with executable permissions
• Makefile with configured development targets
• LICENSE file
• README.md with basic info.

Usage

To initialize new project inside ~/dev directory type:

shinit ~/dev

Installation

The instruction is for Linux. On different OSes, you may need to use different commands

1. Download latest stable release from GitHub:

   wget https://github.com/macie/shinit/releases/latest/download/shinit

2. (OPTIONAL) Verify downloading:

   wget https://github.com/macie/shinit/releases/latest/download/shinit.sha256sum
   sha256sum -c shinit.sha256sum

3. Set execute permission:

   chmod +x shinit

4. Move to directory from PATH environment variable:

   mv shinit /usr/local/bin/

Development version

git clone git@github.com:macie/shinit.git
cd shinit
make install

Development

Use make (GNU or BSD):

• make - run checks
• make test - run test
• make check - perform static code analysis
• make install - install in /usr/local/bin
• make dist - prepare distribution
• make clean - remove development artifacts
• make info - print system info (useful for debugging).

Versioning

shinit is versioned according to the scheme YY.0M.MICRO (calendar versioning). Releases are tagged in Git.

License

MIT (explanation in simple words)