histofile¶

Manage version history files¶

SYNOPSIS¶

histofile [option]... <command>

DESCRIPTION¶

histofile is a small tool to aid in the management of NEWS files for a project.

OPTIONS¶

`--version`	Show the version and exit.
`-d <directory>, --directory <directory>`
	Location to store history entries, defaults to `.histofile`.
`--help`	Show help message and exit.

COMMANDS¶

`list`¶

List history entries.

--help

Show help message and exit.

`new`¶

Add new history entry.

--help

Show help message and exit.

`update`¶

Update history file.

`-d <date>, --date <date>`
	Date of release, defaults to today.
`-o <file>, --output <file>`
	Output file name.
`-t <name>, --template <name>`
	Template name, defaults to “default”
`--list-templates`
	List available templates.
`-k, --keep`	Keep old data files after update (default when writing to stdout).
`--help`	Show help message and exit.

BUGS¶

None known.

AUTHOR¶

Written by James Rowe

RESOURCES¶

Issue tracker: https://github.com/JNRowe/histofile/issues/

COPYING¶

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.