SOW(1)

πŸ’– NAME πŸ’–

sow β€” the command line interface for the Hoe gem creation helper library πŸŽ€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sow [options] project_name

Like, that's it. That's the whole vibe. You give it a project name, you toss in some options, it does the thing. πŸ¦‹


🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so bestie, sow is literally just a command-line interface for hoe. That's the whole job. πŸ’…

and hoe? hoe is a rake/rubygems helper for Rakefiles. It helps you manage, maintain, and release your project, and it comes with a dynamic plug-in system so it's super easy to extend. no cap. πŸ”₯

The plug-ins that ship with it handle all your usual project tasks, like:

  • rdoc generation
  • testing
  • packaging
  • deployment
  • announcement

and there are many third-party plug-ins out there too, so you can really make it your own. main character energy fr fr. πŸ‘‘


πŸŽ€ OPTIONS πŸŽ€

  • -t, --trunk β€” drops your project into project_name/trunk/ 🧚
  • -d, --dev β€” drops your project into project_name/dev/ 🌈
  • -s style, --style style β€” uses the template style, so pick your aesthetic πŸ’–
  • -h, --help β€” shows you a help message, like, basically this exact page 🫢

πŸ’œ AUTHORS πŸ’œ

sow and hoe were created by Ryan Davis. iconic behavior honestly. 🌟

This page was written for the Debian project, but anyone else can use it too. πŸ’«


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

There's way more comprehensive documentation for hoe living right here:

  • /usr/share/doc/ruby-hoe/rdoc/index.html

and online at:

plus there's an extra manual at:

go read them bestie, they're giving very thorough. πŸ“šβœ¨


ngl, that's the whole page! go forth and sow something cute πŸŒ±πŸ’–

hoe 3.12.0 β€” August 2014. yeah the date is lowkey ancient but the lore is eternal, mwah πŸ’‹πŸŽ€