point
Create and manage shortened URLs with GitHub pages.
point lets you create, view, and manage shortened URLs. All pages are hosted on GitHub Pages and redirection is done with HTML5's http-equiv
refresh attribute.
Demo
Installation
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You should have Go installed and configured.
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Install with Go:
$ go get -v github.com/kshvmdn/point/...
$ point --help
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Or, install directly via source:
$ git clone https://github.com/kshvmdn/point.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/kshvmdn/point
$ cd $_
$ make bootstrap install
$ point --help
Usage
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You should export your personal GitHub access token as POINT_ACCESS_TOKEN
. You can request one here with the repo
and delete_repo
permissions.
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View the help dialogue with the --help
flag. View the specific help dialogue for each command by running point [command] --help
.
$ point --help
usage: point [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]
Create and manage shortened URLs with GitHub pages.
Flags:
--help Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
--verbose Show detailed output.
--version Show application version.
Commands:
help [<command>...]
Show help.
create [<flags>] <url>
Create a new entry.
list
Print a list of active entries.
remove <repo>...
Remove one or more entries.
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create
$ point create --help
usage: point create [<flags>] <url>
Create a new entry.
Flags:
--help Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
--verbose Show detailed output.
--version Show application version.
-c, --cname=CNAME Optional CNAME record for this repository.
-n, --name=NAME Endpoint for the shortened URL, chosen randomly if empty.
-p, --private Make this repository private.
-s, --subdir Use a subdirectory in a pre-existing repository, instead of creating a new repository.
-r, --repo=REPO A pre-existing repository to be used with the --subdir option (expects `foo/bar` for
`https://github.com/foo/bar`). Pushes to the default branch.
Args:
<url> The URL to shorten.
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list
$ point list --help
usage: point list
Print a list of active entries.
Flags:
--help Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
--verbose Show detailed output.
--version Show application version.
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remove
$ point remove --help
usage: point remove <repo>...
Remove one or more entries.
Flags:
--help Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
--verbose Show detailed output.
--version Show application version.
Args:
<repo> List of entries to remove.
Contribute
This project is completely open source. Feel free to open an issue or create a pull request.
Before submitting code, please ensure that tests are passing and the linter is happy. The following commands may be of use, refer to the Makefile to see what they do.
$ make bootstrap \
install
$ make fmt \
vet \
lint
$ make test \
coverage
$ make bootstrap-dist \
dist
License
point source code is released under the MIT license.