From c5c1dbc4a9a11e348986bb5dae2abc44dd2b677b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stephen mcquay Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 01:09:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] fleshed out where documentation is stored. --- cmd/ysvd/main.go | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- doc.go | 26 -------------------------- 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/cmd/ysvd/main.go b/cmd/ysvd/main.go index 7e7aafd..607d5ef 100644 --- a/cmd/ysvd/main.go +++ b/cmd/ysvd/main.go @@ -1,5 +1,40 @@ /* -command ysvd implements the +ysvd, a webserver for hosting go get vanity urls. + +The go get command searches for the following header when searching for +packages: + + + +this is simply a service for aggregating a collection of prefix, vcs, and +repo-root tuples, and serving the appropriate header over http. For more +information please refer to the documentation for the go tool found at +https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Remote_import_paths + +API + +Assume an instance of ysvd at example.org. In order to add a package +example.org/foo that points at bitbucket.org/example/foo (a mercurial +repository) POST the following json object: + + { + "vcs": "mercurial", + "repo": "https://bitbucket.org/example/foo" + } + +to https://example.org/foo. + +Doing so, then visiting https://example.org/foo?go-get=1 will yield a header +that looks like: + + + + + +The json object sent to server can have two fields: "repo" and "vcs". "repo" is +required; leaving off the "vcs" member defaults to "git". + +Naming The "ysv" in ysvd stands for You're so Vain, the song by Carly Simon. */ diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go index aa568f3..12ee4d2 100644 --- a/doc.go +++ b/doc.go @@ -1,27 +1 @@ -/* -Package vain implements a vanity service for use by the the go tool - -From the documentation for the go tool, it searches for the following header -when searching for packages: - - - -this is simply a service for aggregating a collection of prefix, vcs, and -repo-root tuples, and serving the appropriate header over http. - -API - -In order to add a new package POST a json object to the following route: - - POST / - -A sample json object: - - { - "vcs": "mercurial", - "repo": "https://s.mcquay.me/sm/vain" - } - -"repo" is required; leaving off the "vcs" member defaults to "git". -*/ package vain