Sla (Simple Little Automator) v1.1 now supports long rule descriptions

Saturday, September 26th, 2020

Version 1.1 of the Simple Little Automator adds the ability to have long descriptions for build rules. For example:

install () {
    # Install sla
    # Install sla to $PREFIX (/usr/local by default).
    #
    # You can specify the prefix with an environment variable:
    # 
    # $ PREFIX=/usr sla install
    
    # Set the prefix
    PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr/local}
    DEST="$PREFIX/bin/sla"
    env install -m 755 ./sla "$DEST"
    echo "sla installed in $DEST"
}

This documentation can then be access using sla <rule> --help. E.g.:

$ sla install --help
install: Install sla

    Install sla to $PREFIX (/usr/local by default).
    
    You can specify the prefix with an environment variable:

        $ PREFIX=/usr sla install

Get the release from the Github releases page.