# bash3boilerplate <!-- badges/ --> [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/kvz/bash3boilerplate.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/kvz/bash3boilerplate "Check this project's build status on TravisCI") [![Gittip donate button](http://img.shields.io/gittip/kvz.png)](https://www.gittip.com/kvz/ "Sponsor the development of bash3boilerplate via Gittip") [![Flattr donate button](http://img.shields.io/flattr/donate.png?color=yellow)](https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=kvz&url=https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate&title=bash3boilerplate&language=&tags=github&category=software "Sponsor the development of bash3boilerplate via Flattr") [![PayPayl donate button](http://img.shields.io/paypal/donate.png?color=yellow)](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=kevin%40vanzonneveld%2enet&lc=NL&item_name=Open%20source%20donation%20to%20Kevin%20van%20Zonneveld¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP-DonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted "Sponsor the development of bash3boilerplate via Paypal") [![BitCoin donate button](http://img.shields.io/bitcoin/donate.png?color=yellow)](https://coinbase.com/checkouts/19BtCjLCboRgTAXiaEvnvkdoRyjd843Dg2 "Sponsor the development of bash3boilerplate via BitCoin") <!-- /badges --> When hacking up BASH scripts, I often find there are some higherlevel things like logging, configuration, commandline argument parsing that: - I need everytime - Take quite some effort to get right - Keep you from your actual work Here's an attempt to bundle those things in a generalized way so that they are reusable as-is in most of my (and hopefully your, if not ping me) programs. An up to date [intro is found on my blog](http://kvz.io/blog/2013/02/26/introducing-bash3boilerplate/). ## Versioning This project implements the Semantic Versioning guidelines. Releases will be numbered with the following format: `<major>.<minor>.<patch>` And constructed with the following guidelines: * Breaking backward compatibility bumps the major (and resets the minor and patch) * New additions without breaking backward compatibility bumps the minor (and resets the patch) * Bug fixes and misc changes bumps the patch For more information on SemVer, please visit [http://semver.org](http://semver.org). ## License Copyright (c) 2013 Kevin van Zonneveld, [http://kvz.io](http://kvz.io) Licensed under MIT: [http://kvz.io/licenses/LICENSE-MIT](http://kvz.io/licenses/LICENSE-MIT)