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author | Emile Anclin <emile.anclin@logilab.fr> | 2010-12-15 18:38:12 +0100 |
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committer | Emile Anclin <emile.anclin@logilab.fr> | 2010-12-15 18:38:12 +0100 |
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add manpage for symilar
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diff --git a/man/symilar.1 b/man/symilar.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7975db5 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/symilar.1 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.TH symilar 1 "December 15, 2010" symilar + +.SH NAME +.B symilar +\- tool for checking similarities in different files + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B symilar +[ +.I options +] [ +.I <files> +] + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B symilar +is a tool for searching blocks of identical lines in different files. It can be +used to find copy pasted blocks of code, or stuff that could be refactored. +Differences concerning only stuff behind a '#' (Python comments) can be ignored. +The size of identical blocks can be optionally modified. +.B symilar +\'s functionality is integrated in +.B pylint +with the refactoring message 'R0801'. + +.SH OPTIONS + +.IP "-h, --help" +show help message and exit +.IP "-d <min_duplicated_lines>, --duplicates <min_duplicated_lines>" +minimum number of identical lines that should trigger a similarity message. +Default is 4. So if it finds 3 identical lines, there will be no message, but +4 identical lines will be mentionned. +.IP "-i, --ignore-comments" +ignore differences concerning only stuff behind a '#' (Python comments). This +means that if just a comment was added, the message will still be triggered. + |