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    You are looking at the user documentation for the most recent master branch of RepoSense (not released to the public yet). The documentation for the latest public release is here.

    Appendix: CLI syntax reference

    The command java -jar RepoSense.jar takes several flags.

    Examples:

    An example of a command using most parameters:
    java -jar RepoSense.jar --repos https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense.git --output ./report_folder --since 31/1/2017 --until 31/12/2018 --formats java adoc xml --view --ignore-standalone-config --last-modified-date --timezone UTC+08

    Same command as above but using most parameters in alias format:
    java -jar RepoSense.jar -r https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense.git -o ./report_folder -s 31/1/2017 -u 31/12/2018 -f java adoc xml -v -i -l -t UTC+08

    The section below provides explanations for each of the flags.

    --assets, -a

    --assets ASSETS_DIRECTORY: Specifies where to place assets for report generation.

    • Parameter: ASSETS_DIRECTORY The directory containing the assets files. A favicon.ico file can be placed here to customize the favicon of the dashboard.
    • Alias: -a
    • Example: --assets ./assets or -a ./assets
    • If --assets is not specified, RepoSense looks for assets in the ./assets directory.

    --config, -c

    --config CONFIG_DIRECTORY: Specifies that config files located in CONFIG_DIRECTORY should be used to customize the report.

    • Parameter: CONFIG_DIRECTORY The directory containing the config files. Should contain a repo-config.csv file. Optionally, can contain an author-config.csv file or/and a group-config.csv file or/and a report-config.json file.
    • Alias: -c
    • Example: java -jar RepoSense.jar --config ./config
    • Cannot be used with --repos.
    • If both --repos and --config are not specified, RepoSense looks for config files in the ./config directory.

    --formats, -f

    --formats LIST_OF_FORMATS: Specifies which file extensions to be included in the analysis.

    • Parameter: LIST_OF_FORMATS A space-separated list of file extensions that should be included in the analysis.
      Default: all file formats
    • Alias: -f
    • Example:--formats css fxml gradle or -f css fxml gradle

    --help, -h

    --help: Shows the help message.

    • Alias: -h

    Cannot be used with any other flags.

    --ignore-standalone-config, -i

    --ignore-standalone-config: Specifies that the standalone config file in the repo should be ignored.

    • Default: the standalone config file is not ignored
    • Alias: -i
    • Example:--ignore-standalone-config or -i

    This flag overrides the Ignore standalone config field in the CSV config file.

    --last-modified-date, -l

    --last-modified-date: Specifies that the last modified date of each line of code should be added to authorship.json.

    • Default: the last modified date of each line of code will not be added to authorship.json
    • Alias: -l (lowercase L)
    • Example:--last-modified-date or -l

    The last modified dates will be in the same timezone specified with the --timezone flag.

    --output, -o

    --output OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: Indicates where to save the report generated.

    • Parameter: OUTPUT_DIRECTORY The location for the generated reposense-report folder.
      Default: current directory
    • Alias: -o
    • Example: --output ./foo or -o ./foo (the report will be in the ./foo/reposense-report folder)

    --period, -p

    --period PERIOD: Specifies the period of analysis window.

    • Parameter: PERIOD The period of analysis window, in the format nd (for n days) or nw (for n weeks). It is used to calculate end date if only start date is specified, or calculate end date if only start date is specified.
    • Alias: -p
    • Example: --period 30d or --period 4w
    • If both start date and end date are not specified, the date of generating the report will be taken as the end date.
    • Cannot be used with both --since and --until.

    --repos, -r

    --repos REPO_LOCATION: Specifies which repositories to analyze.

    • Parameter: REPO_LOCATION A list of URLs or the disk location of the git repositories to analyze, separated by spaces.
    • Alias: -r
    • Examples:
      • --repos https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense.git
      • --repos https://github.com/reposense/RepoSense.git c:/myRepose/foo/bar: analyzes the two specified repos (one remote, one local) and generates one report containing details of both.

    Cannot be used with --config.

    --since, -s

    --since START_DATE: Specifies the start date for the period to be analyzed.

    • Parameter: START_DATE The first day of the period to be analyzed, in the format DD/MM/YYYY.
      Default: one month before the current date
    • Alias: -s
    • Example:--since 21/10/2017 or -s 21/10/2017
    • If the start date is not specified, only commits made one month before the end date (if specified) or the date of generating the report, will be captured and analyzed.
    • If d1 is specified as the start date (--since d1 or -s d1), then the earliest commit date of all repositories will be taken as the since date.

    --timezone, -t

    --timezone ZONE_ID: Indicates the timezone to be used for the analysis.

    • Parameter: ZONE_ID The timezone in the format ZONE_ID[±hh[mm]].
      Default: system's default timezone
    • Alias: -t
    • Example:--timezone UTC+08 or -t UTC-1030

    --until, -u

    --until END_DATE: Specifies the end date of the analysis period.

    • Parameter: END_DATE The last date of the period to be analyzed, in the format DD/MM/YYYY.
      Default: current date
    • Alias: -u
    • Example:--until 21/10/2017 or -u 21/10/2017

    Note: If the end date is not specified, the date of generating the report will be taken as the end date.

    --version, -V

    --version: Shows the version of RepoSense.

    • Alias: -V (upper case)

    Cannot be used with any other flags.

    --view, -v

    --view [REPORT_FOLDER]: Specifies that the report should be opened in the default browser.

    • Parameter: REPORT_FOLDER Optional. If specified, no analysis will be performed and the report specified by the argument will be opened.
      Default: ./reposense-report
    • Alias: -v
    • Example:--view or -v