i-made-this
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README.md
i-made-this
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i-made-this is the best way to quickly deploy high-quality projects on GitHub.
Why struggle through building something impressive when plenty of developers have already done it?
**Just copy someone else's code and take credit for it!**
Most devs have to go through the entire software development process. This is a long journey. It involves:
1. Coming up with a good idea.
2. Planning your implementation.
3. Developing the program.
4. Testing your code.
5. Refining it to fix any bugs you discover in testing.
6. Releasing the software.
With i-made-this, you can skip directly to step 6!
**What does it do?**
This script clones an existing github repository, renames it and publishes it to your github profile after removing the git history and license.
Usage Instructions
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0. Create a new repository on GitHub for your hard work to be hosted in.
1. Navigate to the local directory you'd like to "build your project" in.
2. $ ./i-made-this and follow the prompts.
Inspiration
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I found a copy one of my open-source personal projects, [shallow-backup](https://www.github.com/alichtman/shallow-backup), on someone else's GitHub. Now, this is exactly how the open source community should work, right? When you find a project you'd like to contribute to, you fork it and work on it.
Except, this wasn't exactly how my project was copied...
The repo I found had near-identical source code to my repo, except all the information that identified me as the author was removed.
The plagiarizing developer had stripped out:
1. Author tags I left at the top of the source code
2. MIT license in my name
3. Credit for a block of code written by a [good friend of mine](https://github.com/shobrook)
Additionally, they had replaced every instance of shallow-backup with a new name and swapped in new graphics.
I figured I could help by automating some of this process.
License(d)
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Ironically, it actually is licensed.
Acknowledgements
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+ Comic by [neodroidcomics](https://nedroidcomics.tumblr.com/post/41879001445/the-internet)