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[![Build Status](https://drone.io/github.com/erlware/relx/status.png)](https://drone.io/github.com/erlware/relx/latest)
-# NAME
+Relx
+=======
-relx - A release assembler for erlang
+A release assembler for Erlang.
-# SYNOPSIS
+Synopsis
+--------
relx [*options*] [*release-specification-file*]
-# DESCRIPTION
+Description
+-----------
Relx assembles releases for an Erlang/OTP release. Given a release
specification and a list of directories in which to search for OTP
applications it will generate a release output. That output depends
heavily on what plugins available and what options are defined, but
-usually it is simple a well configured release directory.
-
- relx -c relx.config -l ~/my-dirs --relname foo --relvsn 0.0.1 --target-spec myapp --target-spec getopt>=0.5.1 -o output-dir
+usually it is simply a well configured release directory.
The *release-specification-file* is optional but otherwise contains
additional specification information for releases.
-# BUILDING
+Building
+--------
To build relx and generate a standalone escript executable:
@@ -29,39 +31,36 @@ To build relx and generate a standalone escript executable:
This creates the executable `relx`.
-# OPTIONS
-
--r *STRING*, \--root *STRING*
-: Specify the root directory for the project (if different from cwd)
-
--n *STRING*, \--relname *STRING*
-: Specify the name for the release that will be generated
-
--v *STRING*, \--relvsn=*STRING*
-: Specify the version for the release
-
--g *STRING*, \--goals *STRING*
-: Specify a goal to the system. These are usually the OTP
- Apps that are part of the release
-
--o *STRING*, \--output-dir *STRING*
-: The output directory for the release. This is `./` by default.
-
--l *STRING*, \--lib-dir *STRING*
-: Additional dirs that should be searched for OTP Apps
-
--V *INTEGER*, \--verbose *INTEGER*
-: The verbosity level of the system. Valid values are 1 - 3
-
--c *INTEGER*, \--config *INTEGER*
-: The custom config file for the relx system
-
-# CONFIGURATION FILES
-
-Configuration files
-
-# SEE ALSO
-
-`reltool` (1).
+Config File
+-----------
+
+By default `relx` looks for `relx.config` in the current working directory:
+
+```erlang
+{release, {relname, "vsn"},
+ [app1,
+ app2]}.
+
+{extended_start_script, true}.
+```
+
+Options
+-------
+
+| Short | Long | Type | Default | Description |
+|:-----:|:------------:|:-------:|:------:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| -r | --root | string | ./ | Name for the release that will be generated |
+| -v | --relvsn | string | | Version for the release |
+| -g | --goal | string | | A goal for the system. These are usually the OTP apps that are part of the release |
+| -u | --upfrom | string | | The release to upgrade from. Only valid with relup target |
+| -o | --output-dir | string | ./ | The output directory for the release |
+| -l | --lib-dir | string | | Additional dirs to search for OTP apps |
+| | --disable-default-libs | boolean | false | Disable use of the default system added lib dirs |
+| -V | --verbose | integer | 0 | The verbosity level between 0 and 2 |
+| -a | --override_app | string | | An app name and a directory to override in the form appname:dir |
+| -c | --config | string | ./relx.config | Config file path |
+
+Wiki
+----
[relx wiki](https://github.com/erlware/relx/wiki)