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Add a man page and document how to keep it up to date

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...@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Since MAT2 is written in Python3, please conform as much as possible to the ...@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Since MAT2 is written in Python3, please conform as much as possible to the
1. Update the [changelog](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) 1. Update the [changelog](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
2. Update the version in the [mat2](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/mat2) file 2. Update the version in the [mat2](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/mat2) file
3. Update the version in the [setup.py](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/setup.py) file 3. Update the version in the [setup.py](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/setup.py) file
4. Commit the changelog, mat2 and setup.py files 4. Update the version and date in the [man page](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/blob/master/doc/mat.1)
5. Create a tag with `git tag -s $VERSION` 5. Commit the changelog, man page, mat2 and setup.py files
6. Push the tag with `git push --tags` 6. Create a tag with `git tag -s $VERSION`
7. Push the commit with `git push origin master`
8. Push the tag with `git push --tags`
9. Do the secret release dance
.TH MAT2 "1" "July 2018" "MAT2 0.2.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mat2 \- the metadata anonymisation toolkit 2
.SH SYNOPSIS
mat2 [\-h] [\-v] [\-l] [\-c] [\-s | \-L]\fR [files [files ...]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mat2
removes metadata from various fileformats. It supports a wide variety of file
formats, audio, office, images, …
.SH OPTIONS
.SS "positional arguments:"
.TP
\fBfiles\fR
the files to process
.SS "optional arguments:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
show program's version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
list all supported fileformats
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\-dependencies\fR
check if MAT2 has all the dependencies it needs
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-show\fR
list harmful metadata detectable by MAT2 without
removing them
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-lightweight\fR
remove SOME metadata
.SH EXAMPLES
To remove all the metadata from a PDF file:
.PP
.nf
.RS
mat2 ./myfile.pdf
.RE
.fi
.PP
.SH BUGS
While mat2 does its very best to remove every single metadata,
it's still in beta, and \fBsome\fR might remain. Should you encounter
some issues, check the bugtracker: https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/issues
.PP
Please use accordingly and be careful.
.SH AUTHOR
This software was made by Julien (jvoisin) Voisin with the support of the Tails project.
.SH COPYRIGHT
This software is released on LGPLv3.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR exiftool (1p)
.BR pdf-redact-tools (1)
...@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def __check_file(filename: str, mode: int=os.R_OK) -> bool: ...@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def __check_file(filename: str, mode: int=os.R_OK) -> bool:
def create_arg_parser(): def create_arg_parser():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Metadata anonymisation toolkit 2') parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Metadata anonymisation toolkit 2')
parser.add_argument('files', nargs='*') parser.add_argument('files', nargs='*', help='the files to process')
parser.add_argument('-v', '--version', action='version', parser.add_argument('-v', '--version', action='version',
version='MAT2 %s' % __version__) version='MAT2 %s' % __version__)
parser.add_argument('-l', '--list', action='store_true', parser.add_argument('-l', '--list', action='store_true',
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