1. roots(1)
  2. roots(1)

NAME

roots - a toolkit for quickly building beautiful websites

SYNOPSIS

roots new <name> --template name
roots tpl <subcommand>
roots compile path
roots watch path
roots clean
roots pkg command
roots plugin command
roots --version

DESCRIPTION

Roots exposes a variety of commands for creating, managing, compiling, and deploying websites. Commands are listed and documented below.

github repo

NEW

new, <name>, --template name
Creates a new roots project called name with the given template if provided. If no template is provided, roots-base will be used.

TPL

tpl, <command>
Manages roots project templates.

subcommands:
- add, name git-url (git clone will download the template)
- remove, name (be careful with this)
- list, lists all installed templates
- default, name (sets a template to be the default for roots new)

COMPILE

compile, path
Compiles your project once. if a path is provided, compiles a project at the given path.

WATCH

watch, path --no-open
Watches your project, opens it in a local server, and compiles & reloads whenever a file is changed. If a path is provided, watches a project at that path.

CLEAN

clean
Removes the compiled files.

VERSION

--version or -v
Prints the version of the current roots install.

DOCUMENTATION

Full docs can be found at http://roots.rtfd.org

  1. April 2014
  2. roots(1)