make

v. 1.1

Title

makee - builds package installation files

Syntax

make pakagename [, options]

options

option	Description
replace	replace existing files
toc	generates stata.toc file
pkg	generates packagename.pkg file
readme	generates README.md file
title(str)	title of the package
version(str)	Version of the package
description(str)	description of the package
license(str)	license of the package
author(str)	author of the package
affiliation(str)	author's affiliation
url(str)	package or relevant url address
email(str)	package maintainer's email address
install(str)	installation files, seperated by ";"
ancillary(str)	ancillary files, seperated by ";"

Description

make generates the required files to make a Stata program installable. the command is particularly handy for packages hosted on private websites or GitHub

Example(s)

building the installation files for "mypackage" program

        . make mypackage, replace toc pkg readme          ///
               title(title) version(1.0.0) license("MIT") ///
               description(describe the package)          ///
               author(author name)                        ///
               affiliation(author's affiliation)          ///
               email(package maintained email)            ///
               url(relevant URL)                          ///
               install("a.ado;a.sthlp;b.ado;b.sthlp")     ///
               ancillary("x.dta;y.dta")

Author

E. F. Haghish
University of Göttingen

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