explain the app

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# shipit - Stop cloning in your CI!
+# shipit - Stop using `git clone` for your deployments
 
 `shipit` is a tool for committing changes to JSON/YAML files from CI environments to supported Git providers.
 
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ GitOps-enabled environments use git repositories to store deployment manifests.
 
 ### Git Providers
 
-- Gitea / Forgejo
-- GitLab (both self-managed and gitlab.com)
+- [Gitea / Forgejo](#gitea--forgejo)
+- [GitLab](#gitlab) (both self-managed and gitlab.com)
 - (planned) Azure DevOps
 - (planned) BitBucket (only BitBucket cloud ie. bitbucket.org)
 - (planned) GitHub (both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server)
@@ -20,12 +20,125 @@ GitOps-enabled environments use git repositories to store deployment manifests.
 
 - JSON (generic)
 - YAML (generic)
-- Nix
+- [Nix](#nix)
 
 ## Usage
 
+```
+Usage: shipit.exe [OPTIONS]
+
+Options:
+  -p, --provider <provider>  Provider info (as JSON) [env: SHIPIT_PROVIDER=]
+  -c, --changeset <changes>  Changes to apply (as JSON) [env: SHIPIT_CHANGES=]
+  -a, --author <author>      Commit author (as 'name <email>') [env: SHIPIT_AUTHOR=] [default: shipit]
+  -b, --branch <branch>      Branch to commit to [env: SHIPIT_BRANCH=] [default: main]
+  -m, --message <message>    Commit message [env: SHIPIT_MESSAGE=] [default: "Update deployment"]
+  -h, --help                 Print help
+  -V, --version              Print version
+```
+
+To use shipit you will need to specify a provider and a changeset.
+
+A provider is a Git forge with supported APIs. A changeset is a list of file with the fields that need to be updated. You can specify multiple files in a changeset, each with their own templater (e.g. you can modify both a YAML and JSON file in a single call). shipit will *usually* perform all changes in a single commits but some APIs might only allow one file per commit so make sure to check the description for your provider.
+
+Both provider and changeset are specified as JSON, either via command line or environment variable, like in the following table:
+
+| Parameter      | Environment variable | CLI parameter   | Format                                                     |
+| -------------- | -------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Provider       | SHIPIT_PROVIDER      | -p, --provider  | `{"provider":<provider id>, ...<provider args>}`           |
+| Changeset      | SHIPIT_CHANGES       | -c, --changeset | `[{"templater":<templater id>, ...<templater args>}, ...]` |
+| Branch         | SHIPIT_BRANCH        | -b, --branch    | `main`                                                     |
+| Commit author  | SHIPIT_AUTHOR        | -a, --author    | `Shipit deploy <[email protected]>`                       |
+| Commit message | SHIPIT_MESSAGE       | -m, --message   | `Updated image tag`                                        |
+
+Every file specified in the changeset **MUST** exist.
+
+### Using providers
+
+#### Gitea / Forgejo
+
+To use Gitea/Forgejo you will need to create an application, go to `<your-instance-url>/user/settings/applications` and generate a new token. Make sure to give it "repository: Read and Write" permissions, then use the following format for the provider parameter:
+
+```json
+{
+  "provider": "gitea",
+  "api_url": "https://<your-instance-url>/api/v1",
+  "project_id":"<username>/<repo_name>",
+  "token": "<username>:<token>"
+}
+```
+
+#### GitLab
+
+You will need to create an access token, either a project or account (project is probably better). You can find them at: `<your-instance-url>/<username>/<project-id>/-/settings/access_tokens`
+
+The required scopes are `api, write_repository` and the role should be Maintainer, then use the following as your provider parameter:
+
+```json
+{
+  "provider": "gitea",
+  "api_url": "https://<your-instance-url>/api/v4",
+  "project_id":"<username>/<repo_name>",
+  "token": "<token>"
+}
+```
+
+You can omit `api_url` if you are using Gitlab.com
+
 ### Using Templaters
 
+Templaters are change operations that operate on a specific type of file, unlike providers you can specify as many templaters you want in a single call to shipit, for example:
+
+```json
+
+[
+  { "templater": "json", "file": "cdk.json", "changes": { "image/tag": "2.0@abcdef" } },
+  { "templater": "yaml", "file": "kustomize.yml", "changes": { "image.tag": "2.0@abcdef" } },
+]
+```
+
+#### JSON
+
+The JSON templater replaces values within a JSON file. Keys are provided as strings using `/` for separation, you can specify array indexes for array (e.g. `nested/field/10/tag` becomes `nested.field[10].tag`).
+
+Your changeset should look like this:
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "templater":"json",
+    "file":"/path/to/file.json",
+    "changes":{
+      "root-field":"new value",
+      "field/nested/0": "nested value"
+    }
+  }
+]
+```
+
+The fields **MUST** exist in the file or the change will fail.
+
+#### YAML
+
+The YAML templater replaces values within a YAML file. Keys are provided as strings using `.` for separation, you can specify array indexes for array (e.g. `nested.field.10.tag` becomes `nested.field[10].tag`).
+
+Your changeset should look like this:
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "templater":"yaml",
+    "file":"/path/to/file.json",
+    "changes":{
+      "root-field":"new value",
+      "field.nested.0": "nested value"
+    }
+  }
+]
+```
+
+The fields **MUST** exist in the file or the change will fail.
+
 #### Nix
 
 The Nix templater replaces attributes within a Nix file. Arrays and other field types are not supported.