Merge pull request #382 from franciscocpg/feat/info

action/project_info.go

diff --git a/action/project_info.go b/action/project_info.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e0995e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/action/project_info.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package action
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/glide/msg"
+)
+
+func Info(format string) {
+	conf := EnsureConfig()
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	varInit := false
+	for _, var_format := range format {
+		if varInit {
+			switch var_format {
+			case 'n':
+				buffer.WriteString(conf.Name)
+			case 'd':
+				buffer.WriteString(conf.Description)
+			case 'h':
+				buffer.WriteString(conf.Home)
+			case 'l':
+				buffer.WriteString(conf.License)
+			default:
+				msg.Die("Invalid format %s", string(var_format))
+			}
+		} else {
+			switch var_format {
+			case '%':
+				varInit = true
+				continue
+			default:
+				buffer.WriteString(string(var_format))
+			}
+		}
+		varInit = false
+	}
+	msg.Puts(buffer.String())
+}

glide.go

diff --git a/glide.go b/glide.go
index c69952b..2981837 100644
--- a/glide.go
+++ b/glide.go
@@ -596,6 +596,48 @@
 			},
 		},
 		{
+			Name:  "info",
+			Usage: "Info prints information about this project",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  "format, f",
+					Usage: `Format of the information wanted (required).`,
+				},
+			},
+			Description: `A format containing the text with replacement variables
+   has to be passed in. Those variables are:
+
+       %n - name
+       %d - description
+       %h - homepage
+       %l - license
+
+   For example, given a project with the following glide.yaml:
+
+       package: foo
+       homepage: https://example.com
+       license: MIT
+       description: Some example description
+
+   Then running the following commands:
+
+       glide info -f %n
+          prints 'foo'
+
+       glide info -f "License: %l"
+          prints 'License: MIT'
+
+       glide info -f "%n - %d - %h - %l"
+          prints 'foo - Some example description - https://example.com - MIT'`,
+			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+				if c.IsSet("format") {
+					action.Info(c.String("format"))
+				} else {
+					cli.ShowCommandHelp(c, c.Command.Name)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
 			Name:  "about",
 			Usage: "Learn about Glide",
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {