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# Licensed under the Artistic License 2.0.
"""\
Produces a set of reports for every file in a directory tree.
The reports are produced by many existing command-line tools.
Vigil maintains a set of reports for each file in a directory tree.
Different types of reports are produced for different types of file.
The state of each report is also summarised by a status indicator.
The possible states are listed below.
The state of each report is summarised by a status indicator, and a report is
viewed by selecting this status indicator with the cursor. The types of status
are listed below.
A report is viewed by selecting its status indicator with the cursor.
Reports are recalculated whenever files are changed, so that they are always up
to date.
Reports are recalculated whenever files are changed, added, or deleted, and so
are kept up to date. (optional)
The reports are cached in a directory named ".vigil" under the target
directory.
The reports are cached in a directory ".vigil" under the target directory.
Usage: vigil <root_path>