# Hoe is complaining about the README.markdown file

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 15, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-is-complaining-about-the-readme-markdown-file/170321 "2009-06-15T22:39:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dorelal)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-is-complaining-about-the-readme-markdown-file/170321/1 "2009-06-15T22:39:53Z")

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I have released a gem on github.  
[http://github.com/neerajdotname/javascript\_lab/tree/master](http://github.com/neerajdotname/javascript_lab/tree/master)

sudo gem install neerajdotname-javascript\_lab  
$\> javascript\_lab

This gem works. However hoe failed somewhere in README.markdown.

This is the error I get.

> rake check\_manifest  
> (in /Users/nkumar/dev/working/javascript\_lab)  
> \*\* README.markdown is missing or in the wrong format for auto-intuiting.  
> run `sow blah` and look at its text files  
> rm -r doc  
> rm -r pkg  
> exclude entry missing from .hoerc. Aborting.

README.markdown is there. So it must auto-intuiting thing. I did ‘sow  
README.markdown’ but could not understand the output very well.

Any thoughts on how to fix my README.

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**Author:** ![dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dorelal)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-is-complaining-about-the-readme-markdown-file/170321/2 "2009-06-15T23:08:31Z")

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On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 05:39:58AM +0900, Raj S. wrote:

> > rake check\_manifest
> 
> Any thoughts on how to fix my README.

Basically you are missing the URL from your readme.

I’ve forked your repository, fixed the README and improved your  
Rakefile:

[http://github.com/tenderlove/javascript\_lab/commit/4fc35caa77d65cf68b835c8214e8cc0c8f85ffb4](http://github.com/tenderlove/javascript_lab/commit/4fc35caa77d65cf68b835c8214e8cc0c8f85ffb4)

Your Rakefile is now shorter, and you no longer have to repeat the  
summary, description, and urls!

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dorelal)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-is-complaining-about-the-readme-markdown-file/170321/3 "2009-06-15T23:26:27Z")

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Hi Aaron,

I have sent a reply to you on your github account.

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**Author:** ![dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dorelal)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-is-complaining-about-the-readme-markdown-file/170321/4 "2009-06-16T03:58:49Z")

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Aaron P. wrote:

> 

Wow.

I tried

sudo gem i aaron\_patterson

but it failed.

Where’s the gem that will fix my code for me?

🙂

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James B.

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**Author:** ![dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dorelal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dorelal)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-is-complaining-about-the-readme-markdown-file/170321/5 "2009-06-16T05:20:03Z")

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:57 PM, James B.[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Wow.
> 
> I tried
> 
> Â sudo gem i aaron\_patterson
> 
> but it failed.
> 
> Where’s the gem that will fix my code for me?

I suggest forking [GitHub - jbarnette/dr-nic-magic-awesome: Magically fix your projects overnight!](http://github.com/jbarnette/dr-nic-magic-awesome) and  
releasing an Aaron-specific version. 😉

~ j.