# Punch-0.0.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 7, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368 "2007-12-07T00:10:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368/1 "2007-12-07T00:10:49Z")
NAME punch SYNOPSIS punch (in|out|log|clock|status|list|total|delete|dump) [options]+ URIS [http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/punch](http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/punch) [http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/) INSTALL gem install punch DESCRIPTION punch is a k.i.s.s. tool for tracking the hours spent on various projects. it supports logging hours under a project name, adding notes about work done during that period, and several very simple reporting tools that operate over a window of time. run ‘punch help modename’ for more info. PARAMETERS –help, -h EXAMPLES . punch in projectname . punch log projectname “can has time tracking” . punch out projectname . punch total projectname --after 2007-12-03 --before 2007-12-07 a @ [http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368/2 "2007-12-07T01:03:26Z")
On Dec 6, 5:09 pm, “ara.t.howard” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## INSTALL run ‘punch help modename’ for more info. a @[http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) > > it is not enough to be compassionate. you must act. > h.h. the 14th dalai lama Very nice, Ara. I was playing with an earlier version that someone linked me to, and the addition of the log is wonderful, as are other improvements. It was worth the small effort required to convert my old data (only a few punches). ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368/3 "2007-12-07T01:21:33Z")
On Dec 6, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Yossef M. wrote: > Very nice, Ara. > > I was playing with an earlier version that someone linked me to, and > the addition of the log is wonderful, as are other improvements. It > was worth the small effort required to convert my old data (only a few > punches). glad to hear it. encoding a schema version into the yaml file so support migrations is on my TODO list - but right now i’m just trying to settle on what a minimal commandline time tracker should look like. any comments from a user’s perspective are great. cheers. a @ [http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368/4 "2007-12-07T04:23:58Z")
On Dec 6, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Yossef M. wrote: > I accept a certain risk when I start using not-actually-released > software, especially when it turns out to be pre-0.0.1 . 😉 a @ [http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368/5 "2007-12-07T03:18:29Z")
> encoding a schema version into the yaml file so > support migrations is on my TODO list I accept a certain risk when I start using not-actually-released software, especially when it turns out to be pre-0.0.1 .