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flycheck-package
===============

This library provides a [flycheck][] checker for the metadata in Emacs
Lisp files which are intended to be packages.  The checks are
performed by the
separate [package-lint](https://github.com/purcell/package-lint)
library.

Currently these checks are only activated if a `Package-Requires` or
`Package-Version` header is present in the file, and checks center on
the validity of the data in that header.

Installation
------------

You'll need Emacs 24 for `flycheck`, so the recommended way to get
`flycheck-package` is as a package from the [MELPA][melpa]
repository. The version of `flycheck-package` there will always be
up-to-date. There are also packages in [MELPA Stable][melpa-stable], which
track the [latest numbered tag][tags].

If you insist on doing things the hard way, first ensure `flycheck`
and `package-lint` are installed, then download this code and add the
directory to your Emacs `load-path`.

Then, in your `init.el`:

```lisp
(eval-after-load 'flycheck
  '(flycheck-package-setup))
```

License
-------

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

See
[COPYING](https://github.com/purcell/flycheck-package/blob/master/COPYING)
for details.

Credits
-------

`flycheck-package` was written by
[Steve Purcell](https://github.com/purcell) with significant
contributions from [Fanael Linithien](https://github.com/Fanael).

<hr>

Author links:

[![](http://api.coderwall.com/purcell/endorsecount.png)](http://coderwall.com/purcell)

[![](http://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_liprofile_blue_80x15.png)](http://uk.linkedin.com/in/stevepurcell)

[Steve Purcell's blog](http://www.sanityinc.com/) // [@sanityinc on Twitter](https://twitter.com/sanityinc)

[flycheck]: https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck
[tags]: https://github.com/purcell/flycheck-package/tags
[ledger]: https://ledger-cli.org/
[melpa-stable]: http://stable.melpa.org
[melpa]: http://melpa.org
