These are common Jtl commands used in various situations:
- log your work as you go to a local file (see:
jtl help log), - display summary report (see:
jtl help report), - finally, push all data from file to your company's remote server (see:
jtl help push)
For better experience, it is recommended to add a valid configuration file $HOME/.jtl/config.yaml. Type 'jtl help push' for more details.
When you call any command, a programm is trying to locate a data file $HOME/data/<month-year>.csv Thus, each month you'll have a new data file.
There is, however, a possibility to force programm to use a particular data file with --data global option. If you use decide to use --data, use it with every command, because it is a runtime option.
Same goes for the config file with --config option.
Go to releases and download a latest executable for your OS. Once you get your executable, install/run it as you would usually install or run any command line program: run from where it is, add to PATH, etc.
Install go >= 1.14.x
❯ git clone https://github.com/PhilGal/jtl.git
❯ cd jtl
❯ go install
Running go install will put an executable into your $GOPATH directory. Make sure you have $GOPATH/bin in your $PATH and once it is there you'll be able to run jtl from your terminal/command prompt.
❯ echo $GOPATH
/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.14.1
❯ which jtl
/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.14.1/bin/jtl