INI File

A simple gem for reading INI files. Originally written because I wanted to read my Git config file in Ruby programs. Now supports virtually all features described in the Wikipedia page. Key/value pairs can be accessed from the +IniFile+ object using both hash syntax and attribute reader syntax.

The project is hosted on the following sites:

• RubyGems project page
• Source code on GitHub
• YARD documentation on RubyDoc.org
• Continuous integration on Travis-CI
• Dependency tracking on Gemnasium
• Follow me on Twitter

• ruby-1.9.2
• ruby-1.9.3
• ruby-2.0.0
• jruby-1.7.0

Install from RubyGems:

gem install ini_file

or add the following line to Gemfile:

gem 'ini_file'

and run bundle install from your shell.

Require INI File within your Ruby project:

require 'ini_file'

then use it:

ini = IniFile.load('~/.gitconfig')

ini[:user][:name] #=> "Jerry D'Antonio"
ini.user.name #=> "Jerry D'Antonio"

ini[:user].empty? #=> false
ini.user.empty? #=> false

ini.color.each do |key, value|
  puts "#{key} is set to #{value}"
end
#=> branch is set to auto
#=> diff is set to auto
#=> interactive is set to auto
#=> status is set to auto

ini.each_section do |section|
  puts section.__name__
end
#=> user
#=> alias
#=> color
#=> core
#=> giggle

ini[:core].to_hash #=> {:editor=>"vim", :excludesfile=>"~/.gitignore"}
ini.core.to_hash #=> {:editor=>"vim", :excludesfile=>"~/.gitignore"}

ini.to_hash #=> {:user=>{:name=>"Jerry D'Antonio", ...

Copyright © 2013 Jerry D'Antonio. It is free software and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the LICENSE file.

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