From 904a069517b8a74f5dd96516ffef3d4f49d36667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo de la Concepcion Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:56:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added Rationale section to README.md (fixes #403) --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7295929..0a3c147 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ [exa](https://the.exa.website/) is a replacement for `ls` written in Rust. +## Rationale + +**exa** is a modern replacement for the command-line program ls that ships with Unix and Linux operating systems, is a modern file lister with more features and better defaults. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks, extended attributes, and Git. And it’s **small**, **fast**, and just one **single binary**. + +By deliberately making some decisions differently, exa attempts to be a more featureful, more user-friendly version of ls. + ## Screenshots ![Screenshots of exa](screenshots.png)