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Cloney is an open-source client application that lets you clone .NET solutions
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Cloney is an open-source client application that lets you clone .NET solutions

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Cloney is a Windows application that lets you clone .NET

solutions. It can be executed from the command prompt or

as a GUI application.



Cloney also features a Window Explorer plugin, that lets

you clone a solution by right-clicking the solution file

in the Windows Explorer.



Getting started

---------------



Cloney can be downloaded as a tag (source code), or as a

download bundle (pre-compiled) from GitHub. You can also

grab the latest code from the GitHub repository.



Cloney can be executed as a console or a GUI application.

It also has a Window Explorer plugin that lets you clone

solutions by right-clicking an .sln file in the explorer.



### Using the Cloney GUI application



The easiest way to use Cloney is by starting the GUI app.

To start it, just double-click cloney.exe in the Windows

Explorer or launch cloney.exe without any arguments.



The GUI application has a text box for the source folder

and one for the target folder. Select the source and the

target folder then press "Clone" button, and you're done.



This is a simple, but nonflexible way to clone solutions.



You can also start a modal version of the GUI, using the

"cloney --modal [--source=]" command. When it uses modal,

Cloney will only display a source (if none provided) and

a target folder selector then start cloning the solution.

When the cloning operation is finished, Cloney exists.



### Using the Cloney console application



Using the Cloney console application provides you with a

lot more options than when using the GUI. 



The following command-line commands are supported by the

Cloney console app:



	cloney 

	Launch cloney.exe without args to launch the GUI.

		

	cloney --clone --source=x --target=y OR

	Clone the solution in folder x to folder y.

		

	cloney --help

	Display a help message about how to use Cloney.

		

	cloney --install

	Install the Cloney Windows Explorer plugin.



	cloney --modal

	Start the Cloney GUI in modal (quick) mode.

		

	cloney --settings

	Display the current Cloney settings.

		

	cloney --uninstall

	Uninstall the Cloney Windows Explorer plugin.



Get in contact me if you have any ideas regarding how to

improve Cloney. A better GUI? More commands? Let me know!



### Using the Cloney Windows Explorer Plugin



Daniel Lee (@danlimerick) has created a nice, convenient

Windows Explorer plugin, that simplifies using Cloney in

the windows explorer.



To install the plugin, just type "cloney --install". The

Cloney plugin is then bound to the folder that installed

it. To uninstall the plugin, type "cloney --uninstall".



With the plugin properly installed, just right-click any

solution file in the Windows Explorer, then click "Clone

this solution using Cloney". This will open up a minimal

version of the GUI application. 



Contact

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For more info about this project and other things that I

am working on:



	Web site:		http://danielsaidi.github.com/Cloney

	Project:		http://github.com/danielsaidi/Cloney

	Blog:			http://danielsaidi.wordpress.com

	Twitter:		http://twitter.com/danielsaidi

	

Contributions to this project are more than welcome. The

day you build the next great feature, fix a bug, improve

a unit test etc., make sure to let me know!