From 11afe7b6b9b3f76b0a5c7cf05a01487e86645938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giles Hall Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:25:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3a65c3d..c290b18 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +# HELP NEEDED + +Hi there! I wrote `wait-for-it` in order to help me orchestrate containers I operate at my day job. I thought it was a neat little script, so I published it. I assumed I would be its only user, but that's not what happened! `wait-for-it` has received more stars then all of my other public repositories put together. I had no idea this tool would solict such an audience, and I was equally unprepared to carve out the time required to address my user's issues and patches. I've been thinking a lot about how I want to handle this, and I've decided that I would like to solicit a volunteer from the community who would be willing to be a co-maintainer of this repository. If this is something you might be interested in, please email me at `waitforit@polymerase.org`. Thanks! + +## wait-for-it + `wait-for-it.sh` is a pure bash script that will wait on the availability of a host and TCP port. It is useful for synchronizing the spin-up of interdependent services, such as linked docker containers. Since it is a pure bash script, it does not have any external dependencies. ## Usage @@ -57,3 +63,7 @@ wait-for-it.sh: timeout occurred after waiting 15 seconds for www.google.com:81 $ echo $? 124 ``` + +## Thanks + +I wrote this script for my employer, [Ginkgo Bioworks](http://www.ginkgobioworks.com/), who was kind enough to let me release it as an open source tool. We are always looking to hire talented folks who are interested in working in the field of synthetic biology.