make hubot easier for first timers

Makefile

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ dev: generate-js
 generate-js:
 	@find src -name '*.coffee' | xargs coffee -c -o lib
 
+package:
+	@bin/hubot -c hubot
+	@chmod 0755 hubot/bin/hubot
+
 remove-js:
 	@rm -fr lib/
 

README.md

@@ -6,26 +6,21 @@ You'll probably never have to hack on this repo directly.  Instead this
 repo provides a library that's distributed by npm that you simply
 require in your project.
 
-We provide a generator to help you get a hubot going very quickly.
-
 ## Getting Your Own
 
-Make sure you have [node.js](http://nodejs.org/), [npm](http://npmjs.org/), [redis](http://redis.io/), 
-and [coffee-script](http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/#installation) installed. Clone this repository, and run these commands:
+Make sure you have [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and [npm](http://npmjs.org/) installed.
 
-    % npm install -g
-    % hubot -c ~/my_bot
+Download the [latest version of hubot](https://github.com/github/hubot/downloads).
 
-Then follow the instructions in the README in the `~/my_bot` directory.
+Then follow the instructions in the README in the `hubot` directory.
 
 ## Scripts
 
-Hubot ships with a couple of default scripts, but there's a whole big world out
-there in the [hubot-scripts](https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts)
-repository. `hubot-scripts` is a way to share scripts with the entire
-community. Check out the
-[README](https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts#readme) for more help on
-installing individual scripts.
+Hubot ships with a couple of default scripts, but there's a growing
+number of extras in the [hubot-scripts](https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts)
+repository.  `hubot-scripts` is a way to share scripts with the entire
+community.  Check out the [README](https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts#readme)
+for more help on installing individual scripts.
 
 ## Local Testing
 

src/creator.coffee

@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ class Creator
     console.log "Creating a hubot install at #{@path}"
 
     @mkdirDashP(@path)
+    @mkdirDashP("#{@path}/bin")
     @mkdirDashP("#{@path}/scripts")
 
     @copyDefaultScripts("#{@path}/scripts")
 
-    ["Procfile", "package.json", "README.md", ".gitignore"].forEach (file) =>
+    ["Procfile", "package.json", "README.md", ".gitignore", "bin/hubot"].forEach (file) =>
       @copy "#{@templateDir}/#{file}", "#{@path}/#{file}"
 
 exports.Creator = Creator

src/robot.coffee

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class Robot
     else
       newRegex = new RegExp("^#{@name}:?\\s*#{pattern}", modifiers)
 
+    console.log newRegex.toString()
     @listeners.push new Listener(@, newRegex, callback)
 
   # Public: Passes the given message to any interested Listeners.

src/templates/README.md

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ Playing with Hubot
 You'll need to install the necessary dependencies for hubot.  All of
 those dependencies are provided by [npm](http://npmjs.org).
 
-    % npm install -g hubot
-    % hubot
+    % bin/hubot
 
 You'll see some startup output about where your scripts come from.
 

src/templates/bin/hubot

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+npm install
+
+node_modules/.bin/hubot