Merge pull request #2 from wking/local-maintainers

4.  When editing lesson pages, you need only commit changes to the Markdown source files.

5.  If you're looking for things to work on,

    please see [the list of issues for this repository][lesson-example-issues]

    please see [the list of issues for this repository][issues]

    or for [the template][lesson-template-issues],

    or have a look at [our actual lessons][swc-lessons].

    Comments on issues and reviews of pull requests are equally welcome.

2.  For a list of helpful commands run `make` in this directory.

3.  The [list of maintainers][swc-maintainers]

    on the [Software Carpentry website][swc-website]

    lists the people currently responsible for managing this repository.

    Feel free to contact them if you have any questions or languishing pull requests.

[conduct]: CONDUCT.md

[issues]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-example/issues

[lesson-template-issues]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues

[license]: LICENSE.md

[pro-git-chapter]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/GitHub-Contributing-to-a-Project

[swc-lessons]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html

[swc-maintainers]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html#maintainers

[swc-website]: http://software-carpentry.org

Please also [mail us](mailto:admin@software-carpentry.org)

whenever you create a new lesson and would like to advertise it on our web site.

## Maintainers

*   Andy Boughton (@abought)

*   Rémi Emonet (@twitwi)

*   Raniere Silva (@r-gaia-cs)

[swc]: http://software-carpentry.org

[swc-lesson-template]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template

[swc-lessons-page]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html

                    "discussion": (DiscussionPageValidator, "^discussion")}

# List of files in the lesson directory that should not be validated at all

SKIP_FILES = ("DESIGN.md", "FAQ.md", "LAYOUT.md", "README.md")

SKIP_FILES = ("CONDUCT.md", "CONTRIBUTING.md",

              "DESIGN.md", "FAQ.md", "LAYOUT.md", "README.md")

def identify_template(filepath):

def start_logging(level=logging.INFO):

    """Initialize logging and print messages to console."""

    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=level)

    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,

                        level=level,

                        format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")

def command_line():

def check_required_files(dir_to_validate):

    """Check if required files exists."""

    REQUIRED_FILES = ["01-*.md",

                      "CONDUCT.md",

                      "CONTRIBUTING.md",

                      "discussion.md",

                      "index.md",

                      "instructors.md",