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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a3d22d --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Cecil +===== + +Mono.Cecil is a library to generate and inspect programs and libraries in the ECMA CIL form. + +To put it simply, you can use Cecil to: + +* Analyze .NET binaries using a simple and powerful object model, without having to load assemblies to use Reflection. +* Modify .NET binaries, add new metadata structures and alter the IL code. + +Cecil has been around since 2004 and is [widely used](https://github.com/jbevain/cecil/wiki/Users) in the .NET community. + +The best way to learn how to use Cecil is to dive into the [Cecil.Samples](https://github.com/jbevain/cecil.samples) repository. It's a growing collection of samples with the goal of showing how to get things done using Cecil, as IL manipulation can sometime get tricky. + +Cecil is a project under the benevolent umbrella of the [.NET Foundation](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/). + +To discuss Cecil, the best place is the [mono-cecil](https://groups.google.com/group/mono-cecil) google group. + +[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jbevain/cecil) |