add readme

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# http-cli
+
+`http` is the http command-line client you've been waiting for.
+It's like `curl` except with a much more convenient interface.
+
+## Features
+
+- Automatically follows redirects by default
+- Automatically pretty-prints JSON if stdout is a tty
+- Automatically prepends `https://` to URLs without a protocol if called as `https`
+- Written in pure Rust (!)
+
+## Installation
+
+Install Rust if for some reason you haven't already, then type `cargo build --release`.
+Copy the newly created `target/release/http-util` to `/usr/local/bin` or some other
+directory in your PATH, and rename it to `http`.
+You may also want to create a link to this file called `https`; this utility will default
+to HTTPS if called as such.
+Lastly, you may want to copy `http.1` to `/usr/local/man/man1/` to get the manpage.
+
+Alternatively, you can also run `sudo make install` for the automated installation
+procedure, although cargo might get a stroke if you run it as root.
+
+## License
+
+Copyright © 2023 anna <owt AT fef.moe>.
+
+This program is distributed under the 3-clause BSD license.
+See the `LICENSE` file for details.
+