Fork the package METADATA.jl on GitHub, get the address of your fork, and execute the following:

$ git clone [email protected]:your-user-name/METADATA.jl.git
$ cd METADATA.jl

Make a new branch with the following commands:

$ git branch mypack
$ git checkout mypack

Add the stuff for your package in a folder, say MyPack. Your code should go in a /src folder, which should also contain mypack.jl, that will be run when the command using MyPack is issued. The tests should go in the /tests folder. You should have a runtests.jl file in the folder that runs the tests for your package.

A text file named REQUIRE is where any dependencies on other Julia packages go; it is also where you specify compatible versions of Julia.

For example, it can contain the following:

julia 0.3-
BinDeps
@windows WinRPM

This certifies that this package is compatible with Julia v0.3 or higher; it needs the...