Merge pull request #1 from ruflin/logstash-to-filebeat

Logstash to Filebeat implementation

.editorconfig

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+# See: http://editorconfig.org
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+# Tab indentation (no size specified)
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
+
+# Matches the exact files either package.json or .travis.yml
+[*.yml]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2

.gitignore

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+.idea
+filebeat
+.DS_Store
+.filebeat
+
+cover
+profile.cov
+filebeat.test

.travis.yml

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+language: go
+
+go:
+  - 1.5
+
+sudo: false
+
+before_install:
+  # Redo the travis setup but with the elastic/filebeat path. This is needed so the package path is correct
+  - mkdir -p $HOME/gopath/src/github.com/elastic/filebeat
+  - rsync -az ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/ $HOME/gopath/src/github.com/elastic/filebeat/
+  - export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=$HOME/gopath/src/github.com/elastic/filebeat
+  - cd $HOME/gopath/src/github.com/elastic/filebeat
+
+install:
+  - make
+
+script:
+  - make check
+  - make cover
+
+notifications:
+  email:
+    - ruflin@elastic.co
+
+after_success:
+  # Copy profile.cov to coverage.txt because codecov.io requires this file
+  - cp profile.cov coverage.txt
+  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to logstash-forwarder
+
+All contributions are welcome: ideas, patches, documentation, bug reports,
+complaints, etc!
+
+Programming is not a required skill, and there are many ways to help out!
+It is more important to us that you are able to contribute.
+
+That said, some basic guidelines, which you are free to ignore :)
+
+## Want to learn?
+
+Want to lurk about and see what others are doing with logstash and lumberjack? 
+
+* The irc channel (#logstash on irc.freenode.org) is a good place for this
+* The [mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/logstash-users) is also
+  great for learning from others.
+
+## Got Questions?
+
+Have a problem or a question?
+
+* You can email the [mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/logstash-users)
+* alternately, you are welcome to join the IRC channel #logstash on
+irc.freenode.org and ask for help there!
+
+## Have an Idea or Feature Request?
+
+* File a ticket on [github](https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder), or email the
+  [mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/logstash-users), or email
+  me personally (jls@semicomplete.com) if that is more comfortable.
+
+## Something Not Working? Found a Bug?
+
+If you think you found a bug, it probably is a bug.
+
+* File it on [github](https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder)
+* or the [mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/logstash-users).
+
+# Contributing Documentation and Code Changes
+
+If you have a bugfix or new feature that you would like to contribute to
+logstash, and you think it will take more than a few minutes to produce the fix
+(ie; write code), it is worth discussing the change with the logstash users and
+developers first! You can reach us via
+[github](https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder), the [mailing
+list](http://groups.google.com/group/logstash-users), or via IRC (#logstash on
+freenode irc)
+
+## Code and Docs Contribution Steps
+
+1. Test your changes! Run the test suite ('go test' and 'rspec') 
+2. Please make sure you have signed our [Contributor License
+   Agreement](http://www.elasticsearch.org/contributor-agreement/). We are not
+   asking you to assign copyright to us, but to give us the right to distribute
+   your code without restriction. We ask this of all contributors in order to
+   assure our users of the origin and continuing existence of the code. You
+   only need to sign the CLA once.
+3. Send a pull request! Push your changes to your fork of the repository and
+   [submit a pull
+   request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests). In the pull
+   request, describe what your changes do and mention any open issues related
+   to the pull request.
+
+