secretsanta

A simple program to help with "Secret Santa" gift-giving assignments.

Usage

java -jar secretsanta.jar [names.txt] <exclusions.txt> <lastyear.txt>

Example names.txt:

Alice
Bob
Charles
Daisy

Example exclusions.txt where Alice cannot buy for Charles and vice-versa, and Charles also cannot buy for Daisy:

Alice
1
Charles
Charles
2
Alice
Daisy

Example lastyear.txt, matching the output of last year's run, which is used as additional exclusions:

Alice buys for Charles
Charles buys for Daisy
Daisy buys for Alice

Note that not all names need to be included in the latter two files.

Example output:

Alice buys for Daisy
Bob buys for Alice
Charles buys for Bob
Daisy buys for Charles