Skeleton for a jQuery plugin to get elements matching heights

jquery-keepup.js

/**
 * jQuery Plugin: "keepup"
 * by: Geoffrey Hing <[email protected]>
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Geoffrey Hing
 * Licensed under MIT (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
 *
 * Description: Sets the height of one element equal to another.
 * Dependencies: jQuery library.
 * Usage Example: $('.element-to-resize').keepUp('matchHeight', $('.element-to-match'));
 */

(function( $ ) {
  var methods = {
    init: function () {
    },

    matchHeight: function (el) {
      var newMinHeight = el.height();
      return this.each(function() {
        var $this = $(this);
        $this.css('min-height', newMinHeight);
      });
    },

    matchTallest: function (el) {
      // Assume the first target element is the tallest.
      var newMinHeight = el.height();
      el.each(function() {
        // See if any of the matching elements is actually taller
        var $this = $(this);
        if ($this.height() > newMinHeight) {
          newMinHeight = $this.height();
        }
      });
      this.each(function() {
        // See if any of the matching elements is actually taller
        var $this = $(this);
        if ($this.height() > newMinHeight) {
          newMinHeight = $this.height();
        }
      });
      el.each(function() {
        var $this = $(this);
        if ($this.height() < newMinHeight) {
          // We were wrong, the target element is not the tallest.
          console.debug('Resizing ' + $this.attr('class'));
          console.debug('Resizing ' + $this.attr('class') + ' from ' + $this.height());
          el.css('min-height', newMinHeight);
          el.height(newMinHeight);
          console.debug('New height is ' + $this.height());
        }
      });
      console.debug("The tallest element is " + newMinHeight);
      return this.each(function() {  
        var $this = $(this);
        if ($this.height() < newMinHeight) {
          console.debug('Resizing ' + $this.attr('class') + ' from ' + $this.height());
          $this.css('min-height', newMinHeight);
          el.height(newMinHeight);
          console.debug('New height is ' + $this.height());
        }
      });
    }
  };

  $.fn.keepUp = function( method ) {
    if ( methods[method] ) {
      return methods[ method ].apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 ));
    } else if ( typeof method === 'object' || ! method ) {
      return methods.init.apply( this, arguments );
    } else {
      $.error( 'Method ' + method + ' does not exist on jQuery.chiara' );
    }
  };
})( jQuery );