Have a dotfiles directory with all your stuff in it? Have homemaker put everything in its right place.
Check out the [changelog](changelog.md)
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**homemaker in action**
installation
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* from crates.io: `cargo install hm`
* from github (may be in some state of flux): `cargo install --git https://github.com/hlmtre/homemaker`
* cloned locally: `cargo install --path .`
1. create a `config.toml` file either anywhere (and specify `-c` when you run `hm`) or in `~/.config/homemaker/`.
2. enter things to do things to in the file.
example:
```
## config.toml
[[obj]]
file = 'tmux.conf' # simple things - symlink or copy a file somewhere
source = '~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf'
destination = '~/.tmux.conf'
method = 'symlink'
[[obj]]
task = 'zt' # more complicated - a task.
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt && git pull'
dependencies = ['maim, slop']
os = 'linux::debian'
[[obj]]
task = 'maim_dependencies'
solution = 'sudo apt install -y libxfixes-dev libglm-dev libxrandr-dev libglew-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libxcomposite-dev'
os = 'linux::debian' # only if the platform matches.
# valid OS values we differentiate between are:
# linux::fedora
# linux::debian
# linux::ubuntu
# windows
[[obj]]
task = 'maim'
source = '~/dotfiles/zt/maim'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt/maim; make clean; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ./ && make && sudo make install'
method = 'execute'
dependencies = ['maim_dependencies']
[[obj]]
task = 'slop'
source = '~/dotfiles/zt/slop'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt/slop; make clean; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ./ && make && sudo make install'
method = 'execute'
os = 'linux::debian'
[[obj]]
task = 'slop'
source = '~/dotfiles/zt/slop'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt/slop; make clean; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ./ && make && sudo make install'
method = 'execute'
os = 'linux::debian'
[[obj]]
task = 'nvim'
method = 'execute'
solution = "test -x /usr/local/bin/nvim || (git clone https://github.com/neovim/nevim.git ~/src/ && cd ~/src/neovim && make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/ && sudo make install)" # if nvim is not there and executable, run our solution.
dependencies = ['vim-plug']
[[obj]]
task = 'vim-plug'
method = 'execute'
solution = "sh -c 'curl -fLo ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'"
```
3. `hm -c /path/to/your/config.toml`
* simple `file` entries either symlink or copy a file somewhere - usually a config file.
* tasks are more complicated actions to perform - run scripts, download/compile software, etc. they can be restricted to specific platforms (differentiated values are specified above in the `maim_dependencies` task).
why homemaker?
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* compared to say, gnu stow, homemaker supports more than just creating a mirrored symlinked filesystem.
* dependency resolution:
* specify a set of tasks to complete, each with their own dependencies, and watch as it completes them in some
order that satisfies each task's dependencies.
* for example, in the sample `config.toml` (the one i use, actually), `maim` depends on having some graphics libraries installed.
i created a task called `maim_dependencies`, and `hm` will complete `maim_dependencies` before attempting to complete `maim`.
* `zt` has two dependencies: `maim` and `slop`. `hm` will complete the entire dependency tree below `zt` before atttempting `zt`.
* `homemaker` complains if the dependency tree cannot be solved, and shows you a hopefully-handy explanation why.
* allows for specifying portions of the config to be executed (target tasks). only wanna run one task? `-t <taskname>`
homemaker unknowingly clobbers an existing dotfile manager written in Go some time ago. Linked [here](https://github.com/FooSoft/homemaker).
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