NRip

neo rip — a safe replacement for rm that sends your files to the graveyard. Bury now, decide later. If you like living dangerously, there’s always the crematorium.

NRip moves files/dirs to a graveyard instead of deleting them. You can then list, cremate (permanently delete), or resurrect them — interactively with fzf or non‑interactively by targeting a basename substring or an ID prefix.

Inspired by rip. Binary name: nrip (neo rip — a wink to nvim and rip).

Default paths (XDG)

• Graveyard: ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/nrip/graveyard
• Index: ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/nrip/index.json

What you get (in the dead of night)

• 🪦 Bury (default action): timestamped, unique names — no collisions among the dearly departed.
• 🔎 List: readable output with age, kind, short IDs, and original path.
• ⚰️ Cremate: permanently erase from the graveyard (interactive or targeted).
• 🧟 Resurrect: bring files back to their old haunt; refuses to overwrite the living.
• 🔗 Cross‑FS aware: falls back to copy→swap when EXDEV strikes.
• ☠️ Shell completion: contextual suggestions for cremation and resurrection.

Short IDs — list view prints a 7‑char ID derived from the unique graveyard name. You can target cremate/resurrect using a basename substring or that ID prefix.

Gloomy tour (screencasts)

• Bury (default):

  

• List: compact output with icons:

  

• Cremate (permanent deletion):

  

• Resurrect (restore):

  

Installation

Arch User Repository (AUR)

yay -S nrip
# or
paru -S nrip

Cargo

cargo install nrip

From source

Runtime dependency: interactive cremate/resurrect requires fzf.

• Arch: pacman -S fzf
• Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install fzf
• macOS (Homebrew): brew install fzf

git clone https://github.com/Samtroulcode/NRip
cd NRip
cargo install --path .
# binary will be in ~/.cargo/bin/nrip

Local build

cargo build --release
./target/release/nrip --help

Usage

Usage: nrip [OPTIONS] [PATHS]...

Arguments:
  [PATHS]...  Files/dirs to remove (default action)

Options:
  -c, --cremate [<TARGET>]    Permanently remove from graveyard
  -r, --resurrect [<TARGET>]  Resurrect (restore) from graveyard
      --target <TARGET>       (optional) explicit target (used with --cremate/--resurrect)
  -f, --force                 (optional) force
  -l, --list                  List graveyard contents
      --dry-run               Dry run (no changes)
  -y, --yes                   (optional) skip confirmation prompts
  -h, --help                  Print help
  -V, --version               Print version

Basic rites

Bury (default action)

nrip file1 dir2

The deceased are moved to the graveyard under a unique name: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS__RANDOM__basename.

List the dearly departed

nrip -l

Shows short ID, timestamp, age, type icon, basename, and original path.

Cremate (permanent deletion)

nrip -c               # FZF interactive menu
nrip -c foo           # target by basename substring or ID prefix
nrip -c --dry-run     # simulate
nrip -c -y            # no prompts (the quick burn)

--prune remains available as a compatibility alias.

Resurrect (restore)

nrip -r               # FZF interactive menu
nrip -r foo           # target by basename substring or ID prefix
nrip -r --dry-run     # simulate
nrip -r -y            # raise without confirmation

Restoration is non‑destructive: if the original destination already exists, NRip refuses to disturb the living.

Matching rules — TARGET can be a substring of the basename or a prefix of the short ID. Without TARGET, an interactive picker (fzf) is displayed.

Shell completion

Hidden completion endpoint: nrip --__complete <context> <prefix> where <context> is cremate|prune or resurrect.

Zsh

# ~/.zshrc
_nrip_complete() {
  local cur prev
  cur=${words[-1]}
  prev=${words[-2]}

  if [[ $prev == "-c" || $prev == "--cremate" || $prev == "--prune" ]]; then
    compadd -- ${(f)"$(nrip --__complete prune "$cur")"}
    return 0
  elif [[ $prev == "-r" || $prev == "--resurrect" ]]; then
    compadd -- ${(f)"$(nrip --__complete resurrect "$cur")"}
    return 0
  fi
  return 1
}
compdef _nrip_complete nrip

Bash

# ~/.bashrc
_nrip_complete() {
  local cur prev
  COMPREPLY=()
  cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
  prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"

  if [[ "$prev" == "-c" || "$prev" == "--cremate" || "$prev" == "--prune" ]]; then
    mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(nrip --__complete prune "$cur")
  elif [[ "$prev" == "-r" || "$prev" == "--resurrect" ]]; then
    mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(nrip --__complete resurrect "$cur")
  fi
}
complete -F _nrip_complete nrip

Under the slab (how it works)

• Atomic move first — attempt rename(2); on cross‑device (EXDEV), use copy → swap → remove.
• Durability — directory entries are synced to keep the graveyard from losing corpses on power loss.
• Index — index.json tracks original/trashed paths, timestamps, and kind; guarded by a lock to prevent concurrent corruption.
• Journal — .journal notes PENDING/DONE and RESTORE_* events for basic forensics.
• Symlinks — preserved during recursive operations when applicable.

Security note — NRip is a user‑space trash bin. It does not perform secure shredding.

Roadmap of horrors (configuration)

Planned ~/.config/nrip/config.toml keys:

# Change the graveyard location
graveyard_dir = "/data/nrip/graveyard"

# Customize list format (order, fields, colors)
list.format = "{id} {icon} {kind} {deleted_at} {age} {basename} {original_path}"

# FZF preview command used for interactive modes
fzf.preview = "ls -l --color=always {trashed_path} || tree -C {trashed_path}"

# Confirmation policy
confirm.resurrect = true
confirm.cremate_all = "type-YES"

Knobs to expect:

• graveyard_dir
• list.format / list.time_format
• fzf.preview / fzf.height
• color = auto|always|never (honors NO_COLOR)

FAQ from beyond

What if the destination exists during resurrection? NRip refuses to overwrite; the living stay undisturbed.

Cross‑device moves? On EXDEV, NRip copies to a temp in the graveyard, syncs, swaps into place, removes the source.

Disable colors? Set NO_COLOR=1 or pipe; NRip auto‑detects TTY.

Uninstall

• Cargo: cargo uninstall nrip
• AUR: yay -Rns nrip
• Optional: nuke ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/nrip/

Contributing

Before opening a coffin—err, PR—please run cargo fmt, cargo clippy -D warnings, and cargo test.

License

Dual‑licensed under MIT and Apache‑2.0. See LICENSE*.