packs

WIP: Rust implementation of packs and packwerk for ruby

Features

• It's entirely built in Rust, so it's really fast, and doesn't require any external dependencies since the binary contains everything that needed to run packs!
• Currently all packs can do is generate a cache to be used by the ruby implementation.

Usage

One simple way to try out packs to generate your cache would be to create a bash function which wraps the call to bin/packwerk, like so:

# In your ~/.bash_profile or analogous file
packwerk() {
    if [ "$1" = "check" ] || [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
        echo "Calling packs generate_cache with args: ${@:2}"
        packs generate_cache "${@:2}"
    fi

    echo "Now calling packwerk with args: $@"
    bin/packwerk "$@"
}

You can also modify the bin/packwerk executable to call packs conditionally, e.g.

# In bin/packwerk
packs_executable = `which packs`.chomp
if !packs_executable.empty?
  if ARGV.first == 'check' || ARGV.first == 'update'
    puts "Calling packs generate_cache with args: #{ARGV[1..-1]}"
    system('packs', 'generate_cache', *ARGV[1..-1])
  end
end

Verification

As packs is still a work-in-progress, it's possible it will not produce the same results as the ruby implementation (see below). If not, please file an issue!

To verify:

1. Run rm -rf tmp/cache/packwerk to delete the existing cache.
2. Run packs generate_cache (see directions below to get binary)
3. Run bin/packwerk update to see how violations change using packs.

Downloading the Binary

Deployment ergonomics are still a WIP.

If you want to try it out:

• Go to https://github.com/alexevanczuk/packs/releases
• Download the packs asset and run chmod +x path/to/packs
• Open the containing directory, right click on the binary, click open, and then accept the warning message that says its from an unknown developer (it's me!)
• Execute path/to/packs to see the CLI help message.

You can add path/to/packs to your PATH so it's available in every terminal session.

Deployment Improvements

In the future, I hope to:

• Somehow sign the binary so it does not get a warning message
• Make it executable before download
• Add directions to download via some other tool, or ship as a native ruby gem extension.

New to Rust?

Me too! This is my first Rust project, so I'd love to have feedback, advice, and contributions! If you're new to Rust, don't be intimidated! https://www.rust-lang.org has tons of great learning resources.