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* Fix shell globbing bugsGravatar Edd Salkield2020-04-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are several problems leading to the unintentional globbing issue: Firstly, within `rcup` and `rcdn`, when constructing arguments to pass to `lsrc`, the _for_ loops over the arguments do not have quoted variables, leading to globbing. I have quoted these accordingly. Secondly, `lsrc` is invoked as follows: ```sh dests_and_srcs="$(lsrc $LS_ARGS)" ``` When shells use command substitution like this, they go through two stages: - Word expansion. This is useful because it splits `LS_ARGS` back up into its constituent strings. - File name expansion. The side effect of this is to introduce globbing. You can read more about how this works [here](https://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_04.html#sect_03_04_07). To fix this, I have passed `lsrc` and its arguments to `eval`. This involves quoting the relevant arguments, so: ```sh for dotfiles_dir in "$DOTFILES_DIRS"; do LS_ARGS="$LS_ARGS -d $dotfiles_dir" done ``` becomes ```sh for dotfiles_dir in "$DOTFILES_DIRS"; do LS_ARGS="$LS_ARGS -d \"$dotfiles_dir\"" done ``` Then `lsrc` is invoked as follows: ```sh dests_and_srcs="$(eval "lsrc $LS_ARGS")" ``` There is one final non-globbing issue: the parsing of arguments can introduce extra spaces in the variables, which then trip up the `dotfiles_dir_excludes` function. For example: ```sh I) includes="$includes $OPTARG";; ``` introduces a space if `includes` is empty or null. I have introduced the function `append_variable`, which allows two variables to be appended without introducing unnecessary whitespace. Then the additional whitespace is never added in the first place. Fixes #256.
* Do not symlink a symlink in mkrcGravatar Mat M2020-01-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | We have a bug when calling mkrc(1) on a symlink: ```sh mkrc ~/.vimrc # links ~/.vimrc to ~/.dotfiles/vimrc mkrc ~/.vimrc # deletes ~/.dotfiles/vimrc ``` This catches that case ahead of time, preventing the user from running mkrc(1) on a symlink. Fix #144.
* Fixes for the Debian Almquist Shell (dash)Gravatar Florian Tham2017-02-24
| | | | | | | | | | | The `[` command, which is a builtin for dash, does not understand the `==` operator; this should be `=` instead. While here, more quotes in more places, including around `$*`. `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/dash ./configure && make check` reports no failed test. Closes #200.
* Handle spaces in dotfile nameGravatar Mike Burns and Eric Collins2016-12-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In mkrc, separate the list of files with newlines instead of spaces. Change the `$IFS` when iterating to handle this. We hand the file off to rcup, which encodes the file name by replacing spaces with the bell character (`\a`). rcup then sends the file name off to lsrc, which decodes the bell back into a space. The test makes sure an `a` character is in the filename, in case some encoding goes wrong. We use tr(1) instead of sed(1) because tr(1) handles `\a`. Shoutout to Sublime Text 3 for forcing this issue.
* Support rc files without leading dotsGravatar Christopher Koch2014-11-19
| | | | | | | | | | | This adds the `-U` option to lsrc(1), rcup(1), and rcdn(1) commands; its argument is an exclusion pattern. Any file matching this pattern is symlinked without the leading dot. There is also a `-u` option to undo a `-U`. The `UNDOTTED` setting in rcrc(5) can be used to set it permanently. The mkrc(1) command has `-U` and `-u` flags. They take no argument.
* Generate an installation scriptGravatar Mike Burns2014-08-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This commit adds a `-g` flag to rcup(1) to generate a standalone shell script. This shell script can then be run again, even on different computers, to recreate the symlinks. This allows people to recreate the "download my dotfiles and run ./install.sh" instructions, but with generated code that they do not need to maintain. This provides us more freedom with lsrc(1): since rcm can be used to generate a universal shell script, lsrc(1) now can be harder to install -- it can depend on a compiler, for example -- because you only need to install it on one machine. The generated script is rather limited; this can be improved in future commits, as desired.
* Allow the user to override SYMLINK_DIRS with -sGravatar Mike Burns2014-07-09
| | | | | | | | This adds a `-s` that can be used to override the `SYMLINK_DIRS` config, or the `-S` flag, to lsrc(1), mkrc(1), rcup(1), and rcdn(1). The `-s` flag is the opposite of -S: any argument, if it is a directory, is not symlinked but instead recurred down.
* On bad args, show usage and exitGravatar Mike Burns2014-05-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | The lsrc(1), mkrc(1), rcup(1), and rcdn(1) commands will now print a usage message and exit immediately (with 64, `EX_USAGE`) when given an option it does not understand. This includes `--version` and `--help`. Normal `-h` will print usage and exit successfully, as normal. Closes #59.
* Update documentation on usageGravatar Mike Burns2014-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New flags have accumulated without proper care for the usage instructions or man pages. I manually went through each program and verified its usage instruction against its `getopts`, then I alphabeticalized the usage message. Based on the usage message, I then verified the synposis in the manpage. Then, based on the synposis, I alphabeticalized the detailed listing of the arguments and filled in the missing pieces. The `-h` and `-V` arguments were missing from all manpages. In the future we will need to be more careful about this. It would be good to automate a checker that refuses to build unless the docs have all the flags mentioned.
* Add a hostname overrideGravatar Mike Burns2014-05-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Based on issue #82, we now provide `-B` to override the hostname. In particular: - `mkrc -B foo` will enable `-o` but with the hostname set up `foo`. - `lsrc -B foo` will work like normal `lsrc` except it treats `host-foo` as the host-specific directory. - `rcup -B foo` will run a normal `rcup` except `host-foo` is the host-specific directory. - `rcdn -B foo` is just like normal `rcdn`, but with `host-foo` as the host-specific directory. The `HOSTNAME` can also be set in the rcrc(5), and this is overridden by the aforementioned `-B`. While making this change: The `test/Makefile.am` used a mix of tabs and spaces. Since it's a Makefile, replace it all with tabs.
* Bugfix: do not break out of the for loopGravatar Mike Burns2014-05-06
| | | | | | | | A `break` anywhere inside a `for` loop (even inside a `case`) will exit from the innermost loop. Replace the `break` with a `:` to get the desired effect. Spotted by Pat Brisin.
* mkrc with relative filenames inside dotted dirGravatar Pablo Olmos de Aguilera Corradini2014-05-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is best explained with an example. If I want to track a file like `~/.bundle/config`, the correct way would be: ~$ mkrc ~/.bundle/config --> ~/.dotfiles/bundle/config But if you are already inside the directory, say: ~/.bundle $ and you ran: ~/.bundle $ mkrc con<TAB> # for autocomplete ~/.bundle $ mkrc config --> ~/.dotfiles/.config Which is obviously not what you meant. This basically checks first if the file exists in the current working directory and if it is, it's expand the full path. ~/.bundle $ mkrc config --> ~/.dotfiles/bundle/config
* Discover a POSIX shell for SolarisGravatar Mike Burns2014-03-28
Under Solaris, use ksh instead of `/bin/sh`. This uses `$SHELL` as a POSIX shell, coupled with a `configure` check that sets it correctly. Note that the POSIX shell might end up being bash, so this actually introduces more fragmentation than it reduces. Taken from https://github.com/freedreno/mesa/blob/master/configure.ac