dotPyle

Manage all your configuration files with different profiles remotely.
_{Made with ❤️ by Jorge Bodega and Perseo Gutierrez}

dotPyle is a Python implementation of a dotfile system manager, allowing users to keep a secure copy of all program configurations remotely, create different profiles, etc.

Commands

Init

This will request a git url and a git token If it is the first time you use Dotpyle, you will need to create an empty repo on GitHub, GitLab, etc.

If you want to manage an existing repo you just need to input url and token

dotpyle init [--url <git url>]  [--protocol (git/https)] [--token (if repo is private)]

Add

1. Copy file to repo location
2. Delete file of path
3. Generate symbolic link to path

Examples:

1. Create program_name key
2. Create profile (default by default)
3. Set root and paths (optionally pre and post hooks)

    dotpyle add dotfile <program_name> [--profile <profile_name>] [--root
    <root_path>] [--path <dotfile_path1> [--path dotfile_path2>] ...] [--pre
    <pre_config_install_command> [--pre <...>]] [--post
    <post_config_install_command> [--post <...>]]

List

dotpyle list [--name <program_name>] [--profile <profile_name>]

Link

dotpyle install <program_name> [--profile <profile_name>]

Interacting with Git repository

User may avoid interacting directly with Dotpyle git repository

TODO: Considering only one dotpyle sync command for pulling && pussing

Pulling changes

This command will fetch new changes from the remote repository and check nothing will break

TODO

dotpyle pull

Pushing changes (TODO)

dotpyle push

Commiting changes

Commiting should be as granular and personal as possible so Dotpyle offers the granularity you may need.

dotpyle commit [-n <program_name> [--path=<path1> --path=<path2> ...]] [-p <profile_name>] -m <commit_message>

Examples:

• General commit for all changes on all programs and profiles installed and managed by Dotpyle:

  dotpyle commit -m 'fix typo on vimrc'

• Commit for all dotfiles of specific program (e.g. nvim):

  dotpyle commit -n nvim -m 'commit message'

• Commit for all programs (and all configuration files) of a concrete profile (e.g. work):

  dotpyle commit -p work -m 'commit message'

• Commit for specific program and specific dotfiles of that program for all profiles: (e.g. alacritty base configuration for all profiles which have alacritty)

  dotpyle commit -n alacritty --path=alacritty.yml -m 'commit message'

• Commit for specific program and specific dotfiles of that program on specific profile: (e.g. i3 configuration for i3-resurrect and status bar on home profile)

  dotpyle commit -n i3 --path=i3-resurrect/config.json --path=i3status.conf -p home -m 'commit message'

Profiles

profile create

dotpyle profile create <profile_name>

Creates a new profile named <profile_name>, if it does not exist.

profile list

dotpyle profile list [<profile_name>]

profile change

dotpyle profile change <profile_name> [<program_name> ...]

This option will change the configuration file to the <profile_name> passed for:

• all dotfiles if no <program_name> is passed
• all <program_name>'s passed

Example:

dotpyle profile change work nvim git

Neovim work profile and Git work profile will be symlinked to its corresponding path.

dotpyle profile change home

All dotfiles which have a 'home' profile will be symlinked to its corresponding paths. Dotfiles which does not have a configuration for given profile will not be altered.

TBD

Configuration

check

dotpyle config check [<dotpyle_config_path>]

This command will analize Dotpyle configuration file, by default (XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/dotpyle/dotpyle.yml) (or <dotpyle_config_path>), returning descriptive errors.

Info: any other command will anayle the configuration file before executing. This command is useful and recomended whenever any manual change is made on dotpyle.yml.

dotpyle.yml example

Structure of yml (every thing inside [] are examples)

# General settings for dotpyle
settings:

    # Defined profiles
    profiles:
        - default
        - [home]
        - [work]

    # TODO
    TBD

dotfiles:

    # Top level key, the name of the program for which store config files
    [program_name]:

        # Name of the profile (default profile: default)
        [profile_name]:

            # Bash commands to be executed before configuring 'profile_name'
            before:
                - [bash script 1]
                - [bash script 2]

            # Bash commands to be executed after configuring 'profile_name'
            after:
                - [bash script 1]
                - [bash script 2]

            # Base path for start storing 'paths' for 'program_name' (default $HOME)
            root: ~

            # Configuration files for 'program_name'. Subroutes will be created if they dont exist
            paths:
                - [.configuration]                # will symlink dotfiles/program_name/profile_name/.configuration => $HOME/.configuration
                - [subroute/.filerc]              # will symlink dotfiles/program_name/profile_name/subroute/.filerc => $HOME/subroute/.filerc
                - [subroute0/subroute1/filerc]    # will symlink dotfiles/program_name/profile_name/subroute0/subroute1/filerc => $HOME/subroute0/subroute1/filerc

Example of dotpyle.yml config file:

settings:
    profiles:
        - default
        - windows

dotfiles:
    git:
        default:
            before:
                - sudo pacman -S git
            paths:
                - .gitconfig

        windows:
            before:
                - choco install git.install
            root: C:\Users\usr
            paths:
                - .gitconfig

    nvim:
        default:
            before:
                - sudo pacman -S neovim node
            root: ~/.config/nvim
            paths:
                - init.vim
                - after/ftplugin/ada.vim

        windows:
            before:
                - choco install neovim --pre
            root: C:\AppData\Local\nvim
            paths:
                - init.vim
                - after/ftplugin/ada.vim

This will be the generated file structure on the repository:

dotfiles
|
|-> git
|   |-> default
|   |   |-> .gitconfig
|   |-> windows
|       |-> .gitconfig
|
|-> nvim
    |-> default
    |   |-> init.vim
    |   |-> after
    |       |-> ftplugin
    |           |-> ada.vim
    |
    |-> windows
        |-> init.vim
        |-> after
            |-> ftplugin
                |-> ada.vim

dotpyle.local.yml structure

Dotpyle needs to create a local configuration file in order to keep track of your configuration on the current machine.

This file will not be tracked by git so non conflicts will be derived when using Dotpyle on multiple computers.

Also, this file will be generated automatically by Dotpyle on 'init' command or whenever Dotpyle can't find it.

Structure of yml (every thing inside [] are examples)

installed:
    [program_name]:
        profile: [profile_name]
       # modified: [True|False]
        TBD
TBD

TODO

• Decorator / global variable to instance parser and handlers
• Print centralized service with colorful error / warning / correct output
• Change uninstall name for on more intuitive
• Run command to execute alone hooks
• Create commit on uninstall dotfile