Previous to this patch, having a config like the following would not
work properly:
- link:
~/a: ~/b
This was because the '~' was expanded on the left hand side (the link
target), but not the right hand side (the link source). It was necessary
to use a workaround like this:
- link:
~/a: $HOME/b
This was because variable expansion was being done, but user expansion
was not being done.
This commit adds support for using '~' in the link source.
Prior to this patch, the following config led to incorrect behavior:
- link:
~/.folder/file:
path: file
create: true
relative: true
relink: true
Prior to the change, running the config the first time would result in
expected behavior. However, running the config for the second time would
result in deletion and re-creation of the link (even when the link is
correct).
This patch improves the interaction of relink and relative, taking
relative paths into account when checking the validity of existing links
in the `_delete()` method.
This commit adds an option to the extended configuration syntax for
linking files and directories. Enabling the relative option makes it so
that symbolic links are created with relative paths instead of absolute
paths.
Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com> pointed out that Dotbot parses JSON
files as YAML. The YAML format doesn't allow tab characters, which are
normally allowed in JSON. This patch adds a note about this to the
README.
In our use case, we are *not* reading arbitrary input that could be
malicious. Still, because we know that what we're reading is made up of
only dictionaries and lists and not arbitrary Python objects, we might
as well use the more restrictive `safe_load` function rather than the
`load` function.
This commit adds an option to the extended configuration syntax for
linking files and directories. The relink option is a safe alternative
to forcibly linking that only removes broken symbolic links, so it
cannot result in data loss.
