diff --git a/Tips-and-Tricks.md b/Tips-and-Tricks.md index 6a3edd3..c974744 100644 --- a/Tips-and-Tricks.md +++ b/Tips-and-Tricks.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ See [here](https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot/pull/11#issuecomment-73082152) ## More advanced setup -If you want to install programs independently from a general configuration file, the following setup might be for you. +If you want to install programs independently from a general configuration file, the following setup might be for you. An advanced quickstart can be found at the [ecarlson94/dotbot-template Wiki](https://github.com/ecarlson94/dotbot-template/wiki/Dotfiles-Repository). ### Configurations Write a configuration file for each program and put them together in a directory: @@ -50,22 +50,35 @@ DOTBOT_BIN="bin/dotbot" BASE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" + cd "${BASE_DIR}" git submodule update --init --recursive --remote + while IFS= read -r config; do - CONFIGS+=" ${config}" + CONFIGS+=" ${config}" done < "${META_DIR}/${PROFILES_DIR}/$1" shift -echo ${CONFIGS} - for config in ${CONFIGS} ${@}; do - echo -e "\nConfigure $config" - configFile="$(mktemp)" ; echo -e "$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${BASE_CONFIG}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")\n$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${CONFIG_DIR}/${config}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")" > "$configFile" - "${BASE_DIR}/${DOTBOT_DIR}/${DOTBOT_BIN}" -d "${BASE_DIR}" -c "$configFile" ; rm -f "$configFile" + echo -e "\nConfigure $config" + # create temporary file + configFile="$(mktemp)" + suffix="-sudo" + echo -e "$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${BASE_CONFIG}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")\n$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${CONFIG_DIR}/${config%"$suffix"}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")" > "$configFile" + + cmd=("${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${DOTBOT_DIR}/${DOTBOT_BIN}" -d "${BASE_DIR}" -c "$configFile") + + if [[ $config == *"sudo"* ]]; then + cmd=(sudo "${cmd[@]}") + fi + + "${cmd[@]}" + rm -f "$configFile" done + +cd "${BASE_DIR}" ``` #### `install-standalone` @@ -86,23 +99,42 @@ DOTBOT_BIN="bin/dotbot" BASE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" + cd "${BASE_DIR}" git submodule update --init --recursive --remote for config in ${@}; do - configFile="$(mktemp)" ; echo -e "$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${BASE_CONFIG}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")\n$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${CONFIG_DIR}/${config}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")" > "$configFile" - "${BASE_DIR}/${DOTBOT_DIR}/${DOTBOT_BIN}" -d "${BASE_DIR}" -c "$configFile" ; rm -f "$configFile" + # create temporary file + configFile="$(mktemp)" + suffix="-sudo" + echo -e "$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${BASE_CONFIG}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")\n$(<"${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${CONFIG_DIR}/${config%"$suffix"}${CONFIG_SUFFIX}")" > "$configFile" + + cmd=("${BASE_DIR}/${META_DIR}/${DOTBOT_DIR}/${DOTBOT_BIN}" -d "${BASE_DIR}" -c "$configFile") + + if [[ $config == *"sudo"* ]]; then + cmd=(sudo "${cmd[@]}") + fi + + "${cmd[@]}" + rm -f "$configFile" done + +cd "${BASE_DIR}" ``` Now you should be able to install a profile with -``` +```bash ./install-profile [] ``` and single configurations with -``` +```bash ./install-standalone ``` +You can also invoke a single configuration as a sudoer by adding `-sudo` to the end of a configuration +```bash +./install-standalone some-config-sudo some-other-config +``` +In the last example, the `some-config` config will be run with elevated privileges, but `some-other-config` will not. The above prevent passing command-line arguments like `-v` and `-q` to the Dotbot invocation. If you want to use command-line options in conjunction with the above, you can add parsing of command-line options as described in [#87](https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot/issues/87#issue-146431889).