Have a dotfiles directory with all your stuff in it? Have homemaker put everything in its right place.

homemaker in action

• from crates.io: cargo install hm
• from github (may be in some state of flux): cargo install --git https://github.com/hlmtre/homemaker
• cloned locally: cargo install --path .

1. create a config.toml file either anywhere (and specify it when you run hm) or in ~/.config/homemaker/.
2. enter things to do things to in the file. example:

## config.toml

[[obj]]
file = 'tmux.conf'
source = '~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf'
destination = '~/.tmux.conf'
method = 'symlink'

[[obj]]
task = 'zt'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt && git pull'
dependencies = 'maim, slop'

[[obj]]
task = 'maim_dependencies'
solution = 'sudo apt install -y libxfixes-dev libglm-dev libxrandr-dev libglew-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libxcomposite-dev'

[[obj]]
task = 'maim'
source = '~/dotfiles/zt/maim'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt/maim; make clean; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ./ && make && sudo make install'
method = 'execute'
dependencies = 'maim_dependencies'

[[obj]]
task = 'slop'
source = '~/dotfiles/zt/slop'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt/slop; make clean; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ./ && make && sudo make install'
method = 'execute'

[[obj]]
task = 'slop'
source = '~/dotfiles/zt/slop'
solution = 'cd ~/dotfiles/zt/slop; make clean; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ./ && make && sudo make install'
method = 'execute'

3. hm ~/path/to/your/config.toml

• compared to say, gnu stow, homemaker supports more than just creating a mirrored symlinked filesystem.
• dependency resolution:
  • specify a set of tasks to complete, each with their own dependencies, and watch as it completes them in some order that satisfies each task's dependencies.
  • for example, in the sample config.toml (the one i use, actually), maim depends on having some graphics libraries installed. i created a task called maim_dependencies, and hm will complete maim_dependencies before attempting to complete maim.
  • zt has two dependencies: maim and slop. hm will complete the entire dependency tree below zt before atttempting zt.
  • homemaker complains if the dependency tree cannot be solved, and hopefully shows you a handy explanation why.

thanks to actual good code:
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