dotdrop/docs/installation.md

Installation

Installing dotdrop as a submodule is the recommended way.

If you want to keep your Python environment clean, use the virtualenv installation instructions (see As a submodule in a virtualenv and PyPI package in a virtualenv). In that case, the virtualenv environment might need to be loaded before any attempt to use dotdrop.

As a submodule

The following will create a Git repository for your dotfiles and keep dotdrop as a submodule:

## create the repository
$ mkdir dotfiles; cd dotfiles
$ git init

## install dotdrop as a submodule
$ git submodule add https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop.git
$ pip3 install --user -r dotdrop/requirements.txt
$ ./dotdrop/bootstrap.sh

## use dotdrop
$ ./dotdrop.sh --help

For macOS users, make sure to install realpath through Homebrew (part of coreutils).

Using this solution will require you to work with dotdrop by using the generated script dotdrop.sh at the root of your dotfiles repository.

To ease the use of dotdrop, it is recommended to add an alias to it in your shell with the config file path; for example:

alias dotdrop=<absolute-path-to-dotdrop.sh> --cfg=<path-to-your-config.yaml>'

As a submodule in a virtualenv

To install in a virtualenv:

## create the repository
$ mkdir dotfiles; cd dotfiles
$ git init

## install dotdrop as a submodule
$ git submodule add https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop.git
$ virtualenv -p python3 env
$ echo 'env' > .gitignore
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip install -r dotdrop/requirements.txt
$ ./dotdrop/bootstrap.sh

## use dotdrop
$ ./dotdrop.sh --help

When using a virtualenv, make sure to source the environment before using dotdrop:

$ source env/bin/activate
$ ./dotdrop.sh --help

Then follow the instructions under As a submodule.

PyPI package

Install dotdrop:

$ pip3 install dotdrop --user

and then set up your repository.

PyPI package in a virtualenv

Install dotdrop from PyPI in a virtualenv:

$ virtualenv -p python3 env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip install dotdrop

When using a virtualenv, make sure to source the environment before using dotdrop:

$ source env/bin/activate
$ dotdrop --help

Then follow the instructions under PyPI package.

Aur packages

Dotdrop is available on aur:

• Stable: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dotdrop/
• Git version: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dotdrop-git/

Make sure to install the python-magic-ahupp from aur.

Then follow the doc to setup your repository.

Snap package

Dotdrop is available as a snap package: https://snapcraft.io/dotdrop.

Install it with:

snap install dotdrop

Then follow the doc to setup your repository.

If you encounter warnings like Warning: using regular magic file, try defining the following environment variable:

export MAGIC=$SNAP/usr/share/file/magic.mgc

From source

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop.git

Start using it directly through the dotdrop.sh script and use the --cfg to make it point to your config file.

$ cd dotdrop/
$ ./dotdrop.sh --cfg <my-config-file> files

Dependencies

Beside the Python dependencies defined in requirements.txt, dotdrop depends on the following tools:

• diff
• git (only if using the entry point script dotdrop.sh)
• readlink or realpath (only if using the entry point script dotdrop.sh)

For macOS users, make sure to install the below packages through Homebrew:

• coreutils (only if using the entry point script dotdrop.sh which uses realpath)
• libmagic (for python-magic)

For WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), make sure to install python-magic-bin:

pip install python-magic-bin

Update dotdrop submodule

If using dotdrop as a submodule, one can control if dotdrop is auto-updated through the dotdrop.sh script by defining the environment variable DOTDROP_AUTOUPDATE=yes. If undefined, DOTDROP_AUTOUPDATE will take the value yes.

If used as a submodule, update it with:

$ git submodule update --init --recursive
$ git submodule update --remote dotdrop

You will then need to commit the changes with:

$ git add dotdrop
$ git commit -m 'update dotdrop'
$ git push

Downgrade dotdrop submodule

If you wish to get a specific version of dotdrop when using it as a submodule, the following operations can be done.

Here dotdrop is downgraded to the latest stable version:

## enter the repository containing the dotdrop submodule
$ cd my-dotfiles
## enter the dotdrop submodule
$ cd dotdrop
## update the list of tags
$ git fetch --tags
## checkout the latest stable version
$ git checkout `git tag -l | tail -1`

If using the dotdrop.sh script, make sure it doesn't automatically update dotdrop back to the latest commit.

Shell completion

Completion scripts exist for bash, zsh and fish; see the related doc.

Highlighters

Highlighters for dotdrop templates are available here.