dotfiles-cli

CLI for my dotfiles.

Installation

npm install -g @eliasnorrby/dotfiles-cli

The CLI is available under the name boom 💥. It's just a placeholder for now. Hello there, doom. 👋

Commands

list

List available topics and their states.

enable <topic>

Enable a topic (i.e. set its state to present in .dotfiles/root.config.yml).

disable <topic>

Disable a topic (i.e. set its state to disabled in .dotfiles/root.config.yml).

remove <topic>

Remove a topic (i.e. set its state to absent in .dotfiles/root.config.yml).

update [-v]

Run the configured update script (eg. for zplug, vim-plug, brew), optionally with verbose output.

deploy [-vb] [-t <topic(s)>] [-o <operation(s)>]

Run the configured ansible playbook to deploy the dotfile configuration, optionally with verbose output.

Use the -t (--topic) flag to limit which topics to deploy. Pass a single topic name or a comma separated list:

# Deploy all topics
boom deploy

# Deploy a single topic
boom deploy -t shell/zsh

# Deploy multiple topics
boom deploy -t shell/zsh,shell/git,editor/vscode

# Deploy with escalated priveleges (tell ansible to prompt for sudo password)
boom deploy -b

Operations

Deploying a topic completely involves many operations:

1. Ensure configuration files are symlinked
2. Ensure homebrew dependencies are installed
3. Ensure App Store dependencies are installed
4. Ensure npm/pip/gem dependencies are installed
5. Ensure MacOS defaults are applied

The default behaviour of boom deploy is to only make sure configuration files are symlinked. This is the most important part of the underlying playbook, so it is always run. It is also fast. The other operations are more time consuming. They can be performed using the -o (--operations) flag. Pass a single operation or a comma separated list:

# Make sure all brew formulae and casks are installed for all topics
boom deploy -o homebrew # (This takes a while)

# Combined with the topic flag
boom deploy -t editor/vscode -o homebrew

# Enable multiple operations
boom deploy -o apps,packages

# Using shorthand notation
boom deploy -t shell/zsh -o h,a,p

The available operations can be listed using boom deploy --list-operations.

Available operations

operation: homebrew
shorthand: h
description: install homebrew formulae & casks

operation: pacman
shorthand: m
description: install packages with pacman

operation: apps
shorthand: a
description: install app store apps

operation: packages
shorthand: p
description: install global packages (npm/pip/gem)

operation: defaults
shorthand: d
description: apply MacOS defaults