update add command to link files automatically and deal with relative paths

cmd/add.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -14,16 +15,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
+	addCommand.Flags().BoolVar(&absolutePath, "absolute", false, "absolute path of config")
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(addCommand)
 }
 
 var addCommand = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "add",
 	Short: "Adds config to be tracked by dotctl",
-	Long:  "TODO: add longer description", // TODO add more description
+	Long:  "will copy files passed as argument to the dotfiles directory and symlink them", // TODO add more description
 	Run:   runAddCommand,
 }
 
+var absolutePath bool
+
 func runAddCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	fs := FileSystem
 
@@ -35,6 +39,12 @@ func runAddCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	configSrc := args[0]
+
+	if !absolutePath {
+		cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+		configSrc = cwd + "/" + configSrc
+	}
+
 	dirs := strings.Split(configSrc, "/")
 	name := dirs[len(dirs)-1] // take the last section of the path, this should be the name
 	if name[0] == '.' {
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@ func runAddCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	_, err := fs.Stat(dotfileDest)
 	if err == nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Looks like %s exists in current dotfile directory\n", dotfileDest)
-		fmt.Println("Do you want to overwrite it?")
+		fmt.Printf("Do you want to overwrite it with what is in %s?\n", configSrc)
 		confirm := promptui.Prompt{
 			Label:     "overwrite config",
 			IsConfirm: true,
@@ -66,12 +76,20 @@ func runAddCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		if strings.ToUpper(overwrite) == "Y" {
 			addConfigToDir(fs, configSrc, dotfileDest)
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("Just set up %s to link to %s\n", configSrc, dotfileDest)
 	} else {
 		addConfigToDir(fs, configSrc, dotfileDest)
 	}
 
+	if !DryRun {
+		// symlink the copied dotfile destination back to the config src
+		fs.RemoveAll(configSrc)
+		linkPaths(dotfileDest, configSrc)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("Files were not symlinked")
+	}
+
 	if !testing {
+		// write to the config to persist changes
 		err := viper.WriteConfig()
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("Problem updating dotctl config %s", err)

cmd/link.go

@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(linkCommand)
-	linkCommand.AddCommand(listCommand)
 }
 
 var linkCommand = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "link",
 	Run:   runLinkCommand,
 	Short: "generate symlinks according to config",
-	Long:  "add longer description", // TODO add longer description here
+	Long:  "runs through all configs in the dotctl config file and links them to configured symlinks", // TODO add longer description here
 }
 
 func runLinkCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -55,28 +54,17 @@ func runLinkCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if testing == true {
 				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "%s,%s", configPath, dotPath)
 			} else {
-				err := afero.OsFs.SymlinkIfPossible(afero.OsFs{}, dotPath, configPath)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Fatalf("Cannot symlink %s: %s\n", configName, err.Error())
-				} else {
-					fmt.Printf("%s linked\n", configName)
+				linkPaths(dotPath, configPath)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	}
-}
-
-var listCommand = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "list",
-	Run:   runListCommand,
-	Short: "list configs that should be symlinked",
-	Long:  "add longer description", // TODO add longer description here
 }
 
-func runListCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	links := viper.GetStringMapString("links")
-	fmt.Println("Configs added:")
-	for configName, configPath := range links {
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", configName, configPath)
+func linkPaths(dotPath, configPath string) {
+	err := afero.OsFs.SymlinkIfPossible(afero.OsFs{}, dotPath, configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Cannot symlink %s: %s\n", configPath, err.Error())
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("%s linked to %s\n", configPath, dotPath)
 	}
 }