add symlink command

.gitignore

@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ vendor/
 
 # Go workspace file
 go.work
+
+tmp/

cmd/backup.go

@@ -10,23 +10,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 func init() {
   RootCmd.AddCommand(backupCommand)
-  RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&DotfilePath, "dotfile-path", "~/.dotfiles", "Path pointing to dotfiles directory")
-  RootCmd.MarkFlagRequired("dotfile-path")
-  viper.BindPFlag("dotfile-path", RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("dotfile-path"))
 }
 
 var backupCommand = &cobra.Command {
   Use: "backup",
+  Short: "Add and commit files in dotfiles directory",
   Run: runBackup,
 }
 
-var DotfilePath string
-
 func gitAddFiles(worktree *git.Worktree, fs afero.Fs) error {
   entries, err := afero.ReadDir(fs, DotfilePath)
   if err != nil {

cmd/init.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func copyExistingConfigs(programs []string, destRootOpt ...string) {
     destRoot = destRootOpt[0]
   }
 
-  configRoot := os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.config/"
+  configRoot := ConfigPath
   for _, program := range(programs) {
     // TODO: do something here
     print(configRoot + program)
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func createDotfileStructure(programs []string) {
 
 var initCommand = &cobra.Command {
   Use: "init",
+  Short: "Copy configs to dotfile directory",
+  Long: "Searches existing config directory for configs and then copies them to dotfile directory",
   Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
     var rootpath string
     if len(args) <= 0 {

cmd/link.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+  RootCmd.AddCommand(linkCommand)
+}
+
+var linkCommand = &cobra.Command {
+  Use: "link",
+  Run: runLinkCommand,
+}
+
+func runLinkCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+  fmt.Println("Symlinking dotfiles...")
+  entries, err := afero.ReadDir(fs, DotfilePath)
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+  for _, entry := range(entries) {
+    if entry.Name() == ".git" {
+      continue
+    }
+    dotPath := filepath.Join(DotfilePath, entry.Name())
+    configPath := filepath.Join(ConfigPath, entry.Name())
+
+    // destination needs to be removed before symlink
+    fs.RemoveAll(configPath)
+
+    err = afero.OsFs.SymlinkIfPossible(afero.OsFs{}, dotPath, configPath)
+    if err != nil {
+      log.Fatalf("Cannot symlink %s: %s", entry.Name(), err.Error())
+    }
+  }
+
+}

cmd/root.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2024 NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>
+Copyright © 2024 Marcus Kok
 
 */
 package cmd
@@ -8,23 +8,16 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 
-
-// RootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bender",
-	Short: "Change literals to whitespace",
+	Short: "dotfile management",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains
+	Long: `Bender is a CLI tool for syncing your
-examples and usage of using your application. For example:
+  dotfiles. It provides an opiniated way to symlink
-
+  a dotfile directory to various config directories.`,
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
-	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
-	// has an action associated with it:
-	// Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { },
 }
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
@@ -36,6 +29,9 @@ func Execute() {
 	}
 }
 
+var DotfilePath string
+var ConfigPath string
+
 func init() {
   // define flags and config sections
 
@@ -43,6 +39,21 @@ func init() {
 
 	// Cobra also supports local flags, which will only run
 	// when this action is called directly.
+  defaultDotPath := os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.dotfiles/"
+  defaultConfPath := os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.config/"
+  RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(
+    &DotfilePath,
+    "dotfile-path",
+    defaultDotPath,
+    "Path pointing to dotfiles directory",
+  )
+  RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(
+    &ConfigPath,
+    "config-path",
+    defaultConfPath,
+    "Path pointing to config directory",
+  )
+  viper.BindPFlag("dotfile-path", RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("dotfile-path"))
 	RootCmd.Flags().BoolP("toggle", "t", false, "Help message for toggle")
 }
 

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20230808193330-2592e75ae04a h1:mATvB/9r/3gvcej
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20230808193330-2592e75ae04a/go.mod h1:Ro8st/ElPeALwNFlcTpWmkr6IoMFfkjXAvTHpevnDsM=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 h1:FXtiHYKDGKCW2KzwZKx0iC0PQmdlorYgdFG9jPXJ1Bc=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1/go.mod h1:8tpGGwCnJ5H4r6BWwaV6OrWmMoPhUl5jm/FMNAnJvWQ=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.5 h1:OcaySEmAQJgyYcArR+gGGTHCyE7nvhEMTlYY+Dp8CpY=