https://github.com/garywei944/eden

Unix initialization solution that supports multiple OS
https://github.com/garywei944/eden

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Unix initialization solution that supports multiple OS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/garywei944/eden
• Owner: garywei944
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-23T09:08:52.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-18T10:07:34.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-19T07:22:03.924Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 48.8 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Eden: Evangelion Development Environment Nexus

Unix initialization solution that supports multiple OS

## Why Eden?

The demand is straightforward:

- I have multiple instances of Unix-like OS: PC, macbook, AWS EC2, Computing cluster, WSL, etc.

- I want to have a consistent environment on all these machines, including:

  - package installation (fd, ripgrep, fzf, etc.)

  - dotfiles (zshrc, gitconfig, etc.)

  - private keys, etc.

A few bash scripts sounds like a good idea, but it's not enough:

- Different OS may have different package managers (apt, brew, etc.).

- I may or may not have root access (sudo) on these machines, which foundamentally changes the way to install packages.

- They may or may not have desktop GUI (X11, Wayland, etc.), which indicates if some packages are needed.

- There might be built-in version of some packages (rsut, ruby, go, etc.), which I might not want to overwrite.

W.I.P.

## Design Choice

I choose to use Python over bash for the following reasons:

- More advanced logic can be implemented easily in Python.

- It's easy to develop and test Python codes.

- Easy to maintain and extend.

## Predecessor

[eva_init](https://github.com/garywei944/eva_init) is the predecessor of Eden.

It's a bash-based project that does the same thing, but it gets really messy and is hard

to maintain and extent after a while.