https://github.com/gitanat/install_config_files

Facilitates keeping config files in a separate directory, helping create symlinks to them
https://github.com/gitanat/install_config_files

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Facilitates keeping config files in a separate directory, helping create symlinks to them

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gitanat/install_config_files
• Owner: gitanat
• Created: 2011-08-19T01:48:41.000Z (over 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-09-06T04:21:19.000Z (over 14 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-05T10:14:40.068Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
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• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
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install_config_files.py is a script that allows you to keep your config files is a separate directory, and helps you creating symlinks to them.

GLOSSARY:

original directory: the directory your config files originally shared in common, i.e: your home dir

config directory: the (new) directory to keep config files

data directory: a config directory you want to link. see below

How to keep config files in a separate directory:

    -create an empty directory

    -move each config file you want to it, keeping the path (relative to the original directory). Example: move "/home/user/.config/program/settings.conf" to "newdir/.config/program/settings.conf"

After a config directory is created, name it "config", and copy the script to it's parent directory.

The script processes each directory and file inside "config". It takes the following actions (python-pseudocode):

    For a directory:

        if it's a "data directory":

            treat directory as file

        else:

            mkdir if inexistent in original directory

            recurse into it

    for a file:

        backup if existent in original directory

        symlink it to the original directory

        

It also takes the following precations:

    check for broken, existing, and outdated links

On some circunstances, it might be desirable to link whole directories, instead of single files - for example, if you have dynamic file names

(a directory with logs, etc). These directories shall be known as "data directories", and, to enable the program to recognize them, the extension "..install_config_files_DATA" shall be appended.

--gpp