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emplace Command-line tool to mirror installed software on multiple machines.
Features
- [x] Outputs a human-readable (RON) file to sync between machines:
.emplace
- [x] Version control with git to automatically push & pull updates
- [x] Automatic prompt after installing a package
- [x] Integrates well with dotfiles repositories
- [x] Parses history file
Package managers supported:
OS Package Manager Apt GNU Guix Nix Pacman RUA Yay Zypper Snap DNF/YUM Homebrew Pkg Chocolatey Scoop Cargo Rustup Component Python Pip Python Pip 3 Node Package Manager Ruby Gem Go Shells supported:
Shell Bash Zsh Fish Nu
Installation
Getting Started
- Install the emplace binary:
### Windows
#### Scoop
scoop install emplace
### NixOS
nix-env -iA nixos.emplace
### Linux, MacOS, Windows
#### Rust
cargo install emplace
#### Binary
Download the latest binary from releases for your OS and put it somewhere in your PATH.
- Add the init script to your shell's config file:
#### Bash
Add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc
:
# ~/.bashrc
source <(emplace init bash)
#### Zsh
Add the following to the end of ~/.zshrc
:
# ~/.zshrc
eval "$(emplace init zsh)"
#### Fish
Add the following to the end of ~/.config/fish/config.fish
:
```sh
# ~/.config/fish/config.fish
emplace init fish | source
```
#### Nu
Run the following in your shell:
```sh
emplace init nu | config set_into prompt
```
- Change the configuration file (optional)
When you want to use a different configuration file from the default one you can change emplace init $SHELL
with emplace init $SHELL -c path/to/my/config.toml
.
This will set the EMPLACE_CONFIG="path/to/my/config.toml"
environment variable. This can be overwritten with export EMPLACE_CONFIG="path/to/other/config.toml"
after the init function, except in the Nu shell.
Usage
Mirroring Packages
Invoke the supported package manager of choice using the command line in a normal way and you will automatically be prompted to mirror the package, for example:
cargo install topgrade
# -- or --
rustup component add rustfmt
# -- or --
sudo apt install meld
# -- or --
pacman -S zsh
# -- or --
rua install peek
# -- or --
yay -S thunar
# -- or --
sudo snap install scrcpy
# -- or --
npm install -g release
# -- or --
pip3 install --user termtosvg
# -- or --
choco install neovim
# -- or --
scoop install curl
# -- or --
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nixfmt
# -- or --
brew install wget
# -- or --
sudo dnf install htop
# -- or --
guix install 0ad
# -- or --
gem install aasm-diagram
# -- or --
go get colorgo
# -- or --
pkg install nginx
Synchronizing On Another Machine
Just invoke emplace install
, and you will be prompted with the packages to install:
emplace install
History Analysis
You can also parse history files, this will try to extract installation commands from each line.
Bash & Zsh
emplace history $HISTFILE
Fish
emplace history ~/.local/share/fish/fish_history
Removing Synchronized Packages
Run emplace clean
and select the packages you want to be cleaned, they won't be removed from your system.
Creating and modifying config files
Run emplace config --new
to create a new config and configure the repository or emplace config --path
to retrieve the path to the configuration file.
Development Status
This software isn't actively developed on by me anymore, I do however review and accept pull requests.
Contributors
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
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