Bash Builder

Sometimes I just want to use bash, sometimes I need to store variables, paths, etc., so sometimes I use Bash Builder.

What does it do?

• set_config_var: Save per project persistent variables.
• get_config_var: Read per project persistent variables.
• configure_var: Prompt the user to input a variable.
• configure_path: Prompt the user to input a file path.
• setup_repo: Prompt the user to configure a git repository that the project is dependent on.
• Not much else...

How do I use it?

1. Create a new shell script to do something (e.g. configure a project).
2. Use functions provided by bash-builder in your script. You might create a setup.sh script to configure some variables, paths, repos, etc.

# Write a variable
set_conf_var "my-first-var" "A value"

# Read a stored variable
MY_VAR="$(get_conf_var "my-first-var")"

# Prompt user for a variable (if not set). 
configure_var "my-variable" "The default value for my-variable"

# Prompt user to configure the path to a repo. 
setup_repo "repo-path-var"  "https://github.com/mbatc/Adder" "branch-to-clone"

echo "Bash builder cloned 'https://github.com/mbatc/Adder' to '$(get_conf_var "repo-path-var")'"

3. Run the setup.sh script in a project directory using bash-builder

bash-builder /path/to/project /path/to/project/setup.sh

3. (optional) You could also reuse setup.sh with a different project.

bash-builder /path/to/my-other-project /path/to/project/setup.sh

Install

Open a terminal, copy the command below, and run it.

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin | curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mbatc/bash-builder/main/bash-builder>~/.local/bin/bash-builder | chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/bash-builder

Run bash-builder in your terminal to check it was successful.

The command downloads the bash-builder script to your ~/.local/bin folder and makes it executable.