README.md: Improve 30 second overview

[code/vcsh.git] / vcsh

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 4e618dfbff60878636a10a629225d8e411541c2a..2509b66cbde0f954aa7329f97752f9458409dacc 100755 (executable)
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -8,11 +8,23 @@
 # While the following is not legally binding, the author would like to
 # explain the choice of GPLv2+ over GPLv3+.
 # The author prefers GPLv3+ over GPLv2+ but feels it's better to maintain
-# full compability with git. In case git ever changes its licensing terms,
+# full compatibility's with git. In case git ever changes its licensing terms,
 # which is admittedly extremely unlikely to the point of being impossible,
 # this software will most likely follow suit.
 
+# This should always be the first line of code to facilitate debugging
+[ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ] && set -vx
+
+basename() {
+       # Implemented in shell to avoid spawning another process
+       local file
+       file="${1##*/}"
+       [ -z "$2" ] || file="${file%$2}"
+       echo "$file"
+}
+
 SELF=$(basename $0)
+VERSION='1.3'
 
 fatal() {
        echo "$SELF: fatal: $1" >&2
@@ -22,12 +34,14 @@ fatal() {
 # We need to run getops as soon as possible so we catch -d and other
 # options that will modify our behaviour.
 # Commands are handled at the end of this script.
-while getopts  "c:dv" flag; do
+while getopts "c:dv" flag; do
        if [ "$1" = '-d' ] || [ "$1" = '--debug' ]; then
                set -vx
                VCSH_DEBUG=1
+               echo "$SELF $VERSION"
        elif [ "$1" = '-v' ];then
                VCSH_VERBOSE=1
+               echo "$SELF $VERSION"
        elif [ "$1" = '-c' ];then
                VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG=$OPTARG
        fi
@@ -90,7 +104,8 @@ help() {
           <newname>     Rename repository
    run <repo> \\
        <command>        Use this repository
-   setup <repo>         Set up repository with recommended settings
+   upgrade <repo>       Upgrade repository to currently recommended settings
+   version              Print version information
    which <substring>    Find substring in name of any tracked file
    write-gitignore \\
    <repo>               Write .gitignore.d/<repo> via git ls-files
@@ -169,7 +184,7 @@ git_dir_exists() {
 hook() {
        for hook in $VCSH_HOOK_D/$1* $VCSH_HOOK_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.$1*; do
                [ -x "$hook" ] || continue
-               info "executing '$hook'"
+               verbose "executing '$hook'"
                "$hook"
        done
 }
@@ -180,7 +195,7 @@ init() {
        mkdir -p "$GIT_WORK_TREE" || fatal "could not create '$GIT_WORK_TREE'" 50
        cd "$GIT_WORK_TREE" || fatal "could not enter '$GIT_WORK_TREE'" 11
        git init
-       setup
+       upgrade
 }
 
 list() {
@@ -219,14 +234,14 @@ run() {
        hook post-run
 }
 
-setup() {
-       hook pre-setup
+upgrade() {
+       hook pre-upgrade
        use
        git config core.worktree     "$GIT_WORK_TREE"
        git config core.excludesfile ".gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME"
        git config vcsh.vcsh         'true'
        [ -e "$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME" ] && git add -f "$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME"
-       hook post-setup
+       hook post-upgrade
 }
 
 use() {
@@ -256,9 +271,9 @@ write_gitignore() {
        tempfile=$(mktemp) || fatal "could not create tempfile" 51
        echo '*' > "$tempfile" || fatal "could not write to '$tempfile'" 57
        for gitignore in $gitignores; do
-               echo "$gitignore" | sed 's/^/!/' >> "$tempfile" || fatal "could not write to '$tempfile'" 57
+               echo "$gitignore" | sed 's@^@!/@' >> "$tempfile" || fatal "could not write to '$tempfile'" 57
                if [ x$VCSH_GITIGNORE = x'recursive' ] && [ -d "$gitignore" ]; then
-                       { echo "$gitignore/*" | sed 's/^/!/' >> "$tempfile" || fatal "could not write to '$tempfile'" 57; }
+                       { echo "$gitignore/*" | sed 's@^@!/@' >> "$tempfile" || fatal "could not write to '$tempfile'" 57; }
                fi
        done
        if diff -N "$tempfile" "$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME" > /dev/null; then
@@ -285,6 +300,9 @@ if [ "$1" = 'clone' ]; then
        [ -n "$3" ] && VCSH_REPO_NAME="$3" || VCSH_REPO_NAME=$(basename "$GIT_REMOTE" .git)
        export VCSH_REPO_NAME
        export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
+elif [ "$1" = 'version' ]; then
+       echo "$SELF $VERSION"
+       exit
 elif [ "$1" = 'which' ]; then
        [ -z "$2" ] && fatal "$1: please specify a filename" 1
        [ -n "$3" ] && fatal "$1: too many parameters" 1
@@ -296,7 +314,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'delete' ]           ||
      [ "$1" = 'list-tracked-by' ]  ||
      [ "$1" = 'rename' ]           ||
      [ "$1" = 'run' ]              ||
-     [ "$1" = 'setup' ]            ||
+     [ "$1" = 'upgrade' ]          ||
      [ "$1" = 'write-gitignore' ]; then
        [ -z $2 ]                      && fatal "$1: please specify repository to work on" 1
        [ "$1" = 'rename' -a -z "$3" ] && fatal "$1: please specify a target name" 1