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 | | | Nix | | | Pacman | | | RUA | | | Yay | | | Snap | | | DNF/YUM | | | Homebrew | | | Chocolatey | | | Scoop | | | Cargo | | | Rustup Component | | | Python Pip | | | Python Pip 3 | | | Node Package Manager |
Shells supported:

| | Shell | | :---: | --- | | | Bash | | | Zsh | | | Fish | | | Nu |

Installation

Getting Started

Install the emplace binary:

Windows

Scoop

sh scoop install emplace

Source

Rust

sh cargo install emplace
Add the init script to your shell's config file:

Bash

Add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc:

```sh

~/.bashrc

source <(emplace init bash) ```

Zsh

Add the following to the end of ~/.zshrc:

```sh

~/.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

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:

```sh 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 ```

Synchronizing On Another Machine

Just invoke emplace install, and you will be prompted with the packages to install:

sh emplace install

History Analysis

Invoke emplace history $HISTFILE or emplace history /path/to/history/file.
It will parse your history and prompt to select, which packages you want to synchronize.

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.

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

_{Logan Magee} 💻 🐛	_Vladimir 📦 💻 🐛 🚧 👀	_{Jozef Hollý} 🤔	_{Oleksii Filonenko} 💻 📦 👀	_x0f5c3 💻	_{Benjamin S. Leveritt} 🤔 🚧	_{Michael Borejdo} 🤔
_{Ken Tobias} 📦