shell-scripts
A collection of Bash shell, CMD batch, and PowerShell scripts to automate tasks in the terminal.
Below is a list of the various scripts and a short summary of what they do.
Bash
repo_manager.sh
Many times, if you come across a GitHub repository that you find interesting or useful, would like to add onto or reference later, you have the option of starring or forking the repository. However, if the repository is deleted or made private, you will no longer have access to it in your starred repositories list on your GitHub account. Similarly, if the forked repository, which happened to be a private repository on which you were a collaborator, is deleted, then your fork of the repository is also deleted from your account. Additionally, the forking and starring of repositories clutters your GitHub profile.
One way to get around this is to create a private repository on your account and clone the other repositories of interest into it. Git does not have the ability to commit and push repositories that contain other repositories. To get around this, we have Git submodules. Submodules act as references to other GitHub repositories which are essential to your repository. However, the same problem still persists. If the original repository being referenced is deleted, then the link to the original repository is broken. You will not be able to clone your personal collection from your remote account onto another machine, and the only clone containing the full code contained in the repository of interest that used to exist will be the original copy of your collection. If this copy is misplaced, then you have no chances of obtaining the lost code.
To get around this, I created a script that manages a collection of cloned GitHub repositories. With this script, users can add repositories to their collection, update repositories to obtain the latest version, provided the original repository still exists on, or remove a repository from the collection. It gets around Git's inability to commit and push nested repositories by storing a full copy of the repositories of interest within a single repository that you can commit and push to a service such as GitHub or GitLab.
teleport.sh
If you have many directories on your machine that you navigate into and work in several times a day, it can get tedious to have to navigate into those directories from your home directory manually. This script allows users to add the paths of directories they work in routinely as well as a nickname for them. When the user runs the script and specifies a nickname for a directory, they are automatically teleported to the directory. Users reach the desired location without having to type multiple commands where the navigate directory by directory or one long command.
This script was originally created by my friend Amanuel. Check out his GitHub page here! I have slightly modified it.
Powershell
install_fonts.ps1
If users want to install new fonts on Windows 10, they either have to source
the font files from the Microsoft Store or download them from online and
install them manually. The latter presents an issue if users need to download
to install a lot of fonts at once, such as when they setup a new machine. This
script automates the installation of several .otf and/or .ttf fonts
files in one go.
This script was originally created by Mick Pletcher and distributed under the MIT license. The original source code can be found here. My changes to this code are released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 as shown here.