ssbanerje / dotbot-template

A `template` directive for dotbot

dotbot-template

Template files using the jinja2 templating engine.

Prerequisites

This plugin requires dotbot to be installed.

Installation

1. Run git submodule add https://github.com/ssbanerje/dotbot-template.git
2. Run git submodule update --init --recursive
3. Pass in the CLI argument --plugin-dir dotbot-template when executing the dotbot executable.

Usage

Add the template directive to the dotbot YAML file:

- template:
    - ~/.gitconfig:
        source_file: gitconfig
        params:
          NAME: John Doe
          EMAIL: [e-mail]
          GITHUB_USERNAME: jd
          SIGNING_KEY: ????
          SMTP_SERVER: smtp.gmail.com
          SMTP_PORT: 587
          SMTP_ENCRYPTION: tls
          __UNAME__:
            CREDENTIAL_HELPER:
              Darwin: osxkeychain
              Linux: cache --timeout 36000

The corresponding template file looks like:

[core]
  excludesfile = {{HOME_DIR}}/.global_gitignore

[user]
  name = {{NAME}}
  email = {{EMAIL}}
  signingkey = {{SIGNING_KEY}}

[sendmail]
  smtpserver = {{SMTP_SERVER}}
  smtpserverport = {{SMTP_PORT}}
  smtpencryption = {{SMTP_ENCRYPTION}}
  smtpuser = {{EMAIL}}
  from = {{EMAIL}}

[github]
  user = {{GITHUB_USERNAME}}

[credential]
  helper = {{CREDENTIAL_HELPER}}

Details

The template directive takes a Jinja compatible template file using the source_file field. Details about the template syntax and semantics can be found here.

Configuration parameters to the templating engine are placed in the params field in the template directive.

Platform specific parameters to the templating engine is can be placed in the __UNAME__ field as shown in the example above (see CREDENTIAL_HELPER). The current system platform is queried using Python's platform.system() command. Potential system names are Linux, Darwin, Java, Windows.

In addition to the user defined parameters the directive has the HOME_DIR configuration parameter set to the HOME environment variable in the calling shell.