Reddup

A program to help keep things tidy.

This should be considered alpha quality. It works for me with few bugs, but it still has very few users, so you may encounter problems. If you have any questions, feel free to use issues or send an email.

Overview

I like to keep my computer neat and organized: code changes committed, branches pushed, downloads in the correct place, etc.

The command reddup helps me make this cleanup process easy to do, so that I do it more often, and also know when I need to do it.

The idea is, you define locations/specifications for what you want to keep tidy in ~/.reddup.yml, and then run reddup. The command then reads the system and reports anything that is out of place.

Reddup also includes an interactive mode (-i, inspired by git add -p) which can be used to "clean up" the untidy things that have been found.

Support

For a few reasons (which may be overcomable), reddup requires that it be on a unix-like environment. Sorry, Windows users, if you want to use Reddup, you're forced to run it via the WSL.

Capabilities

What can reddup do specifically? Right now, it helps you keep directories and git repositories nice and tidy.

Directories (that should be empty)

Often, we have directories that are temporary storage places. For example, on my mac, I consider ~/Desktop and ~/Downloads to be two such directories.

When configured with a location of type inbox, reddup looks for any files inside the specified directory. In non-interactive mode, it will will print these files for your inspection.

In interactive mode (with -i), reddup will interactively help you to handle each file in a handled directory. Options include:

• Deleting
• Renaming
• Moving to a predefined list of destinations
• Running custom commands defined in the configuration file (WIP)
• Opening a shell at location to run ad-hoc commands

Git Repositories

When configured with a location of type git, reddup checks the git repository to ensure that it is "tidy". It checks that there are:

• no unstaged changes
• no untracked files
• no staged, uncommitted changes
• no unpushed branches

In non-interactive mode, it will will print these files for your inspection.

In interactive mode (with -i), reddup will interactively help you "reddup" the repository.

In force mode (when the repository has a force: true flag), it will automatically create a WIP commit and push branches to remote. The force flag is optional, and false by default.

Options include:

• Committing all changes (deleted, staged, unstaged, untracked).
• Push any branch that are unpushed to upstream.
• Run any ad-hoc commands entered.
• Running custom commands defined in the configuration file.

Configuration

Reddup looks for its configuration file at ~/.reddup.yml.

Example

Here is the one I am using right now:

locations:
  - type: git
    location: ~/EF
    force: true
  - type: git
    location: ~/Reference
  - type: git
    location: ~/Projects/*
  - type: inbox
    location: ~/Desktop
    ignored_files:
      - .DS_Store
  - type: inbox
    location: ~/Inbox
    ignored_files:
      - .DS_Store
handlers:
  inbox:
    commands:
      - name: (o)pen
        cmd: open "$FILE"
        key: o
      - name: open (e)nclosing dir
        cmd: open .
        key: e
    refile_dests:
      - name: (b)ooks
        char: b
        dir: ~/Nextcloud/books
      - name: (p)apers
        char: p
        dir: ~/Nextcloud/papers
      - name: p(r)ivate
        char: r
        dir: ~/Nextcloud/private
      - name: (f)unny
        char: f
        dir: ~/Nextcloud/funny

Installation

Currently, there is no binary installation available.

• Install Stack: https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/

• Clone or download repo.

• stack build to build the project.

• stack exec reddup to run.

• To use it from anywhere on the system:

  • Install it to ~/.local/bin by running stack install.

  • Add that that to your path, if it is not already added, (e.g. add export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH" to the end of your ~/.bashrc and/or ~/.bash_profile files).

Enhancements

Have any requests for functionality? Please file an issue. PRs welcome.