It should be nice to write our own copy_dir function instead of using copy_dir crate (to reduce the amount of dependencies)

It should be nice to write a changelog generator (in bash or any scripting lang) to generate changelogs and add them to new releases

I think adding env var like KELPDOT_DEST is nice to install with root path other than /

Clap is really overkill for kelpdot: commands have no arguments, just a name. It can be replaced by args[0] to reduce bin size and compile time

Actually KelpDot is only installable on Gentoo with my own overlay. I think adding it to sources like AUR may be a good idea.I think we also have to add a CI workflow to automatise packaging.

Packaging status

• Gentoo Overlay

• AUR

• Deb package ? (PPA?)

• RPM package?

• Aur automatisation

When kelpdot saves the dotfiles, it COPIES the files and symlinks are destructed. This is a quite big problem.

I think nobody cares

I think adding a "package manager integration" sould be nice to install additionnal softwares while setting up the dotfiles

Example

packages:
        arch:
                # with_file: etc/pacman.bak
                install:
                        [
                                "i3-gaps",
                                "polybar" # Maybe add support for AUR helpers?
                        ]
        gentoo:
                # with_file: var/lib/portage/world
                install:
                        [
                                "app-emulation/docker",
                                "x11-wm/i3-gaps"
                        ]
        gems:
                # with_file: home/packages/gems
                install:
                        [
                                "mdl"
                        ]
                # For additionnal package managers like gems
                # we can directly install with distros package manager  

Syntax like
Distro / external PM
with_file: file with packages
install: Packages names

Packages managers to support

• Portage (gentoo's package manager)
• Pacman
• APT
• Dnf

Termux support

Actual problematic

Actually termux isn't well supported for a lot of reasons:

• Termux isn't reconised by get_distro (we just need to check if /data/data/com.termux exists)

• $HOME path is /data/data/com.termux/files/home and KelpDot doesn't "resolve" it correctly. (The main problem actually)

Optionnal support

Here is a list of the things that can be added to support "fully" Termux:

• Autoconfig for Termux-specific dirs (~/.termux wich can contain fonts and colors configs for example)

It should be nice if we add .with_context("Error context") (provided by anyhow::Context) to errors to know what really appened instead of using Error messages provided by the STD lib / other libs

Replace anyhow by something homemade to reduce compiletime

KelpDot docs are actually located at https://github.com/Woomy4680-exe/Kelp-Docs.

Done work:

• Add base commands documentation
• Add scripts (postexec, preinstall, ...) documentation
• Document os desc files