dotfiles install script comparison

install.py

#! /usr/bin/env python3

import os
from pathlib import Path
from shutil import which
from subprocess import run
import sys

here = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
os.chdir(str(here))

if here != Path.home()/"dotfiles":
    print("can only be installed from ~/dotfiles")
    sys.exit(1)

run("peru sync", shell=True, check=True)

newshell = "/bin/zsh"
oldshell = os.environ.get("SHELL")
if oldshell != newshell:
    print("Switching default shell from {} to {}..."
          .format(oldshell, newshell))
    run("chsh -s " + newshell)


def link(src, dest):
    dest = Path(dest).expanduser()
    dest.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
    if dest.exists():
        dest.unlink()
    os.symlink(str(here/src), str(dest))

link("ackrc",        "~/.ackrc")
link("gitconfig",    "~/.gitconfig")
link("hgrc",         "~/.hgrc")
link("tmux.conf",    "~/.tmux.conf")
link("tmux.desktop", "~/.local/share/applications/tmux.desktop")
link("vim",          "~/.vim")
link("vimrc",        "~/.vimrc")
link("zshrc",        "~/.zshrc")

# Doing this in .vimrc is unnecessarily hard.
Path("~/.vim-tmp").expanduser().mkdir(exist_ok=True)

for script in Path("bin").iterdir():
    link(script, "~"/script)

# For Gnome, set terminal preferences and remap caps lock.
if which("dconf"):
    run("dconf load / < {}".format(here/"gnome-dconf-settings"),
        shell=True, check=True)

install.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

HERE=$(cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE"); pwd)

if [[ "$HERE" != "$HOME/dotfiles" ]] ; then
  echo 'can only be installed from ~/dotfiles'
  exit 1
fi

cd "$HERE"
peru sync

newshell=/bin/zsh
if [ $SHELL != $newshell ]; then
  echo Switching default shell from $SHELL to $newshell...
  chsh -s $newshell
fi

function link {
  local src="$1"
  local dest="$2"
  mkdir -p $(dirname "$dest")
  ln -sfn "$HERE/$src" "$dest"
}

link ackrc        ~/.ackrc
link gitconfig    ~/.gitconfig
link hgrc         ~/.hgrc
link tmux.conf    ~/.tmux.conf
link tmux.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/tmux.desktop
link vim          ~/.vim
link vimrc        ~/.vimrc
link zshrc        ~/.zshrc

# Doing this in .vimrc is unnecessarily hard.
mkdir -p ~/.vim-tmp

for script in $(ls bin); do
  link "bin/$script" ~/bin/"$script"
done

# For Gnome, set terminal preferences and remap caps lock.
if which dconf &> /dev/null ; then
  dconf load / < $HERE/gnome-dconf-settings
fi