Polygot is a simple framework for programmers who want to be able to switch between different langauages easily without having a really complicated .profile or .bashrc. It allows you to create simple little setup scripts for each lanaguage you use and then pull them into your current shell on-demand using a simple utility.
For example, I don't use clojurescript very often so I don't want it to be installed in my shell sessions by defualt. However, I can load it up on demand using a single command.
poly load ruby
clone this repo into ~/.poly
git clone https://github.com/bookofgreg/polygot.git ~/.poly
Add the following to .bashrc (or similar)
alias poly="source $HOME/.poly/polygot.bash"
poly load shell git-prompt git ruby rails
Obviously, you should load the packages relevant to your world not mine.
To get help, type
poly help
To create a new polygot environment, simply create a script in your .poly directory named .sh and it should be picked up automatically.
For example, I create ~/.poly/ioke.sh I can load Ioke by running
poly load ioke
Remember that ioke.sh will be 'dotted' into your environment so you shouldn't do anything that will kill the whole session like
exit 0
because that will kill your shell.
Sometimes, it's handy to have a per project setup. You can do this by creating a file called Polyfile in any direrctory. If you run poly with no arguments, it looks for the Polyfile and 'dots' it into your shell.
For example
$ cat Polyfile
echo hello world
poly load hadoop
$ poly
hello world
poly : Loading hadoop
You need to start a new session that doesn't include the language you don't want.
No thanks. Please fork the project and set things up as you like.