/.sketch-plugins

My sketch plugins

Sync Sketch Plugins across multiple computers

This repository works thanks to Git Submodules System. It allows to create a meta-repository of small repositories and keep everything up to date without hasle.

Set-up

# Go to Sketch.app's application support folder
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.bohemiancoding.sketch3/

# move the Plugins folder to an easier to access spiot
# I recommend ~/Sketch-Plugins/
mv Plugins/ ~/path/to/new-folder

# create a symlink so Sketch.app can find the new folder
ln -s ~/path/to/new-folder Plugins

Add a Plugin

git submodule add "sketch plugin url"

Sync Plugin

git add .
git commit -am 'added new plugin'
git push

Sync on a different computer

git clone --recursive https://github.com/edenpulse/sketch-plugins-submodules.git

Update All Plugins

git submodule foreach git pull origin master

To Remove a Plugin "submodule"

  • Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file.
  • Stage the .gitmodules changes git add .gitmodules
  • Delete the relevant section from .git/config.
  • Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
  • Run rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule
  • Commit git commit -m "Removed submodule "
  • Delete the now untracked submodule files
  • rm -rf path_to_submodule

Credits: https://github.com/edenpulse/sketch-plugins-submodules