chest

The easy metafile manager

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Install

Using npm.

$ npm install -g chest

Confirm.

$ chest usage

Usage

chest usage       Show this message
chest put <file>  Put specified config file in the chest
chest take <file> Take specified config file from the chest into the project root
chest list        Show list of config files in the chest
chest open        Place config files from the chest into the project root as symbolic links
chest install     Install all supported config files in the chest
chest boost       Open and install
chest close       Remove symbolic links created by "open"

Sample

chest put

Put metafile in the chest

$ cat bower.json
{
  "devDependencies": {
      "bootstrap": "~3.1.1"
  }
}

$ chest put bower.json

package.json

Make bower and component install easy to use with postinstall:

{
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "chest boost",
    "test": "mocha test/*.js"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "mocha": "*",
    "chest": "*"
  },
}

npm install

Then if bower.json is in the chest, bower install is executed after npm install:

$ npm install

> chest@0.1.0
> ./bin/chest.js boost

bower bootstrap#~3.1.1    cached git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#3.1.1
bower bootstrap#~3.1.1    validate 3.1.1 against git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#~3.1.1
bower jquery#>= 1.9.0     cached git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#2.1.1
bower jquery#>= 1.9.0     validate 2.1.1 against git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#>= 1.9.0
bower bootstrap#~3.1.1    install bootstrap#3.1.1
bower jquery#>= 1.9.0     install jquery#2.1.1

Contributing

Fork it Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature) Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature') Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature) Create new Pull Request

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