commit 75d0406a8443b4e057450af0fdfdbba1a44af20c
Author: root <root@cube.lan>
Date:   Sun Jul 13 14:39:46 2025 -0400

    Initial commit

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+usage: 
+
+`./fetch *repo*` to pull in a repo and setup symlinks.
+
+`./fetch clean` to remove all repos, and symlinks.
diff --git a/fetch.d b/fetch.d
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+import std.stdio;
+import std.file;
+import std.conv;
+import std.process;
+import std.array;
+import std.algorithm;
+
+bool run_script(string script_command){
+	try{
+            writeln("calling::: " ~ script_command);
+            auto cont = executeShell(script_command);
+            if(cont.status != 0) {
+                writeln("failed to run script command" ~cont.output);
+                //return "Failed";
+                return false;
+            } else {
+                writeln("script output " ~ cont.output);
+                return true;
+            }
+	} catch (Exception e) {
+		writeln("Failed to execute script");
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+int main(string[] args) {
+  writeln(args.length);
+  if(args.length <= 1){
+    writeln("You must provide a repo: fetch git.dreamphase.net/username/repo.git");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  auto repo = args[1];
+  if(repo == "clean"){
+    try{
+	if(getcwd() ~"/external/".exists){
+	        writeln("Removing all repos::\r\n");
+	        auto files = dirEntries(getcwd() ~"/external/", SpanMode.shallow).array();
+		writeln(files);
+		foreach (fpath; files) {
+			auto delete_split = to!string(fpath).split("/");
+			auto delete_path = getcwd() ~ "/" ~ delete_split[$-1];
+			string clean_script = "rm " ~ delete_path;
+			run_script(clean_script);
+			clean_script = "rm " ~ delete_path ~ ".d";
+			run_script(clean_script);
+		}
+		string clean_script = "rm -rf external/";
+	        run_script(clean_script);
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		writeln("Nothing to clean. `external` path doesn't exist.");
+		return 1;
+        }
+   } catch (Exception e){
+      writeln("Unable to clean");
+      writeln(e.msg); // "error"
+      writeln(e.file); // __FILE__
+      writeln(e.line); // __LINE__ - 7
+    }
+  }
+  try{
+	  writeln("Trying to fetcht: \r\n" ~ repo);
+	  string clone_script = "mkdir -p external >> /dev/null && cd external && git clone " ~ repo;
+	  auto result = run_script(clone_script);
+	  writeln("Clone output:: \r\n" ~result);
+	  writeln("repo has been cloned, setting up link.");
+	
+	  auto repo_split = repo.split("/");
+	  auto package_name = repo_split[repo_split.length-1].replace(".git","");
+	  writeln("Package name: " ~ package_name);
+	
+	  string package_base = getcwd() ~ "/external/" ~ package_name ~ "/source/";  
+	  if(package_base.exists){
+	    auto files = dirEntries(package_base, SpanMode.shallow).array();
+	    writeln("PACKAGE path: \r\n");
+	    writeln(files);
+	    if(files.length >1){
+	      writeln("Unable to locate package internals.");
+	      
+	      return 1;
+	    } 
+	    auto package_path = to!string(files[0]);
+	    if(!package_path.canFind(".d")){
+	      package_path = package_path ~ "/package.d";
+	      string link_script = "ln -s " ~ package_path.replace(".d","")  ~ " " ~ package_name;
+	      auto link_result = run_script(link_script);
+	    } else {
+	      string link_script = "ln -s " ~ package_path ~ " " ~ package_name ~ ".d";
+	      auto link_result = run_script(link_script);
+	    }
+	  } else {
+	    writeln("Unable to locate package internals.");
+	    return 1;
+	  }
+ } catch (Exception e){
+    writeln(e.msg); // "error"
+    writeln(e.file); // __FILE__
+    writeln(e.line); // __LINE__ - 7
+  }
+  return 0;
+}