a fast, easy, simple and lightweight plugin manager for GNU bash

source code

• /baz -- the plugin manager
• /loader/-- the baz plugin loader files
• /loader.sht-- the pure bash baz plugin loader

credits

• @DannyBen -- for creating an awesome tool for completion: https://github.com/DannyBen/completely

packages

• linux
  • gentoo
    • https://ari-web.xyz/gentooatom/app-shells/baz
  • alpine
    • https://github.com/usernameeReal/alpine-pkgs/tree/main/baz

dependencies

• coreutils
• BASH
• git cli
• optionally any c compiler ( to use the c loader insread of the bash one )
• rlwrap ( optional, but its nice for special keys )
• bash-completion ( optional, but its nice for well ... completion )

but you probably have all of them, maybe not git, but a lot of people do

why baz

• fast
  • or at least faster than oh-my-bash and sheldon ( a plugin manager writen in rust ) : https://blog.ari-web.xyz/b/comparison-between-the-oh-my-bash-and-baz-plugin-managers-for-gnu-bash/
• easy
• small
• simple
• minimal
• cross platform
  • linux
    • gentoo
    • void
    • debian
    • ubuntu
    • arch
    • ...
  • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • ...
  • windows
    • git BASH
    • windows subsystem for Linux ( WSL )
    • wherever you can get BASH on
  • android
  • most likely ( needs testing, please contribute if you have the resources to do so :) )
    • macOS
    • iOS
• GPLv3 licensing

automatic setup

this script hosted on my files site will set up baz automatically, but it might be unstable

$ cd /tmp

$ curl -fL 'https://ari-web.xyz/gh/baz/raw/main/scripts/baz_setup.sh' -o baz_setup.sh

$ bash baz_setup.sh

$ rm -f -- baz_setup.sh

or

cd /tmp && curl -fL 'https://ari-web.xyz/gh/baz/raw/main/scripts/baz_setup.sh' -o baz_setup.sh && bash baz_setup.sh && rm -f -- baz_setup.sh

script configuration :

• __BASH_RUNAS: the sudo program ( sudo )
• PREFIX: where to install baz to ( /usr/bin )
• plus the normal vars like BAZ_LOGGING_ENABLED

plugin indexing

you can leave a link to it in the PLUGINS.md file :)

setup

• clone the repo

$ git clone 'https://ari-web.xyz/gh/baz'

• if you want logging enabled

export BAZ_LOGGING_ENABLED=1

• if non-zero ( its normal dw ) exit codes bother you on the loader run this :

export BAZ_ENSURE_OK=1

• if you never want to use the C loader

export BAZ_NO_CC=1

• set the c compiler ( has to at least support -o <outfile> and -D MACRO="value" flags )

export CC='clang'

• set the c flags

export CFLAGS='-O3 -s'

• set the stripper ( if none is set the binary wont be stripped )

export STRIP='llvm-strip'

• set the stripper flags

export STRIPFLAGS='--remove-section=.note --strip-all'

• install the script anywhere, or even run it standalone
  • running standalone means just running it
  • installing could be done in for example /usr/local/bin:

$ su -c 'install -Dm755 baz /usr/local/bin'

• setup

$ baz setup

Or

$ ./baz setup

• add this to your ~/.bashrc :

export BAZ_LOADER_ENABLED=true
_baz_loader="$HOME/.local/share/baz/loader.sh"

[ ! -f "$_baz_loader" ] || source "$_baz_loader"

this is the main loader for plugins

installing completion

$ ./scripts/comp.sh

uninstallation

Uninstall the baz binaries and then just run:

$ sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/baz*

help page

$ baz help

upgrading

Just upgrade your package or pull the repo and run :

$ ./baz upgrade

and if you also have completion, rerun the completion script :

$ ./scripts/comp.sh

other docs

• doc folder

examples

• examples folder
• my example plugin repo

debugging

• set BAZ_DEBUG to any value to any value to debug the baz cli with tracing
• set BAZ_DEBUG_LOAD to any value to debug the loader
  • this only works if BAZ_LOGGING_ENABLED was set during setup time
• add set -x before and set +x after the loader to enable tracing