tape

tape is a small tool to manage command line dependencies in your project dir

what does it do?

• it will download different versions of command line tools in a "central" space
• it will provide symbolic links to specific versions in your project

requirements

• Go

works on

• MacOS (tested)
• Linux (untested)
• Windows (untested)

Installation

from source

$ go get -u -v github.com/fsuhrau/tape

usage

init

initialize tape in your current project will create a new .tape dir and provide a config file which contains the dependencies

tape init

add

you can easily add a new dependency by using the add command you can also add directories for example SDKs as dependency there for the download URL must provide a zip file for now

tape add binary_name https://exmaple.com/downloads/v1/url_to_binary_name
tape add your_sdk https://exmaple.com/downloads/v1/your_sdk.zip

remove

remove a dependency by remove command it will unlink it and remove it from the dependencies you central space will stay untouched

tape remove binary_name

update

update works similar to add but will update the existing dependency with a new version

tape update binary_name https://exmaple.com/downloads/v2/url_to_binary_name
tape add your_sdk https://exmaple.com/downloads/v2/your_sdk.zip

list

you can check all your current dependencies with the list command

tape list

link

you can download and link your current dependencies with link link will create a symbolic link in .tape/links/ which point to the correct version in your "central" space

tape link