gitsie is a package manager for projects hosted on GitHub. It's convenient to use, and works similar to package managers like apt.
You must have npm installed before installing gitsie.
Install gitsie as follows:
$ npm install -g gitsie
This will install gitsie globally on your system. Next, check that it's working properly:
$ gitsie
gitsie: The github package manager
Usage: gitsie [options] [package]
Options:
-s / search Search for package
-r / retrieve Download project sources
-d / delete Remove project sources
-i / install Unpack sources to intended location
-h / help Show this help message
Retrieving a repository from GitHub is as easy as:
$ gitsie -r user/repo
then, unpack the sources to wherever you like, by:
$ gitsie -i user/repo path/to/some/place
The source packages of a repository stay stored on your system until you remove them. To delete a repository from your system, run:
$ gitsie -d user/repo
From a developer's point of view, gitsie gives you much needed flexiblity. There are 4 different sripts that trigger on 4 important events: when your repo is being downloaded by the user, before and after the user has installed the repo, and before the user deletes your repo. Customize the 4 scripts to your preference an you have 100% control over your user's experience.
Unlike many of the popular package managers, gitsie doesn't come with all the bloat. the entire project size is about 4 MB, and that includes all the third party libraries, and other redundant stuff.
As mentioned earlier, all you have to do to customize the user's experience is to edit the 4 control scripts. You may have an interactive build system with issue-resolving; you can implement a system-setup using the post-install script. The choice is yours.
