Dploy – tool for creating symbolic links

Dploy is a tool for creating symbolic links similarly to Stow. It is provided as a CLI tool and Python 3.6.2+ module and supports Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Dploy’s command stow creates symbolic links to the contents of source directories or packages in a specified destination directory. Repeating the stow command with the same arguments will confirm that the contents of the package have been symbolically linked.

Dploy’s command unstow removes symbolic links that resulted from stow commands. Repeating the unstow command with the same arguments will confirm that the links to stowed packages have been removed.

Like Stow, Dploy runs in two passes. First by collecting the actions required to complete the command and verifying that the command can completed without any issues. If no issues are detected then the second pass executes these actions are execute to complete the command. Otherwise Dploy will exit and indicate why the command can not be completed. This way a stow or unstow operation is atomic and never partially done. Like Stow, Dploy supports tree folding and tree unfolding.

Unlike Stow, Dploy requires an explicit source(s) and a destination directory. Unlike Stow, Dploy does not have any concept of ownership, but will only operate on symbolic links and the creation or removal of directories for these symbolic links.

This is free and open source software.

Website: github.com/arecarn/dploy
Support:
Developer: Ryan Carney
License: MIT License

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