copy-to 1.3.6.4

A little commandline tool to copy and paste multiple files and directories to single directory with use of configuration

Copy-to

A little python script I use in conjunction with git so you can easily copy (config) files located outside of a git repository to one (or to wherever you want to). Useful for dotfiles and such.

Depends on argcomplete, GitPython, prompt_toolkit

Install it with:

Linux:

sudo apt install pipx / sudo pacman -S python-pipx
pipx install copy-to

Windows Powershell:

python3 -m pip install --user pipx
python3 -m pipx ensurepath
python3 -m pipx install copy-to

On linux, try running it once if autocompletions aren't working

You can also run:

sudo activate-global-python-argcomplete

Sadly I have been unable to figure out as of now how to setup autocompletions on Windows.

Add a pairset of destination folder - source files and/or directories with

copy-to add myname destination_folder sourcefile1 (sourcefolder1 sourcefile2 sourcefile3 sourcefolder2/*) ...

Copy the files to their destination by running

copy-to run myname1 (myname2)

Or copy the files back to source by running

copy-to run-reverse myname1 (myname2)

When the destination is missing, a prompt will ask you if you want to create the destination folder.

Run and run-reverse can also run without arguments when present in a git repository that has configured copy-to (Excluding global gitconfig). This is so it can be hooked to a git macro more easily, f.ex. with an alias (alias git-status="git status && copy-to run") or on startup of Lazygit.

[copy-to]
    run = myname1 myname2
    file = myconf.json

This can be setup with copy-to add myname and copy-to set-git myname or
copy-to add myname and copy-to run/copy-to run-reverse after wich a prompt will ask if you want to set it up with git. Both copy-to run and copy-to run-reverse will run using the same run arguments. A custom conf.json can be also be setup and will always take precedence over other file options when set up.

Quick setup for dotfiles

This will setup a git repository for your firefox and thunderbird configuration files using copy-to.

List configured paths and files with

copy-to list myname/mygroupname/all/all-no-group/groups/all-groups/names/groupnames/all-names

or as a flag

copy-to --list othercommand

'all-no-group' and 'groups' to list all regular configs and groups respectively
'names' and 'groupnames' to list just the regular names and groupnames respectively
You can also use 'all' to list/run all known configurartions

Delete set of dest/src by name with

copy-to delete myname1 (myname2)

Add sources with

copy-to add-source myname folder1 file1

Delete source by index with

copy-to delete-source myname 1 4 7

Reset source and destination folders

copy-to reset-source myname
copy-to reset-destination myname newDest

Groups are based on names. For copying to multiple directories in one go.
Groupnames 'group'/'all' cannot be used.

Add groupname

copy-to add-group mygroupname myname1 myname2

Delete groupname

copy-to delete-group mygroupname

Add name to group

copy-to add-to-group mygroupname myname1 myname2

Delete name from group

copy-to delete-from-group mygroupname myname1 myname2

At default the configuration file is located at ~/.config/copy-to/confs.json, but you can set a environment variable COPY_TO to change this, or pass a -f, --file flag.

Mac not tested