Merge pull request #3 from iamd3vil/relative-path-for-home

feat: For files in the home directory, only store relative path in db

cmd/shelf/actions.go

@@ -261,6 +261,18 @@ func RestoreShelf(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// If the symlink path in db is absolute, it will be put in home directory
+		if !path.IsAbs(lPath) {
+			fmt.Printf("lPath is abs: ")
+			home := getHomeDir()
+			lPath = path.Join(home, lPath)
+		}
+
+		err = os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(lPath), 0755)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		err = os.Symlink(path.Join(shelfPath, fName), lPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			if os.IsExist(err) {

cmd/shelf/db.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // DB is the db for shelf to store where each symlink is supposed to go.
@@ -27,7 +29,21 @@ func (db *DB) Marshal(w io.Writer) error {
 
 // AddLink adds the file and link paths to the DB
 func (db *DB) AddLink(filePath, linkPath string) {
-	db.Links[filePath] = linkPath
+	// If the linkpath is in the home directory, only put absolute path from home
+	home := getHomeDir()
+	if strings.HasPrefix(linkPath, home) {
+
+		// Strip home directory
+		l := strings.TrimPrefix(linkPath, home)
+
+		// Strip any extra slashes at the prefix
+		l = strings.TrimPrefix(l, "/")
+
+		fmt.Printf("linkpath: %s, home: %s\n", linkPath, home)
+		db.Links[filePath] = path.Clean(l)
+		return
+	}
+	db.Links[filePath] = path.Clean(linkPath)
 }
 
 // NewDB creates a shelf DB

cmd/shelf/utils.go

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ func GetOrCreateShelvesDir() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func getShelfDirPath() string {
+	return path.Join(getHomeDir(), shelvesDIR)
+}
+
+func getHomeDir() string {
 	var (
 		home string
 	)
@@ -47,7 +51,8 @@ func getShelfDirPath() string {
 			home = os.Getenv("HOME")
 		}
 	}
-	return path.Join(home, shelvesDIR)
+
+	return path.Clean(home)
 }
 
 // SOURCE: https://gist.github.com/mimoo/25fc9716e0f1353791f5908f94d6e726