Devsuite command

Installation

npm install -g devsuite-command

A small utility that lets you easily switch to different projects via your terminal.

Enter a project directory and run devsuite bookmark to bookmark the project. It will register the directory and a name in $HOME/.devsuites.json

Now you can access the project quickly by running devsuite enter [name]. (This will open the default $SHELL in the project directory)

To run any command against the project directory run devsuite [somecommand] [...args] for instance, a file listing: devsuite ls

devsuite will check if the command is in your path, otherwise, it will interpret as devsuite npm run [somecommand]

Why

The reasons this utility comes in handy:

• Commands like docker-compose require you to run it in the directory containing the docker-compose.yml. This can be inconvenient when you are deep inside a subfolder and need to restart a docker-service. Now with the devsuite command at hand you can always run a command against the project root from any subfolder. Now i can run devsuite docker-compose restart instead of traveling to project-directory and running it.
• I often need to switch to different projects and start the application(s) by running docker-compose up. I find any open idle terminal and run devsuite enter [project] and get going.

How it works

There are basically two mechanisms:

• Find the nearest project root directory: This directory is detected because it will have a '.devsuiterc' file in it.

• Resolve a project name and open a shell with the project directory as working directory. This information is stored inside '.devsuites.json' in your $HOME folder. Entries to this file are added whenever you run devsuite bookmark inside a project root directory. devsuite bookmark will also create a '.devsuiterc' file when none exist in the directory.

• Run commands against project root:

  • First it will check if the command exists inside your $PATH and run it. It will pass the existing environment and will use the project root directory as working directory.
  • If the command does not exist it will try to interpret it as an npm script. (scripts that are defined in a package.json).