start.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# TODO: test with this once you buy better pc that can run virtual machine or find other way to test.
# https://youtu.be/4ygaA_y1wvQ?t=924

# set -euo pipefail

dependency_packages=(
  bash
  snap
  gnome-shell
  wget
  stow
  git
)

all_dependency_packages_are_installed=true

for dep_pkg in "${dependency_packages[@]}"; do
  if [ -z "$(which "$dep_pkg")" ]; then
    all_dependency_packages_are_installed=false
    break
  fi
done

if $all_dependency_packages_are_installed; then
  echo "<--- All dependency packages are installed. --->"
  echo "<--- Starting installation... --->"

  # HACK: I need to repeat stow twice. First so that if files exist already, those files overwrite
  # this git repo's files, then I reset this repo and run stow again.
  # all this because git stow can't overwrite files / directories if they are already present.

  # prompt to decide cloning method - https or ssh - ssh is default behavior
  read -r -p "Do you want to use ssh for cloning? (Y/n)" prompt_response
  if [[ $prompt_response == "n" ]]; then
    echo "<--- cloning using HTTPS... --->"
    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/monoira/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles &&
      bash ~/.dotfiles/install_scripts/_install.sh &&
      cd ~/.dotfiles &&
      stow --verbose --adopt alacritty cmus git nvim sqlfluff tmux zsh &&
      git add . && git reset --hard &&
      stow --verbose --adopt alacritty cmus git nvim sqlfluff tmux zsh
  else
    echo "<--- cloning using SSH... --->"
    git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:monoira/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles &&
      bash ~/.dotfiles/install_scripts/_install.sh &&
      cd ~/.dotfiles &&
      stow --verbose --adopt alacritty cmus git nvim sqlfluff tmux zsh &&
      git add . && git reset --hard &&
      stow --verbose --adopt alacritty cmus git nvim sqlfluff tmux zsh
  fi

else
  echo "<--- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --->"
  echo "<--- ONE OR MORE OF THE REQUIRED DEPENDENCY PACKAGES ARE NOT INSTALLED!!! --->"
  echo "<--- The dependency packages are: --->"

  # checks each package individually to see which packages
  # are not installed and echos them out if they are not installed
  for dep_pkg in "${dependency_packages[@]}"; do
    if [ "$(which "$dep_pkg")" ]; then
      echo "<--- $dep_pkg - Status: Installed. --->"
    else
      echo "<--- $dep_pkg - Status: NOT INSTALLED!!! --->"
    fi
  done

fi