gitclaw

Install software from GitHub releases.
Also available as gcw.

Install

cargo install --path .

gcw install sharkdp/bat
gcw list

Command	Description
alias	Manage package aliases.
cache	Manage the asset cache.
completions	Generate shell completions.
export	Export installed packages to TOML.
import	Install packages from a TOML file.
install	Install packages from GitHub releases.
list	List installed packages.
lock	Generate a lockfile from installed packages.
platform	Show platform information.
run	Run an installed package.
search	Search for releases on GitHub.
self	Update gitclaw to the latest version.
uninstall	Uninstall a package.
update	Update installed packages.

Config files (TOML) are merged in order of precedence:

install_dir = "~/bin"
github_token = "ghp_xxx"

[download]
show_progress = true
verify_checksums = true

[output]
quiet = false
verbose = false

Query the GitHub API for release metadata
Match the asset to the current OS and architecture
Download with a progress bar
Extract the archive (tar.gz, zip, tar.bz2, tar.xz, tar.zst, .deb, or plain binary)
Install the binary to ~/.gitclaw/bin/

OS	x86_64	aarch64
Linux	yes	yes

cargo fmt
cargo clippy
cargo test

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.