instant.d

Instantly apply the config.d/* standard to any software with a config file.

You see it in /etc/nginx/config.d/, in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, /etc/sudoers.d/, and any number of other places, but what about the applications that don't support including all files in a given directory? Enter, instant.d.

$ instant.d ~/.ssh/config.d ~/.ssh/config
>>>  Backing up ~/.ssh/config to ~/.ssh/config.old
>>>  Generating ~/.ssh/config from ~/.ssh/config.d/*
$

Requirements

• Bourne Again SHell (BASH) from sometime in the past 2 decades
• find (default provided with macOS and any GNU/Linux will work)
• sort (default provided with macOS and any GNU/Linux will work)

Config Order

Each file in your config.d-style directory (we'll just call it config.d for simplicity) will be concatenated into the target config file. Nothing special. Each config file will be appended in this order:

• config.d/pre/* (alphabetical order by filename)
• config.d/* (alphabetical order by filename)
• config.d/post/* (alphabetical order by filename)

If the pre/ or post/ subdirectories do not exist, they will be skipped respectively.

Install

Clone the repository and run make install. That's it. There is no uninstaller.

It will always install to /usr/local/share/instant.d and /usr/local/bin/instant.d unless you specify a different prefix besides /usr/local.