makeSymlinks

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Creates symlinks in the home directory to the files in this folder

Based on
http://blog.smalleycreative.com/tutorials/using-git-and-github-to-manage-your-dotfiles/
"""

import os, shutil

home = os.path.expanduser("~")
repoDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
originalOldDir = os.path.join(home, "dotFilesOld")

# List of files/folders to symlink in homedir
files = [\
         "bashrc"                    ,\
         "vimrc"                     ,\
         "conkyrc"                   ,\
         "conky"                     ,\
         "tmux.conf"                 ,\
         os.path.join("vim", "spell"),\
        ]

fileRepo = [os.path.join(repoDir, f) for f in files]
fileHome = [os.path.join(home, "."+f) for f in files]

# Check that the paths exists
for folder in fileHome:
    if not os.path.exists(folder):
        os.makedirs(folder)
        print("{} did not exist in advance, so the script created it".\
                format(folder))

# Create backupdir in home
nr = 1
oldDir = originalOldDir
while(os.path.exists(oldDir)):
    oldDir = originalOldDir + str(nr)
    nr += 1

os.makedirs(oldDir)

print("Creating {} for backup of any existing dotfiles in {}".format(oldDir, home))
fileBkup = [os.path.join(oldDir, "."+f) for f in files]

print("...done\n")

print("Moving any existing dotfiles in home to dotfilesOld directory\n")
for fHome, fBkup in zip(fileHome, fileBkup):
    if os.path.exists(fHome):
        print("Moving {} -> {}".format(fHome, fBkup))
        if os.path.isdir(fHome):
            if not os.path.exists(fBkup):
                os.makedirs(fBkup)
        shutil.move(fHome, os.path.join(fBkup+'*'))

print("\nCreating symlinks\n")
for fRepo, fHome in zip(fileRepo, fileHome):
    print("Symlinking to {} -> {}".format(fRepo, fHome))
    if os.path.isdir(fRepo):
        target_is_directory = True
    else:
        target_is_directory = False

    os.symlink(fRepo, fHome, target_is_directory=target_is_directory)