jsonnet-bundler/README.md
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feat: absolute imports (#63)
* feat: go-like import style

jb now creates a directory structure inside of vendor/ that is similar to how go
does (github.com/grafana/jsonnet-libs). This is reflected in the final import
paths, which means they will be go-like

* refactor(spec/deps): named regexs

* feat: make goImportStyle configurable

Defaults to off, can be enabled in `jsonnetfile.json`

* fix: integration test

* doc: license headers

* fix(deps): remove GO_IMPORT_STYLE

not an option anymore, will always do so and symlink

* feat: symlink to legacy location

* feat: allow to disable legacy links

* fix(test): legacyImports in integration tests

* fix(spec): test

* fix: respect legacyName aliases

It was possible to alias packages by changing `name` previously.

While names are now absolute (and computed), legacy links should still respect
old aliases to avoid breaking code.

* fix(test): integration

* fix(init): keep legacyImports enabled for now

* feat: rewrite imports

adds a command to automatically rewrite imports from legacy to absolute style

* fix(tool): rewrite confused by prefixing packages

When a package was a prefix of another one, it broke.
Fixed that by using a proper regular expression. Added a test to make sure it
works as expected

* Update cmd/jb/init.go

* fix: exclude local packages from legacy linking

They actually still use the old style, which is fine. LegacyLinking
messed them up, but from now on it just ignores symlinks that match a localPackage.
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# jsonnet-bundler
> NOTE: This project is *alpha* stage. Flags, configuration, behavior and design may change significantly in following releases.
The jsonnet-bundler is a package manager for [Jsonnet](http://jsonnet.org/).
## Install
```
GO111MODULE="on" go get github.com/jsonnet-bundler/jsonnet-bundler/cmd/jb
```
**NOTE**: please use a recent Go version to do this, ideally Go 1.13 or greater.
This will put `jb` in `$(go env GOPATH)/bin`. If you encounter the error
`jb: command not found` after installation then you may need to add that directory to your `$PATH` as shown [in their docs](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH).
## Features
- Fetches transitive dependencies
- Can vendor subtrees, as opposed to whole repositories
## Current Limitations
- Always downloads entire dependent repositories, even when updating
- If two dependencies depend on the same package (diamond problem), they must require the same version
## Example Usage
Initialize your project:
```sh
mkdir myproject
cd myproject
jb init
```
The existence of the `jsonnetfile.json` file means your directory is now a
jsonnet-bundler package that can define dependencies.
To depend on another package (another Github repository):
*Note that your dependency need not be initialized with a `jsonnetfile.json`.
If it is not, it is assumed it has no transitive dependencies.*
```sh
jb install https://github.com/anguslees/kustomize-libsonnet
```
Now write `myconfig.jsonnet`, which can import a file from that package.
Remember to use `-J vendor` when running Jsonnet to include the vendor tree.
```jsonnet
local kustomize = import 'kustomize-libsonnet/kustomize.libsonnet';
local my_resource = {
metadata: {
name: 'my-resource',
},
};
kustomize.namePrefix('staging-')(my_resource)
```
To depend on a package that is in a subtree of a Github repo (this package also
happens to bring in a transitive dependency):
```sh
jb install https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/jsonnet/prometheus-operator
```
*Note that if you are copy pasting from the Github website's address bar,
remove the `tree/master` from the path.*
If pushed to Github, your project can now be referenced from other packages in
the same way, with its dependencies fetched automatically.
## All command line flags
[embedmd]:# (_output/help.txt)
```txt
$ jb -h
usage: jb [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]
A jsonnet package manager
Flags:
-h, --help Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and
--help-man).
--version Show application version.
--jsonnetpkg-home="vendor"
The directory used to cache packages in.
Commands:
help [<command>...]
Show help.
init
Initialize a new empty jsonnetfile
install [<uris>...]
Install all dependencies or install specific ones
update
Update all dependencies.
rewrite
Automatically rewrite legacy imports to absolute ones
```
## Design
This is an implemention of the design specified in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1czRScSvvOiAJaIjwf3CogOULgQxhY9MkiBKOQI1yR14/edit#heading=h.upn4d5pcxy4c