initial deployment bash script

deployer.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Load the pairs from the JSON file
+pairs=$(jq -r '.[] | "\(.source)=\(.destination)=\(.type)"' deployment_playbook.json)
+
+# Loop through the pairs and copy the source to the destination
+for pair in ${pairs[@]}; do
+    # Split the pair into source and destination
+    IFS='=' read -ra pair_array <<< "$pair"
+    source=$(echo "${pair_array[0]}" | sed 's/\\"/"/g')
+    destination=$(echo "${pair_array[1]}" | sed 's/\\"/"/g')
+    type=$(echo "${pair_array[2]}" | sed 's/\\"/"/g')
+
+    # Expand ~ if used in the destination
+    destination="${destination/#\~/$HOME}"
+
+    # Check if the destination already exists
+    if [ -e "$destination" ]; then
+        # Backup the destination based on the type
+        if [ "$type" == "append" ]; then
+            echo "Backing up $destination to $destination.backup (cp -r)"
+            cp -r "$destination" "$destination.backup"
+        elif [ "$type" == "replace" ]; then
+            echo "Backing up $destination to $destination.backup (mv)"
+            mv "$destination" "$destination.backup"
+        else
+            echo "Invalid type: $type"
+            continue
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Create the directory up to the destination path if it doesn't exist
+    destination_dir=$(dirname "$destination")
+    if [ ! -d "$destination_dir" ]; then
+        echo "Creating directory: $destination_dir"
+        mkdir -p "$destination_dir"
+    fi
+
+    # Copy the source to the destination
+    echo "Copying $source to $destination"
+    cp -r "$source" "$destination"
+done

deployment_playbook.json

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+[
+  {
+    "source": "config/nvim",
+    "destination": "~/.config/nvim",
+    "type": "replace"
+  },
+  {
+    "source": "oh-my-zsh/custom/aliases.zsh",
+    "destination": "~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/aliases.zsh",
+    "type": "append"
+  }
+]