fw

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "![](./logo/fw_rgb.png)\n\n# fw\n\n[![](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/fw.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/fw)\n\n[![](https://asciinema.org/a/222856.png)](https://asciinema.org/a/222856)\n\n## Why fw?\n\nWith `fw` you have a configuration describing your workspace. It takes\ncare of cloning projects and can run commands across your entire\nworkspace. You can start working on any project quickly, even if it\\\u0027s\nnot in your flat structured workspace (better than `CDPATH`!). It also\n\\\"sets up\\\" your environment when you start working on a project\n(compile stuff, run `make`, activate `virtualenv` or `nvm`, fire up\n`sbt` shell, etc.)\n\n[*Here\\\u0027s*]{.spurious-link target=\"doc/example_config\"} an example\nconfiguration that should be easy to grasp.\n\nThe default configuration location is located under your system\\\u0027s\nconfig directory as described\n[here](https://docs.rs/dirs/3.0.2/dirs/fn.config_dir.html). That is :\n\n-   Linux: `~/.config/fw`\n-   MacOS: `$HOME/Library/Application Support/fw`\n-   Windows: `{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}\\fw`\n\nThe location and can be overridden by setting `FW_CONFIG_DIR`.\n\nPer default projects are cloned into\n`${settings.workspace}/${project.name}` but you can override that by\nsetting an `override_path` attribute as seen in the example\nconfiguration.\n\n## What this is, and isn\\\u0027t\n\n`fw` is a tool I wrote to do my bidding. It might not work for you if\nyour workflow differs a lot from mine or might require adjustments. Here\nare the assumptions:\n\n-   only git repositories\n-   only ssh clone (easily resolveable by putting more work in the git2\n    bindings usage)\n-   `ssh-agent` based authentication\n\n### If you can live with all of the above, you get:\n\n-   workspace persistence (I can `rm -rf` my entire workspace and have\n    it back in a few minutes)\n-   ZERO overhead project switching with the `workon` function (need to\n    activate `nvm`? Run `sbt`? Set LCD brightness to 100%? `fw` will do\n    all that for you)\n-   zsh completions on the project names for `workon`\n-   g",
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