Init

codify init
[--debug]
[-o plain|default|json]

The init command is a helper to quickly get started using Codify. Use this command to quickly generate a starter codify.json based on what is currently installed on the system. By default, the new file will be written to ~/codify.json.

Options

Output mode: —output -o
Specify the CLI output mode. Options: [default, plain, json]. The output mode controls what gets printed to the console.

Debug output mode: —debug
A flag to enable debug mode. In debug mode, the debug output will be turned on and the DEBUG=codify flag will be passed to all plugins. Additional and verbose logging will be printed. Useful for debugging any issues.

User Flow:

When using the init command, the user is first greeted with a banner introducing Codify. Note that the init command will do some scanning of the files on the system to determine which resources to import. No telemetry is collected through Codify and everything stays local to the system.

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Codify is a configuration-as-code tool that helps you setup and manage your system.
Use this init flow to get started quickly with Codify.

Codify will scan your system for any supported programs or settings and automatically generate configs for you.
❯ Continue

After accepting, the init command will scan the system for possible installations, settings and cli tools to import. This process is automatically and no user input is required. Only resources currently supported by Codify will have configs generated.

The user will then be prompted to specify which resources to omit from importing. Press the enter key to continue.

 Select the resources to import:
❯ ◉ android-studio
  ◉ aws-cli
  ◉ aws-profile
  ◉ git
  ◉ git-lfs
  ◉ git-repository
  ◉ homebrew
  ◉ jenv
  ◉ pgcli
Use <space> to select and <return> to submit.
Use <a> to select all items and <d> to de-select all items.

The final step is choosing a location to store the newly generated codify.json file.

Where to save the new Codify configs? (leave blank for ~/codify.json)
~/codify.json

And then viola, a starter config file has been generated and ready to use.