A dotnet global tool for downloading and updating loose files from arbitrary URLs.
Installing or updating (same command can be used for both):
dotnet tool update -g dotnet-file To get the CI version:
dotnet tool update -g dotnet-file --no-cache --add-source https://pkg.kzu.app/index.json Usage:
dotnet file [add|changes|delete|list|sync|update] [file or url]* Actions add downloads a file or GitHub repository or directory from a URL changes checks remote URLs for changes and lists the status of local files delete deletes a file and its corresponding config entry from the local directory init initializes the local directory from one or more remote .netconfig files list lists the config entries and the status of their corresponding files sync synchronizes with remote URLs, deleting local files and directories as needed update updates local files from remote URLs, does not prune deleted remote files Status = <- [url] remote file equals local file ✓ <- [url] local file updated with remote file ^ <- [url] remote file is newer (ETags mismatch) ? <- [url] local file not found for remote file x <- [url] error processing the entry All arguments after the action are tried for URL parsing automatically to disambiguate file (local path) from url (remote file location).
Examples:
dotnet file init [url] // seeds the current directory with all files/URLs listed in a remote URL dotnet file add [url] // downloads a file to the current directory and adds its URL+ETag in dotnet-config dotnet file add [url] [file] // downloads the url to the (relative) file local path specifed and adds // its URL+ETag in dotnet-config dotnet file add [url] . // downloads the url to the current directory and stores URL+ETag in dotnet-config, // ignoring the source directory structure dotnet file add [url] docs/ // downloads the url to the specified directory, preserving the source directory structure dotnet file add [url] docs/. // downloads the url to the specified directory, flattening the source directory structure dotnet file update [file] // updates a specific file, based on its dotnet-config configuration dotnet file update [url] // updates a specific file by its url, based on its dotnet-config configuration dotnet file update // updates all recorded files, according to the dotnet-config configuration dotnet file sync // just like update, but also prunes files/folders removed from their remote urls dotnet file delete [file] // deletes a local file and its entry in .netconfig dotnet file list // lists all configured files dotnet file changes // lists all configured files and their status with regards to the configured // remote URL and ETag matching The target path is determined by the following rules:
- If
[file]=.: download to the current directory, ignoring the source directory structure. - If
[url]ends with/: download to the current directory, preserving the source directory structure from that point onwards (i.e. for GitHub tree/dir URLs) - Otherwise, match the directory structure of the source file.
After downloading a file, a new entry is created in a local .netconfig file, which leverages dotnet config:
[file "relative file path"] url = [url] etag = [etag] This information is used to later update the file contents if necessary, by issuing a conditional http get to retrieve updates. It’s generally advisable to commit the .netconfig file to source control, so that updating is simply a matter of running dotnet file update.
Note:
dotnet file update [url]behaves just likedotnet file add [url]when a matching entry for the file isn't found in the.netconfigfile.
If you want to skip further synchronization of a file, you can add skip to the entire:
[file "readme.md"] url = [url] skip Symbols are used to denote actions (pending or performed) on files:
√: file has no pending updated (ETag matches) or it was just downloaded successfully.^: file has pending updates (ETag doesn't match the remote).=: no changes to file were necessary in an update?: file not found locally. A new version can be downloaded from the remote.x: could not update file or refresh ETag status, with reason noted in subsequent line.
Downloading entire repositories or specific directories within them is supported through the GitHub CLI, which must be installed previously. You can verify you have the property authentication and access in place by running the following GH CLI command:
gh repo view org/repo If you can view the output (would be the README from the repo), you can download files from it with dotnet-file.
Private repositories are supported from GitHub and BitBucket through the Git Credentials Manager Core project.
When adding a file, it's possible to customize the local file location by specifying an absolute or relative file path, as follows:
src/External/File.cs: fully custom target file path, doesn't need to match source URI file name or directory structure.src/External/: use the given directory as the base directory, but otherwise preserve the source URI directory structure and file name.src/External/.: download to the given directory, without recreating source URI directory structure, using the source file name only..(a single dot character as the target path): download to the current directory, don't preserve source URI directory structure, use source file name only.
Concrete examples:
> dotnet file add https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml azure-pipelines.yml √ <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml > dotnet file add https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png img/icon.png img/icon.png √ <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png > dotnet file list azure-pipelines.yml = <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml img/icon.png = <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png > del img\icon.png > dotnet file list azure-pipelines.yml = <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml img/icon.png ? <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png # missing file downloaded successfully > dotnet file update azure-pipelines.yml = <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml img/icon.png √ <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png # file updated on remote, changes detected > dotnet file changes azure-pipelines.yml ^ <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml img/icon.png = <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png # file renamed or deleted from remote > dotnet file changes azure-pipelines.yml = <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/raw/main/azure-pipelines.yml img/icon.png x <- https://github.com/devlooped/dotnet-file/blob/main/docs/img/icon.png 404: Not Found # download entire directory to local dir matching remote folder structure > dotnet file add https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines api-guidelines => fetching via gh cli... docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/README.md √ <- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/README.md docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/System.Memory.md √ <- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/System.Memory.md docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/nullability.md √ <- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/nullability.md ... # download entire directory to a local subdirectory, from where dir structure will match remote structure > dotnet file add https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines external/dotnet/ external/dotnet/ => fetching via gh cli... external/dotnet/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/README.md √ <- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/README.md external/dotnet/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/System.Memory.md √ <- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/System.Memory.md external/dotnet/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/nullability.md √ <- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/coding-guidelines/api-guidelines/nullability.md ... 
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