prefnerd 0.1

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data/bin/pn

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'open3'
+require 'tempfile'
+
+PREFERENCES = File.join(ENV['HOME'], 'Library', 'Preferences')
+PLISTS = File.join(PREFERENCES, '**', '*.plist')
+
+%w[defaults diff fswatch].each do |dependency|
+  if `which #{dependency}`.length.zero?
+    puts "Missing dependency: #{dependency}"
+    exit 1
+  end
+end
+
+def read(plist)
+  # Swallow stderr; it's usually harmless.
+  stdout, stderr, status = Open3.capture3('defaults', 'read', plist)
+  stdout
+end
+
+begin
+  # Build up map of known defaults
+  print 'Reading defaults: '
+  DEFAULTS = {}
+  Dir.glob(PLISTS, File::FNM_DOTMATCH).each do |plist|
+    print '.'
+    DEFAULTS[plist] = read(plist)
+  end
+  puts
+
+  # Start monitoring
+  puts 'Monitoring for changes... [hit CTRL-C to exit]'
+  lines = File.popen([
+    'fswatch',
+    '-m',
+    'fsevents_monitor',
+    '-r',
+    ENV['HOME'] + '/Library/Preferences',
+  ])
+  while line = lines.readline
+    plist = line.chomp
+    if plist =~ /\.plist\z/
+      new_contents = read(plist)
+      new_file = Tempfile.new('pn')
+      new_file.write(new_contents)
+      new_file.close
+
+      old_contents = DEFAULTS[plist] || ''
+      old_file = Tempfile.new('pn')
+      old_file.write(old_contents)
+      old_file.close
+
+      DEFAULTS[plist] = new_contents
+
+      # Output diff from before to after, but strip meaningless filename header
+      puts plist + ':'
+      puts(File.popen(['diff', '-u', old_file.path, new_file.path]).readlines[2..-1])
+
+      new_file.unlink
+      old_file.unlink
+    end
+  end
+rescue Interrupt
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: prefnerd
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: '0.1'
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Greg Hurrell
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2015-03-16 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: "\n    Are you an OS X prefnerd? Do you keep a base set of OS X preferences
+  in\n    version control to make it easier to set up new machines? Do you want to\n
+  \   know which items are being changed, and to what values, whenever you alter a\n
+  \   setting on OS X? The prefnerd gem contains a simple executable that watches\n
+  \   the defaults database for changes and prints them to your terminal.\n  "
+email:
+- greg@hurrell.net
+executables:
+- pn
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- bin/pn
+homepage: 
+licenses:
+- MIT
+metadata: {}
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements:
+- The fswatch executable
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 2.0.14
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 4
+summary: Monitors the OS X defaults database for changes
+test_files: []