inital commit with the plugin working (enough)

see README for todo list and naming

eatit.lua

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+local mp = require('mp')
+
+-- TODO: Move plugins (and opts) table to seperate file so that we can auto update without
+-- messing with the user's configs
+local plugins = { -- the  plugins you want to load
+  -- link to repo                 file         dest dir
+  -- { 'https://git.squi.bid/eat-it', 'eatit.lua', 'scripts' }, -- this is an example uncommenting it (and updating) will overwrite your config
+}
+
+-- options for eat it
+local opts = {
+  logging = { -- options for logging
+    log = true,
+    logdate = '[%H:%M:%S]:',
+    logfile = '~~/eatit.log',
+  },
+  dl = { -- options for dealing with the git repos
+    dir = '/tmp/mpv-eatit',
+    powerwash = false, -- if true the tmp dir gets deleted after mpv closes
+  }
+}
+
+local function tablelength(T)
+  local count = 0
+  for _ in pairs(T) do count = count + 1 end
+  return count
+end
+
+local function logwrite(string)
+  if opts.logging.log then
+    io.write(os.date(opts.logging.logdate) .. ' ' .. string .. '\n')
+  end
+end
+
+local function getgit()
+  os.execute('mkdir -p ' .. opts.dl.dir)
+
+  logwrite('Starting Download...')
+  for i in pairs(plugins) do
+    logwrite('downloading ' .. plugins[i][1])
+
+    -- construct the git cmd
+    local cmd = 'git -C ' .. opts.dl.dir .. ' clone ' .. plugins[i][1]
+
+    -- run the command and get the result for logging
+    local run = io.popen(cmd)
+    -- BUG: logwriting the git command doens't actually log the output
+    -- (commented out for now)
+    -- logwrite(run:read('*a'))
+    run:close()
+
+    -- get the file's dir
+    local pluginfile = opts.dl.dir .. '/' ..
+      string.match(plugins[i][1], '/([^/]+)$') ..
+      '/' .. plugins[i][2]
+
+    -- get the dest dir
+    local destfile = mp.command_native({'expand-path', '~~/'}) ..
+      '/' .. plugins[i][3] ..
+      '/' .. plugins[i][2]
+
+    -- copy the file contents over to the desired location
+    local infile = io.open(pluginfile, 'r')
+    local outfile = io.open(destfile, 'w')
+    outfile:write(infile:read('*a'))
+    outfile:close()
+    infile:close()
+  end
+end
+
+local function init()
+  if opts.logging.log then -- log if asked to
+    -- get our logfile's full path
+    local fn = mp.command_native({'expand-path', opts.logging.logfile})
+
+    os.remove(fn) -- remove logfile so that we start fresh
+    f = io.open(fn, 'a') -- open file buffer
+    io.output(f) -- set it as default
+  end
+
+  logwrite('# of plugins defined in table: ' .. tablelength(plugins))
+  getgit()
+
+  -- closing/removing everything
+  if opts.dl.powerwash == true then
+    logwrite('powerwashing the tmp dir (' .. opts.dl.dir .. ')')
+    os.execute('rm -rf ' .. opts.dl.dir)
+  end
+  if opts.logging.log then
+    io.close(f)
+  end
+end
+
+mp.add_key_binding('U', 'UpdatePlugins', init)