add bootstrap script and better instructions for installation

README.md

@@ -3,25 +3,22 @@ Eat It is a plugin manager for mpv which allows you to declare what files you
 want from git repos.
 
 ## Installing Eat It
-To install Eat It simply put the `eatit.lua` file into your mpv scripts
-directory (~/.config/mpv/scripts by default on linux). After you have done that
-Eat It is installed, however it won't do anything without the `eatit-cfg.lua`,
-which has to be placed in the root of your mpv config dir (~/.config/mpv by
-default on linux).
 
-Alternatively you can run these two commands:
+### Fist time
+To install eatit run these two commands [Make sure you know what it does](https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=curl+-L+https%3A%2F%2Fgit.squi.bid%2Feat-it%2Fplain%2Featit.lua+-o+~%2F.config%2Fmpv%2Fscripts%2Featit.lua+curl+-L+https%3A%2F%2Fgit.squi.bid%2Feat-it%2Fplain%2Featit-cfg.lua+-o+~%2F.config%2Fmpv%2Featit-cfg.lua):
 ```sh
 curl -L https://git.squi.bid/eat-it/plain/eatit.lua -o ~/.config/mpv/scripts/eatit.lua
 curl -L https://git.squi.bid/eat-it/plain/eatit-cfg.lua -o ~/.config/mpv/eatit-cfg.lua
 ```
 
+### Bootstraping
+The included bootstrap script will install and load eatit as soon as mpv starts.
 ## FAQ
 Q: Where does the name 'Eat It' come from?  
 A: The plugin manager eats all the useless files and keeps the ones you want,
 *and Weird Al is a funny guy*  
 
 ## TODO
-- make an auto install script that can be put into a mpv config
 
 ## ALTERNATIVES
 [email me](mailto:me@zacharyscheiman.com) if you know of any alternatives

bootstrap.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+os.execute('git clone https://git.squi.bid/eat-it /tmp/eatit-tmp')
+local a = io.open('/tmp/eatit-tmp/eatit.lua', 'r')
+local b = io.open(mp.command_native({'expand-path', '~~/scripts/eatit.lua'}), 'w')
+b:write(a:read('*a'))
+b:close()
+a:close()
+dofile(mp.command_native({'expand-path', '~~/scripts/eatit.lua'}))
+os.execute('rm -rf /tmp/eatit-tmp')