make the plugin definition more verbose, and less strict.

stop script from cloning if there are no new commits.
make the code a tiny bit cleaner.

bit of a kitchen sink :(

README.md

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ curl -L https://git.squi.bid/eat-it/plain/eatit-cfg.lua -o ~/.config/mpv/eatit-c
 ```
 
 ## TODO
-- move opts to a separate file
+- define multple files to be saved to different directories
-- use the present git repos instead of relying on downloading every time
 - git not outputting to the logfile
 
 ## FAQ

eatit-cfg.lua

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 plugins = { -- the  plugins you want to load
   -- link to repo                 file         dest dir
-  { 'https://git.squi.bid/eat-it', 'eatit.lua', 'scripts' },
+  { 'https://git.squi.bid/eat-it',
+    file = 'eatit.lua',
+    dir = 'scripts',
+  },
 }
 
 -- options for eat it

eatit.lua

@@ -8,21 +8,22 @@ local function tablelength(T)
   return count
 end
 
+local function fileexists(name)
+   local f = io.open(name, 'r')
+   if f ~= nil then io.close(f) return true else return false end
+end
+
 local function logwrite(string)
   if opts.logging.log then
     io.write(os.date(opts.logging.logdate) .. ' ' .. string .. '\n')
   end
 end
 
-local function getgit()
+local function clonegit(pluginlink)
-  os.execute('mkdir -p ' .. opts.dl.dir)
+    logwrite('downloading ' .. pluginlink)
-
-  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]
+    local cmd = 'git -C ' .. opts.dl.dir .. ' clone ' .. pluginlink
 
     -- run the command and get the result for logging
     local run = io.popen(cmd)
@@ -30,16 +31,66 @@ local function getgit()
     -- (commented out for now)
     -- logwrite(run:read('*a'))
     run:close()
+end
+
+local function checkupdates(i, pluginfile, pluginlink)
+  local plugdir = opts.dl.dir .. '/' ..
+    string.match(pluginlink, '/([^/]+)$')
+
+  local localhashcmd = 'cd ' .. plugdir ..
+    '; git log -1 --format=format:"%H"'
+
+  local remotehashcmd = 'cd ' .. plugdir ..
+    '; git log -n 1 $(git branch -r | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 3)' ..
+    ' | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 2'
+
+  local a = io.popen(localhashcmd)
+  local localhash = string.gsub(a:read("*a"), '[\n\r]', '')
+  a:close()
+
+  a = io.popen(remotehashcmd)
+  local remotehash = string.gsub(a:read("*a"), '[\n\r]', '')
+  a:close()
+
+  if localhash ~= remotehash then
+    logwrite(plugins[i]['file'] .. ' is updating.')
+    clonegit(pluginlink)
+  else
+    logwrite(plugins[i]['file'] .. ' is up to date!')
+  end
+end
+
+local function startinstall()
+  logwrite('Starting Download...')
+  for i = 1, tablelength(plugins) do
+    -- check if the user has defined a file for the current plugin
+    if not plugins[i]['file'] then
+      logwrite('WARNING! Git repo "' .. plugins[i][1] ..
+        '" doesn\'t have a specified file. Skipping download')
+      -- FIXME: this results in the last plugin being downloaded & copied twice
+      i = i + 1 -- if not we go to the next plugin
+    end
+
+    -- if no destdir defined we set it to the root of the mpv config dir
+    if not plugins[i]['dir'] then
+      plugins[i]['dir'] = '~~/'
+    end
 
     -- get the file's dir
     local pluginfile = opts.dl.dir .. '/' ..
       string.match(plugins[i][1], '/([^/]+)$') ..
-      '/' .. plugins[i][2]
+      '/' .. plugins[i]['file']
 
     -- get the dest dir
     local destfile = mp.command_native({'expand-path', '~~/'}) ..
-      '/' .. plugins[i][3] ..
+      '/' .. plugins[i]['dir'] ..
-      '/' .. plugins[i][2]
+      '/' .. plugins[i]['file']
+
+    if fileexists(pluginfile) then
+      checkupdates(i, pluginfile, plugins[i][1])
+    else
+      clonegit(plugins[i][1])
+    end
 
     -- copy the file contents over to the desired location
     local infile = io.open(pluginfile, 'r')
@@ -61,7 +112,8 @@ local function init()
   end
 
   logwrite('# of plugins defined in table: ' .. tablelength(plugins))
-  getgit()
+  os.execute('mkdir -p ' .. opts.dl.dir) -- make download dir
+  startinstall()
 
   -- closing/removing everything
   if opts.dl.powerwash == true then