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fix: print shell reload hint after fresh install (#317) #393

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/install-path-reload-hint.md
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"playground-cli": patch
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install.sh now prints a shell-specific reload hint (`source ~/.zshrc` / `~/.bashrc` / fish config, or open a new terminal) on a fresh install, so users aren't left with a `playground`/`pg` command that isn't found until they manually reload their shell.
23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions install.sh
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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ ALIAS="pg"
# saved locally under $CMD, so the old `dot` command name is gone.
ASSET_PREFIX="dot"

# Record whether the command ALREADY resolves on the caller's PATH (re-install /
# upgrade) before we touch anything. We install into BOTH $INSTALL_DIR/bin and
# ~/.local/bin (the symlinks below); ~/.local/bin is already on PATH by default
# on Debian/Ubuntu, so a "fresh" install there resolves immediately. Check both
# dirs so the reload hint is suppressed whenever the command already works.
case ":$PATH:" in
*":$INSTALL_DIR/bin:"*|*":$HOME/.local/bin:"*) ALREADY_ON_PATH=1 ;;
*) ALREADY_ON_PATH=0 ;;
esac

# 1) Detect platform. Git Bash / MSYS / Cygwin report MINGW*/MSYS*/CYGWIN* —
# point Windows users at WSL instead of a bare "Unsupported OS".
OS=$(uname -s); case "$OS" in Linux) OS=linux;; Darwin) OS=darwin;; MINGW*|MSYS*|CYGWIN*) echo "Windows is not supported natively. Install WSL (https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/install) and re-run this command inside it."; exit 1;; *) echo "Unsupported OS: $OS"; exit 1;; esac
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -138,3 +148,16 @@ echo -e "${Y}│${R} ${Y}│${R}"
echo -e "${Y}│${R} ${B}$CMD login${R} ${Y}│${R}"
echo -e "${Y}╰────────────────────────────────────────╯${R}"
echo -e "${D} Tip: ${ALIAS} is a short alias for ${CMD}.${R}"

# This script runs in a child process, so it CANNOT add $CMD to the caller's
# live PATH — sourcing an rc file here would only touch this dying process, not
# the parent shell. On a fresh install the command therefore won't resolve until
# the caller's shell reloads, so print the exact reload command for their shell.
if [ "$ALREADY_ON_PATH" = "0" ]; then
case "$(basename "${SHELL:-bash}")" in
zsh) RC="$HOME/.zshrc" ;;
fish) RC="$HOME/.config/fish/config.fish" ;;
*) RC="$HOME/.bashrc" ;;
esac
echo -e "${D} First run \033[1msource ${RC/#$HOME/\$HOME}${R}${D} (or open a new terminal) to use ${CMD}.${R}"
fi
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