assemble: add support for declaring exported apps and binaries, Fix #842

Signed-off-by: Luca Di Maio <luca.dimaio1@gmail.com>

distrobox-assemble

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ start_now=""
 unshare_ipc=""
 unshare_netns=""
 volume=""
+exported_apps=""
+exported_bins=""
+exported_bins_path="${HOME}/.local/bin"
 
 # Cleanup tmpfiles on exit
 trap 'rm -f ${tmpfile}' EXIT
@@ -314,6 +317,22 @@ run_distrobox() (
 	if [ -n "${start_now}" ] && [ "${start_now}" -eq 1 ]; then
 		"${distrobox_path}"/distrobox enter "${name}" -- touch /dev/null
 	fi
+
+	# if there are exported bins and apps declared, let's export them
+	if [ -n "${exported_apps}" ] || [ -n "${exported_bins}" ]; then
+		# First we start the container
+		"${distrobox_path}"/distrobox enter "${name}" -- touch /dev/null
+
+		IFS=" "
+		for app in ${exported_apps}; do
+			"${distrobox_path}"/distrobox enter "${name}" -- distrobox-export --app "${app}"
+		done
+
+		IFS=" "
+		for bin in ${exported_bins}; do
+			"${distrobox_path}"/distrobox enter "${name}" -- distrobox-export --bin "${bin}" --export-path "${exported_bins_path}"
+		done
+	fi
 )
 
 # Sanitize an input, add single/double quotes and escapes

docs/usage/distrobox-assemble.md

@@ -150,3 +150,6 @@ in order to execute them one after the other.
 	init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/flatpak;
 	init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman;
 	init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/xdg-open;
+	exported_apps="htop"
+	exported_bins="/usr/bin/htop /usr/bin/git"
+	exported_bins_path="~/.local/bin"

extras/distrobox-example-manifest.ini

@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@ init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/docker-compose;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/flatpak;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/xdg-open;
+exported_apps="htop"
+exported_bins="/usr/bin/htop /usr/bin/git"
+exported_bins_path="~/.local/bin"

man/man1/distrobox-assemble.1

@@ -277,5 +277,8 @@ init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/docker-compose;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/flatpak;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/xdg-open;
+exported_apps=\[dq]htop\[dq]
+exported_bins=\[dq]/usr/bin/htop /usr/bin/git\[dq]
+exported_bins_path=\[dq]\[ti]/.local/bin\[dq]
 \f[R]
 .fi

man/man1/distrobox.1

@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/docker-compose;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/flatpak;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman;
 init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/xdg-open;
+exported_apps=\[dq]htop\[dq]
+exported_bins=\[dq]/usr/bin/htop /usr/bin/git\[dq]
+exported_bins_path=\[dq]\[ti]/.local/bin\[dq]
 \f[R]
 .fi
 '\" t