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+--- The revisionator provides a standardized way of migrating configurations between revisions
+-- for instance, it will track what the currently applied revision number is, and when you tell
+-- tell it to migrate, it will apply every individual migration between the currently applied 
+-- revision and the latest/current revision. This should allow for more seamlessly moving from
+-- an older version of a package to a new one.
+-- @classmod revisionator
+-- @author Damian Monogue <demonnic@gmail.com>
+-- @copyright 2023
+-- @license MIT, see https://raw.githubusercontent.com/demonnic/MDK/main/src/scripts/LICENSE.lua
+local revisionator = {
+  name = "Revisionator",
+  patches = {},
+}
+revisionator.__index = revisionator
+local dataDir = getMudletHomeDir() .. "/revisionator"
+revisionator.dataDir = dataDir
+if not io.exists(dataDir) then
+  local ok,err = lfs.mkdir(dataDir)
+  if not ok then
+    printDebug(f"Error creating the directory for storing applied revisions: {err}", true)
+  end
+end
+
+--- Creates a new revisionator
+-- @tparam table options the options to create the revisionator with.
+-- <table class="tg">
+-- <thead>
+--   <tr>
+--     <th>option name</th>
+--     <th>description</th>
+--     <th>default</th>
+--   </tr>
+-- </thead>
+-- <tbody>
+--   <tr>
+--     <td class="tg-1">name</td>
+--     <td class="tg-1">The name of the revisionator. This is absolutely required, as the name is used for tracking the currently applied patch level</td>
+--     <td class="tg-1">raises an error if not provided</td>
+--   </tr>
+--   <tr>
+--     <td class="tg-2">patches</td>
+--     <td class="tg-2">A table of patch functions. It is traversed using ipairs, so must be in the form of {function1, function2, function3} etc. If you do not provide it, you can add the patches by calling :addPatch for each patch in order.</td>
+--     <td class="tg-2">{}</td>
+--   </tr>
+--</tbody>
+--</table>
+function revisionator:new(options)
+  options = options or {}
+  local optionsType = type(options)
+  if optionsType ~= "table" then
+    printError(f"revisionator:new bad argument #1 type, options as table expected, got {optionsType}", true, true)
+  end
+  if not options.name then
+    printError("revisionator:new(options) options must include a 'name' key as this is used as part of tracking the applied patch level.", true, true)
+  end
+  local me = table.deepcopy(options)
+  setmetatable(me, self)
+  return me
+end
+
+--- Get the currently applied revision from file
+--- @treturn[1] number the revision number currently applied, or 0 if it can't read a current version
+--- @treturn[2] nil nil
+--- @treturn[2] string error message
+function revisionator:getAppliedPatch()
+  local fileName = f"{self.dataDir}/{self.name}.txt"
+  debugc(fileName)
+  local revision = 0
+  if io.exists(fileName) then
+    local file = io.open(fileName, "r")
+    local fileContents = file:read("*a")
+    file:close()
+    local revNumber = tonumber(fileContents)
+    if revNumber then
+      revision = revNumber
+    else
+      return nil, f"Error while attempting to read current patch version from file: {fileName}\nThe contents of the file are {fileContents} and it was unable to be converted to a revision number"
+    end
+  end
+  return revision
+end
+
+--- go through all the patches in order and apply any which are still necessary
+--- @treturn boolean true if it successfully applied patches, false if it was already at the latest patch level
+--- @error error message
+function revisionator:migrate()
+  local applied,err = self:getAppliedPatch()
+  if not applied then
+    printError(err, true, true)
+  end
+  local patches = self.patches
+  if applied >= #patches then
+    return false
+  end
+  for revision, patch in ipairs(patches) do
+    if applied < revision then
+      local ok, err = pcall(patch)
+      if not ok then
+        self:setAppliedPatch(revision - 1)
+        return nil, f"Error while running patch #{revision}: {err}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  self:setAppliedPatch(#patches)
+  return true
+end
+
+--- add a patch to the table of patches
+--- @tparam function  func the function to run as the patch
+--- @number[opt] position which patch to insert it as? If not supplied, inserts it as the last patch. Which is usually what you want.
+function revisionator:addPatch(func, position)
+  if position then
+    table.insert(self.patches, position, func)
+  else
+    table.insert(self.patches, func)
+  end
+end
+
+--- Remove a patch from the table of patches
+--- this is primarily used for testing
+--- @local
+--- @number[opt] patchNumber the patch number to remove. Will remove the last item if not provided.
+function revisionator:removePatch(patchNumber)
+  table.remove(self.patches, patchNumber)
+end
+
+--- set the currently applied patch number
+-- only directly called for testing
+--- @local
+--- @number patchNumber the patch number to set as the currently applied patch
+function revisionator:setAppliedPatch(patchNumber)
+  local fileName = f"{self.dataDir}/{self.name}.txt"
+  local revFile, err = io.open(fileName, "w+")
+  if not revFile then
+    printError(err, true, true)
+  end
+  revFile:write(patchNumber)
+  revFile:close()
+end
+
+return revisionator
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