fix: make it work better with a bash function

Closes #2

README.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ handles the redirecting for you.
 
 - [Installation](#installation)
 - [Usage](#usage)
+- [Bash Function](#bash-function)
 - [FAQ](#faq)
 - [What about analytics?](#what-about-analytics)
 - [Can I keep my links private?](#can-i-keep-my-links-private)
@@ -100,6 +101,18 @@ The `netlify-shortener` does a few things:
 Netlify's deploys are normally fast enough that the new URL should be deployed
 by the time you've shared it to someone.
 
+## Bash Function
+
+If you want to be able to run this anywhere in the terminal, you can try making
+a custom bash function (place this in your `~/.bash_profile` file):
+
+```bash
+shorten() { node {path-to-local-repo}/node_modules/.bin/netlify-shortener "$1" "$2"; }
+```
+
+> How to do this on windows? I don't know, if you figure it out, please open a
+> PR to replace this note with instructions :)
+
 ## FAQ
 
 ## What about analytics?

src/__tests__/utils.js

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Array [
       "/foo -> https://foo.com",
     ],
     Object {
+      "cwd": undefined,
       "stdio": "inherit",
     },
   ],
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ Array [
       "push",
     ],
     Object {
+      "cwd": undefined,
       "stdio": "inherit",
     },
   ],
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ Array [
       "format links",
     ],
     Object {
+      "cwd": undefined,
       "stdio": "inherit",
     },
   ],
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ Array [
       "push",
     ],
     Object {
+      "cwd": undefined,
       "stdio": "inherit",
     },
   ],

src/index.js

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ const {
 const {
   pkg: {baseUrl = 'https://update-baseUrl-in-your-package.json'},
   path: pkgPath,
-} = readPkg.sync()
+} = readPkg.sync({cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../..')})
 
-const redirectPath = path.join(path.dirname(pkgPath), '_redirects')
+const repoRoot = path.dirname(pkgPath)
+const redirectPath = path.join(repoRoot, '_redirects')
 
 const [, , longLink, code] = process.argv
 const short = `/${code || generateCode()}`
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ if (longLink) {
 
 fs.writeFileSync(redirectPath, format(newContents))
 
-commitAndPush(short, longLink)
+commitAndPush(short, longLink, repoRoot)
 
 const link = `${baseUrl}${short}`
 clipboardy.writeSync(link)

src/utils.js

@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ function validateUnique(short, contents) {
   }
 }
 
-function commitAndPush(short, longLink) {
+function commitAndPush(short, longLink, cwd) {
   const message = longLink ? `${short} -> ${longLink}` : 'format links'
   console.log(`committing: ${message}`)
   spawnSync('git', ['commit', '-am', message], {
     stdio: 'inherit',
+    cwd,
   })
   console.log('pushing')
-  spawnSync('git', ['push'], {stdio: 'inherit'})
+  spawnSync('git', ['push'], {stdio: 'inherit', cwd})
 }
 
 function validateUrl(url) {