vdev.sh script: a development v version

Bash script behaving like a development v version running/compiling v files using imported modules in official version or development version

Installation and configuration

1. Clone this directory or donwload the vdev.sh vdev.sh bash script
2. Create a directory ~/vdevmodules similar to ~/.vmodules but for testing development repo.
3. Update VDEVMODULES and VEXE (default: ~/vlang/v/v) environment variables inside vdev.sh if necessary
4. chmod u+x vdev.sh
5. Link vdev.sh script as you wish. It could also serve of symlinking version of the v binary (ex: ln -s vdev.sh ~/bin/vv to have both v binary and vv development version)

Feature

1. A development mode to test modules in development is provided:
   • normal mode: vdev.v (or the corresponding ~/bin/vv symlink if created) behaves the same as the v binary except the following completion about the v file path to run when starting with %.
   • development mode: vdev.sh -dev ( or vv -dev) allows us to run/compile v file by importing modules installed inside ~/vdevmodules skipping the modules usually installed inside ~/.vmodules.
2. Path of a v file to run when starting with %, such as %<v_fullpath_file>.v, is prepended with the folder containing the v modules:

• ~/.vmodules/ in normal mode
• ~/vdevmodules/ in devel mode, i.e. with -dev option

Use case

Here it is supposed that ~/bin/vv is the symlink of vdev.sh and ~/bin part of $PATH such that type vv is ~/bin/vv. After installing official version ui (v install ui) and a development version of ui inside ~/vdevmodules (cd ~/vdevmodules;git clone -b devel17 https://github.com/rcqls/ui). You can then run ui/examples/users_resizable.v in the two modes:

1. normal mode: vv run %ui/examples/users_resizable.v (equivalent to vv run ~/.vmodules/ui/examples/users_resizable.v) using the official ui module inside ~/.vmodules
2. development mode: vv -dev run %ui/examples/users_resizable.v (equivalent to vv -dev run ~/vdevmodules/ui/examples/users_resizable.v) using the development module ~/vdevmodules.

Remark: tested on macOS, linux and Windows10 (using GitBash)