feat: symlink git commands

this ensures the home dir has a bin dir and is in the path, then symlinks the git commands

Author: charlesreffett

scripts/link-git-commands.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get the directory of the current script
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# Path to the 'add-bin-dir' script, assuming it's in the same directory as this script
+ADD_BIN_DIR_SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR/add-bin-dir.sh"
+
+# Call the 'add-bin-dir' script to ensure 'bin' directory is created and in the PATH
+/bin/bash "$ADD_BIN_DIR_SCRIPT"
+
+# Define the directory where your 'git-' scripts are located, assuming the current directory
+GIT_SCRIPTS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+# The 'bin' directory path
+BIN_DIR="$HOME/bin"
+
+# Check if the --dry flag is set
+DRY_RUN=false
+if [ "$1" == "--dry" ]; then
+  DRY_RUN=true
+fi
+
+# Function to create symlinks or simulate creating them
+create_symlink() {
+    local script=$1
+    local symlink_path="$BIN_DIR/$(basename "$script")"
+    if [ -x "$script" ]; then  # Check if the script file is executable
+        if $DRY_RUN; then
+            echo "Dry run: Would create symlink for $(basename "$script")"
+        else
+            ln -s "$script" "$symlink_path"
+            echo "Symlink created for $(basename "$script")"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Skipped $(basename "$script") as it is not executable."
+    fi
+}
+
+# Now create symlinks for all 'git-' scripts in the 'bin' directory
+for script in "$GIT_SCRIPTS_DIR"/git-*; do
+    if [[ -f "$script" ]]; then
+        create_symlink "$script"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Let the user know the operation is complete
+if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "Dry run complete. No symlinks were actually created."
+else
+    echo "All executable Git scripts have been symlinked to $BIN_DIR."
+fi