el-get-install.el

;;; el-get-install.el --- installer for the lazy -*- no-byte-compile: t -*-
;;
;; Copyright (C) 2010 Dimitri Fontaine
;;
;; Author: Dimitri Fontaine <dim@tapoueh.org>
;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/el-get.el
;; Created: 2010-06-17
;; Keywords: emacs package elisp install elpa git git-svn bzr cvs apt-get fink http http-tar
;; Licence: WTFPL, grab your copy here: http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/
;;
;; This file is NOT part of GNU Emacs.
;;
;; bootstrap your el-get installation, the goal is then to use el-get to
;; update el-get.
;;
;; So the idea is that you copy/paste this code into your *scratch* buffer,
;; hit C-j, and you have a working el-get.

(let ((el-get-root
       (file-name-as-directory
        (or (bound-and-true-p el-get-dir)
            (concat (file-name-as-directory user-emacs-directory) "el-get")))))

  (unless (and (fboundp 'gnutls-available-p) (gnutls-available-p))
    (display-warning
     '(el-get tls)
     (concat "Your Emacs doesn't support HTTPS (TLS)"
             (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
                 ",\n  see https://github.com/dimitri/el-get/wiki/Installation-on-Windows."
               "."))))

  (when (file-directory-p el-get-root)
    (add-to-list 'load-path el-get-root))

  ;; try to require el-get, failure means we have to install it
  (unless (require 'el-get nil t)
    (unless (file-directory-p el-get-root)
      (make-directory el-get-root t))

    (let* ((package   "el-get")
           (buf       (switch-to-buffer "*el-get bootstrap*"))
           (pdir      (file-name-as-directory (concat el-get-root package)))
           (git       (or (executable-find "git")
                          (error "Unable to find `git'")))
           (url       (or (bound-and-true-p el-get-git-install-url)
                          "https://github.com/dimitri/el-get.git"))
           (default-directory el-get-root)
           (process-connection-type nil)   ; pipe, no pty (--no-progress)

           ;; First clone el-get
           (status
            (apply #'call-process
                   `(,git nil (,buf t) t "--no-pager" "clone" "-v"
                     ,@(when (boundp 'el-get-install-shallow-clone)
                         '("--depth" "1"))
                     ,url ,package))))

      (unless (zerop status)
        (error "Couldn't clone el-get from the Git repository: %s" url))

      ;; switch branch if we have to
      (let* ((branch (cond
                      ;; Check if a specific branch is requested
                      ((bound-and-true-p el-get-install-branch))
                      ;; Check if master branch is requested
                      ((boundp 'el-get-master-branch) "master")
                      ;; Read the default branch from the el-get recipe
                      ((plist-get (with-temp-buffer
                                    (insert-file-contents-literally
                                     (expand-file-name "recipes/el-get.rcp" pdir))
                                    (read (current-buffer)))
                                  :branch))
                      ;; As a last resort, use the master branch
                      ("master")))
             (remote-branch (format "origin/%s" branch))
             (default-directory pdir)
             (bstatus
              (if (string-equal branch "master")
                  0
                (call-process git nil (list buf t) t "checkout" "-t" remote-branch))))
        (unless (zerop bstatus)
          (error "Couldn't `git checkout -t %s`" branch)))

      (add-to-list 'load-path pdir)
      (add-to-list 'load-path el-get-root)
      (load package)
      (let ((el-get-default-process-sync t) ; force sync operations for installer
            (el-get-verbose t))             ; let's see it all
        (el-get-post-install "el-get"))
      (unless (boundp 'el-get-install-skip-emacswiki-recipes)
        (condition-case err
            (el-get-emacswiki-build-local-recipes)
          (error (display-warning 'el-get (error-message-string err)))))
      (with-current-buffer buf
        (goto-char (point-max))
        (insert "\nCongrats, el-get is installed and ready to serve!")))))