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TODOs

MUST

• Publish binaries with GoReleaser
• Support Go tools without precompiled binaries
• Document variable expansion
• Support other hosts, e.g. releases ariga
• Refactor main to be testable
• Build subcommands with ffcli
• Check binary integrity
• Try in the wild (CCP, Enduro, ...)
• Add bine sync to install them all
• Add root --cache-dir option to isolate env from tests
• Add bine list --installed
• Add bine list --outdated
• Add integration tests with testscript
• Add test workflow and protect branch
• Disallow "latest" version
• Always ensure version matches

SHOULD

Ranked by priority, highest first:

• Add --verbosity=N with logger
• Add bine upgrade to upgrade outdated binaries
• Reconsider checksum attr (not portable)
• Include checksum in the version stamp
• Share bine instance in the root config

COULD

Ranked by priority, highest first:

• Add bine upgrade --dry-run
• Add a mechanism to update the system path
• Add support for MacOS and Windows
• Add a GitHub action to install bine and/or cache binary store
• Implement a mechanism to periodically report oudated deps
• Add a self-update command
• Add a mechanism to upgrade related deps in go.mod

Feature analysis

Add a mechanism to update the system path

Something like bine env --shell=X. This would save the user from having to maintain something like this: https://github.com/artefactual-sdps/enduro/tree/main/hack/activate.

Usage:

# bash/zsh
eval "$(bine env)"

# fish
bine env | source

--shell=X is optional, bine should be able to detect the shell.

Add support for MacOS and Windows

More users!

Add GitHub action to install bine and/or cache binary store

This sounds like it could be useful.

Implement a mechanism to periodically report oudated deps

A few options:

• An example of a nightly workflow that sends a notification or pushes a pull request,
• An option in the GitHub action proposed elsewhere,
• An integration with renovatebot (see regexManagers) or similar.

Add a self-update command

Something like bine self update.

See https://github.com/creativeprojects/go-selfupdate, it shares some similarities with bine.

Add a mechanism to upgrade related deps in go.mod

In Go projects, it's not uncommon to need both a binary like ent but also its counterpart library in go.mod. Other examples: goa, atlas... it is right now up to the user to keep then in sync. The question is whether bine can assist the developer in this scenario.