Include version number in Workflow exports

[nikivi]

I think it would be quite useful to include version number prepended to workflow file-name when exporting workflows that have a version set in them.

Similar to how @deanishe does it here.

 

I think it would be useful to know what version a workflow is when exporting them.

[vitor]

This makes little sense as an Alfred Feature Request. It’s just a name: if a developer wants to add the version number to it, they will. Similarly, if Alfred automatically added the version number on export, one could simply remove it and I would.

[nikivi]

21 minutes ago, vitor said:

It’s just a name: if a developer wants to add the version number to it, they will

That is true. It's just a bit cumbersome to do it every time. I don't actually add version numbers myself to the exports because of this reason. But I do think there is value in knowing the version of the workflow you are downloading.

Edited October 6, 2017 by nikivi

[vitor]

1 hour ago, nikivi said:

I don't actually add version numbers myself to the exports because of this reason. But I do think there is value in knowing the version of the workflow you are downloading.

 

So you’re not asking for Alfred to add the version numbers; you’re asking for other developers to do it. That’s not a problem that can be solved by Alfred, or any technical means.

[nikivi]

21 minutes ago, vitor said:

So you’re not asking for Alfred to add the version numbers; you’re asking for other developers to do it.

 

No I was asking for Alfred to automatically prepend version number to exports. As it is tedious to add the version number yourself.

 

 

[vitor]

Here is an adapted version of the function I use to release my Workflows. Save it as workflow-packager, or something, and give it execution permissions (chmod +x workflow-packager). Then, whenever you’re in the top directory of a Workflow, in the terminal, run workflow-packager. It’ll package it up correctly — including removing variables that should not be exported — to your Desktop as Name-Version.alfredworkflow.

 

I might release it properly in another post later.

#!/bin/bash

readonly workflow_dir="$(pwd)"

if [[ "${workflow_dir}" != *'Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.'* ]] || [[ ! -f "${workflow_dir}/info.plist" ]]; then
  echo "You need to be inside the workflow’s root directory in Alfred’s preferences directory." >&2
  exit 1
fi

readonly workflow_name="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print name' "${workflow_dir}/info.plist")"
readonly workflow_version="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print version' "${workflow_dir}/info.plist")"
readonly workflow_file="${HOME}/Desktop/${workflow_name}-${workflow_version}.alfredworkflow"

find "${workflow_dir}" -iname '.DS_Store' -delete

if /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print variablesdontexport' "${workflow_dir}/info.plist" &> /dev/null; then
  readonly workflow_dir_to_package="$(mktemp -d)"
  cp -R "${workflow_dir}/"* "${workflow_dir_to_package}"

  readonly tmp_info_plist="${workflow_dir_to_package}/info.plist"
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print variablesdontexport' "${tmp_info_plist}" | grep '    ' | sed -E 's/ {4}//' | xargs -I {} /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "set variables:'{}' ''" "${tmp_info_plist}"
else
  readonly workflow_dir_to_package="${workflow_dir}"
fi

if ditto -ck "${workflow_dir_to_package}" "${workflow_file}"; then
  echo "Created ${workflow_file}"
  exit 0
else
  echo "There was and error creating ${workflow_file}" >&2
  exit 1
fi

 

Edited October 7, 2017 by vitor

[nikivi]

Thank you @vitor. This is indeed really awesome.

I now modified this awesome alfred extension to export the workflow with a modifier keypress using your script. Here is the modified workflow.

The only disadvantage is that searching is super slow because I have so many workflows. Thank you again for sharing it.

[vitor]