yamldefault: a tiny CLI to read a yaml and optionally update the default value

A CLI to read a yaml file with a number of file system locations, with a default key specifying which to return (which can be optionally overwritten).

My specific use case is via binding it to a bash function todo which opens up notes files - so I can context switch for a day of personal work via todo personal, for example.

Installation

Run make build and put the binary somewhere in your path (or just go install if $GOPATH is reachable).

Usage

Example yaml file, in say ~/.notes_locations.yml:

DEFAULT: company
LOCATIONS:
  company: ~/company/some/path/to/notes
  personal: ~/personal/notes

then call (noting the default being overwritten):

➜  ~ echo $(yamldefault ~/.notes_locations.yml)
/Users/your_user/company/some/path/to/notes
➜  ~ echo $(yamldefault ~/.notes_locations.yml personal)
/Users/your_user/personal/notes
➜  ~ echo $(yamldefault ~/.notes_locations.yml)
/Users/your_user/personal/notes

In fact, I use a bash function to directly open a vim window via todo or todo personal:

function todo {
    vim $(yamldefault ~/.notes_locations.yml $1)
}