Kontext

Get context information from files hidden your file tree.

Think of this as a different direnv that does not put anything into env and where every value is in a separate file.

Installation

go install -ldflags="-s -w"

Usage

# this will fail b/c there is no context file yet
kontext get project

# create a context file with a uuid in it
# (you cannot yet use the set-command for setting context one directory up)
uuidgen > ../.project.kontext

# this will show the path of the context file
kontext get project -f

# this will output the generated context uuid
kontext get project

Set some context

kontext set project "$(uuidgen -7)"

Get context file

kontext get project -f

Get context directory

dirname "$(kontext get project -f)"

Use a context with a JSON store

jq -n --arg date "$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")" \
      --arg uuid "$(uuidgen)" \
      '{created: $date, uuid: $uuid}' > .project.kontext

jq -r '.uuid' "$(kontext get project -f)"
jq -r '.created' "$(kontext get project -f)"

Use context as a taskwarrior project

You can use kontext to achieve context sensible taskwarrior tasks.

uuidgen > .project.kontext
task add project:$(kontext get project) "this is a new task for THIS project"
task add project:$(kontext get project) "this is another new task for THIS project"

# list all tasks for this project
task project:$(kontext get project)

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