2.0.3

README.md

@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ npmextra.json
 ```
 
 ```typescript
-import * as npmextra from 'npmextra'
+import { Npmextra } from 'npmextra'
 
-npmextra.dataFor({
-    toolName:'sometool',
-    defaultSettings: { // gets merged with whatever is in the configfile
+let myNpmExtra = new Npmextra('my/path/to/cwd') // cwd argument is optional 
+mergedData = myNpmExtra.dataFor(
+    'sometool',
+    { // gets merged with whatever is in the configfile
         defaultKey1: 'defaultValue1', // so this will get overwritten with "awesomeValueFromConfig"
         defaultKey2: 'defaultValue2' // this one will pass through unaltered
-    },
-    cwd?: string // lets you specifiy a custom current working directory to look for the npmextra.json
-})
+    }
+)
 ```
 
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dist/npmextra.classes.keyValueStore.d.ts

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-export declare type keyValueStoreTypes = 'path' | 'gitProject';
-export declare class KeyValueStore {
-    constructor(optionsArg: {
-        type: keyValueStoreTypes;
-    });
-}

dist/npmextra.classes.keyValueStore.js

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-class KeyValueStore {
-    constructor(optionsArg) {
-    }
-}
-exports.KeyValueStore = KeyValueStore;
-/**
-* reads a keyValueFile from disk
-*/
-let kvRead = () => {
-};
-/**
- * writes a key value file to disk
- */
-let kvWrite = () => {
-};
-/**
- * wipes a key value store from disk
- */
-let kevWipe = () => {
-};
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dist/npmextra.classes.keyvaluestore.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+export declare type keyValueStoreTypes = 'path' | 'gitProject' | 'customString';
+export declare class KeyValueStore {
+    type: string;
+    identity: string;
+    filePath: string;
+    constructor(typeArg: keyValueStoreTypes, identityStringArg?: string);
+    /**
+     * reads a keyValueFile from disk
+     */
+    read(): void;
+    /**
+     * writes a key value file to disk
+     */
+    write(): void;
+    /**
+     * wipes a key value store from disk
+     */
+    wipe(): void;
+    /**
+     * updates a value
+     */
+    update(): void;
+    /**
+     * computes the identity
+     */
+    private initIdentity(identityStringArg);
+    /**
+     * computes the filePath
+     */
+    private initFilePath();
+}

dist/npmextra.classes.keyvaluestore.js

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"use strict";
+const plugins = require("./npmextra.plugins");
+const paths = require("./npmextra.paths");
+class KeyValueStore {
+    constructor(typeArg, identityStringArg) {
+        // set kvStoreType
+        this.type = typeArg;
+        this.initIdentity(identityStringArg);
+        this.initFilePath();
+    }
+    /**
+     * reads a keyValueFile from disk
+     */
+    read() {
+    }
+    /**
+     * writes a key value file to disk
+     */
+    write() {
+    }
+    /**
+     * wipes a key value store from disk
+     */
+    wipe() {
+    }
+    /**
+     * updates a value
+     */
+    update() {
+    }
+    /**
+     * computes the identity
+     */
+    initIdentity(identityStringArg) {
+    }
+    /**
+     * computes the filePath
+     */
+    initFilePath() {
+        let baseDir;
+        if (this.type === 'customString') {
+            baseDir = paths.kvCusomDir;
+        }
+        else if (this.type === 'gitProject') {
+            baseDir = paths.kvGitDir;
+        }
+        else if (this.type === 'path') {
+            baseDir = paths.kvPathDir;
+        }
+        this.filePath = plugins.path.join(baseDir, this.identity + '.json');
+        plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureFileSync(this.filePath, '{}');
+    }
+}
+exports.KeyValueStore = KeyValueStore;
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dist/npmextra.classes.npmextra.d.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export declare class Npmextra {
     cwd: string;
     lookupPath: string;
     npmextraJsonExists: boolean;
-    npmextraJsonData: boolean;
+    npmextraJsonData: any;
     /**
      * creates instance of Npmextra
      */
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export declare class Npmextra {
     /**
      * merges the supplied options with the ones from npmextra.json
      */
-    dataFor(toolnameArg: string, defaultOptionsArg: any): any;
+    dataFor<IToolConfig>(toolnameArg: string, defaultOptionsArg: any): IToolConfig;
     /**
      * checks if the JSON exists
      */

dist/npmextra.classes.npmextra.js

@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ class Npmextra {
         if (this.npmextraJsonExists) {
             this.npmextraJsonData = plugins.smartfile.fs.toObjectSync(this.lookupPath);
         }
+        else {
+            this.npmextraJsonData = {};
+        }
     }
 }
 exports.Npmextra = Npmextra;
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dist/npmextra.paths.d.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 export declare let cwd: string;
 export declare let packageDir: string;
+export declare let kvBase: string;
+export declare let kvCusomDir: string;
+export declare let kvGitDir: string;
+export declare let kvPathDir: string;
 export declare let configFile: string;

dist/npmextra.paths.js

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ const plugins = require("./npmextra.plugins");
 // directories
 exports.cwd = process.cwd();
 exports.packageDir = plugins.path.join(__dirname, '../');
+// keyValueStore specific
+exports.kvBase = '~/.npmextra/kv';
+exports.kvCusomDir = plugins.path.join(exports.kvBase, 'custom');
+exports.kvGitDir = plugins.path.join(exports.kvBase, 'git');
+exports.kvPathDir = plugins.path.join(exports.kvBase, 'path');
 // files
 exports.configFile = plugins.path.join(exports.cwd, 'npmextra.json');
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npmextra.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npmextra",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.3",
   "description": "do more with npm",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "beautylog": "^5.0.23",
     "lodash": "^4.16.1",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
-    "smartfile": "^4.0.20",
+    "smartfile": "^4.0.21",
     "typings-global": "^1.0.14"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

ts/npmextra.classes.keyvaluestore.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,68 @@
 import * as plugins from './npmextra.plugins'
+import * as paths from './npmextra.paths'
 
-export type keyValueStoreTypes = 'path' | 'gitProject'
-
+export type keyValueStoreTypes = 'path' | 'gitProject' | 'customString'
 
 
 export class KeyValueStore {
-    constructor(optionsArg: {
-        type: keyValueStoreTypes
-    }) {
+    type: string // the type of the kvStore
+    identity: string // the identity of the kvStore
+    filePath: string // the filePath of the kvStore
+    constructor(typeArg: keyValueStoreTypes, identityStringArg?: string) {
+        // set kvStoreType
+        this.type = typeArg
+        this.initIdentity(identityStringArg)
+        this.initFilePath()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * reads a keyValueFile from disk
+     */
+    read() {
 
     }
+
     /**
- * reads a keyValueFile from disk
- */
-let kvRead () {
+     * writes a key value file to disk
+     */
+    write() {
 
-}
-
-/**
- * writes a key value file to disk
- */
-let kvWrite () {
-
-}
-
-/**
- * wipes a key value store from disk
- */
-let kevWipe () {
-
-}
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * wipes a key value store from disk
+     */
+    wipe() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * updates a value
+     */
+    update() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * computes the identity
+     */
+    private initIdentity(identityStringArg: string) {
+        
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * computes the filePath 
+     */
+    private initFilePath() {
+        let baseDir: string
+        if (this.type === 'customString') {
+            baseDir = paths.kvCusomDir
+        } else if (this.type === 'gitProject') {
+            baseDir = paths.kvGitDir
+        } else if (this.type === 'path') {
+            baseDir = paths.kvPathDir
+        }
+        this.filePath = plugins.path.join(baseDir, this.identity + '.json')
+        plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureFileSync(this.filePath,'{}')
+    }
 }

ts/npmextra.classes.npmextra.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class Npmextra {
     cwd: string
     lookupPath: string
     npmextraJsonExists: boolean
-    npmextraJsonData: boolean
+    npmextraJsonData: any
 
     /**
      * creates instance of Npmextra
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ export class Npmextra {
     /**
      * merges the supplied options with the ones from npmextra.json
      */
-    dataFor(toolnameArg: string, defaultOptionsArg: any) {
+    dataFor<IToolConfig>(toolnameArg: string, defaultOptionsArg: any): IToolConfig {
         let npmextraToolOptions
-        if(this.npmextraJsonData[toolnameArg]) {
+        if (this.npmextraJsonData[toolnameArg]) {
             npmextraToolOptions = this.npmextraJsonData[toolnameArg]
         } else {
             npmextraToolOptions = {}
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export class Npmextra {
     private checkNpmextraJsonData() {
         if (this.npmextraJsonExists) {
             this.npmextraJsonData = plugins.smartfile.fs.toObjectSync(this.lookupPath)
+        } else {
+            this.npmextraJsonData = {}
         }
     }
 

ts/npmextra.paths.ts

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ import * as plugins from './npmextra.plugins'
 export let cwd = process.cwd()
 export let packageDir = plugins.path.join(__dirname,'../')
 
+// keyValueStore specific
+export let kvBase = '~/.npmextra/kv'
+export let kvCusomDir = plugins.path.join(kvBase, 'custom')
+export let kvGitDir = plugins.path.join(kvBase, 'git')
+export let kvPathDir = plugins.path.join(kvBase, 'path')
+
 // files
 export let configFile = plugins.path.join(cwd,'npmextra.json')