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+"""Main installer file.
+
+Shamelessly copied from https://github.com/dmerejkowsky/dotfiles.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+from typing import List, Optional
+from urllib.request import urlretrieve
+
+import cli_ui as ui  # type: ignore
+from path import Path  # type: ignore
+import ruamel.yaml
+
+
+class Installer:
+    """Regroups all the installation methods listed in the yml conf file."""
+
+    def __init__(self, force: bool = False):
+        self.conf = ruamel.yaml.safe_load(  # type: ignore
+            Path("configs.yml").text()
+        )
+        self.base_dir = Path.getcwd()
+        self.home = Path("~").expanduser()
+        self.force = force
+
+    def pretty_path(self, path: Path) -> str:
+        """Put the ~/ back in the path."""
+
+        relpath: str = path.relpath(self.home)
+        return "~/" + relpath
+
+    def do_clone(self, url: str, dest: str, branch: str = "master") -> None:
+        """Do the git clone."""
+
+        p_dest = Path(dest).expanduser()
+        pretty_dest = self.pretty_path(dest)
+        p_dest.parent.makedirs_p()
+
+        if p_dest.exists():
+            if self.force:
+                p_dest.rmtree()
+            else:
+                ui.info_2("Skipping", pretty_dest)
+                return
+
+        ui.info_2("Cloning", url, "->", pretty_dest)
+        git_command = ["git", "clone", url, p_dest, "--branch", branch]
+        subprocess.check_call(git_command)
+
+    def do_copy(self, src: str, dest: str) -> None:
+        """Copy two files."""
+
+        p_dest = Path(dest).expanduser()
+        pretty_dest = self.pretty_path(dest)
+        p_dest.parent.makedirs_p()
+
+        if p_dest.exists() and not self.force:
+            ui.info_2("Skipping", pretty_dest)
+            return
+
+        p_src: Path = self.base_dir / "dotfiles" / src
+        ui.info_2("Copy", p_src, "->", self.pretty_path(p_src))
+        p_src.copy(p_dest)
+
+    def do_download(
+            self, *, url: str, dest: str, executable: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
+        """Retrieve a file from a url."""
+
+        p_dest = Path(dest).expanduser()
+        pretty_dest = self.pretty_path(dest)
+        p_dest.parent.makedirs_p()
+
+        if p_dest.exists() and not self.force:
+            ui.info_2("Skipping", pretty_dest)
+        else:
+            ui.info_2("Fetching", url, "->", pretty_dest)
+            urlretrieve(url, p_dest)
+
+        if executable:
+            p_dest.chmod(0o755)
+
+    def do_run(self, args: List[str]) -> None:
+        """Run a command."""
+
+        ui.info_2("Running", "`{}`".format(" ".join(args)))
+        command = [x.format(home=self.home) for x in args]
+        subprocess.check_call(command)
+
+    def do_symlink(self, src: str, dest: str) -> None:
+        """Make a symlink to a file."""
+
+        self._do_symlink(src, dest, is_dir=False)
+
+    def do_symlink_dir(self, src: str, dest: str) -> None:
+        """Make a symlink to a dir."""
+
+        self._do_symlink(src, dest, is_dir=True)
+
+    def _do_symlink(self, src: str, dest: str, *, is_dir: bool) -> None:
+        p_dest = Path(dest).expanduser()
+        pretty_dest = self.pretty_path(dest)
+
+        if is_dir:
+            p_dest.parent.parent.makedirs_p()
+        else:
+            p_dest.parent.makedirs_p()
+
+        if p_dest.exists() and not self.force:
+            ui.info_2("Skipping", pretty_dest)
+            return
+
+        if p_dest.islink():
+            # TODO: check fucntion for bash -ef equivalent
+            p_dest.remove()
+
+        ui.info_2("Symlink", pretty_dest, "->", src)
+        src_full: Path = self.base_dir / "dotfiles" / src
+        src_full.symlink(p_dest)
+
+    def do_write(self, dest: str, content: str) -> None:
+        """Write into a file."""
+
+        p_dest = Path(dest).expanduser()
+        pretty_dest = self.pretty_path(dest)
+
+        if p_dest.exists() and not self.force:
+            ui.info_2("Skipping", pretty_dest)
+            return
+
+        ui.info_2("Creating", pretty_dest)
+        p_dest.parent.makedirs_p()
+        content = content.format(base_dir=self.base_dir, home=self.home)
+
+        if not content.endswith("\n"):
+            content += "\n"
+
+        p_dest.write_text(content)
+
+    def install(self, programs: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> None:
+        """Install the programs provided.
+
+        If no program is provided, use the conf file to find the programs.
+        """
+
+        if not programs:
+            programs = sorted(self.conf.keys())
+        for program in programs:
+            self.install_program(program)
+
+    def install_program(self, program: str) -> None:
+        """Install one program (called by self.install()).
+
+        Call indivdual methods from the conf file.
+        """
+
+        ui.info(ui.green, program)
+        ui.info("-" * len(program))
+        todo = self.conf[program]
+        for action in todo:
+            name = list(action.keys())[0]
+            params = action[name]
+            func = getattr(self, "do_{}".format(name))
+            if isinstance(params, dict):
+                func(**params)
+            else:
+                func(*params)
+        ui.info()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Parse args and instantiate the Installer."""
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "programs",
+        nargs="*"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--force",
+        action="strore_true",
+        help="Overwrite existing files"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    force = args.force
+    programs = args.programs
+
+    installer = Installer(force=force)
+    installer.install(programs=programs)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()