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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a temporary tool which I am using to look into Git cloning of addons.
+# The list lives in this script for the time being, and this is not ready for production!
+
+# Root directory where addons live. Create it if missing.
+addons_root=~/serverfiles/garrysmod/addons
+if [ ! -e $addons_root ]
+then
+	mkdir -p $addons_root
+fi
+
+# Git protocol to use for fetching repos, options are "ssh" and "https"
+git_protocol="ssh"
+
+# List of addons to manage, an array of comma-delimted strings. Format is user,repo,branch,method
+addons_list=(
+	"nrlulz,ACF,master,zip",
+	"wiremod,advdupe2,master,tarball",
+	"wiremod,wire,master,clone"
+)
+
+# Program flow
+
+for addon_data in ${addons_list[@]}
+do
+	# Split addon data into separate fields
+	IFS=, read githubuser githubrepo githubbranch gitmethod <<< "${addon_data}"
+	echo "Managing ${githubuser}/${githubrepo}..."
+
+	# Get current release
+	current_release_url="https://api.github.com/repos/${githubuser}/${githubrepo}/git/refs/heads/${githubbranch}"
+	current_release=$(curl -s -L $current_release_url | grep '"sha"' | cut -d'"' -f4)
+
+	# Addon path has the repo name in lower-case for gmod linux weirdness
+	addon_lcase=$(echo $githubrepo | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+	addon_path="${addons_root}/${addon_lcase}"
+
+	# Archive type to download
+	# Do the update/install
+	case "${gitmethod}" in
+		# Allow archive download/deployment as one method of installation
+		tar|tarball|archive|download|zip|zipfile|zipball)
+			if [ "${gitmethod}" == "zip" ] || [ "${gitmethod}" == "zipfile" ] || [ "${gitmethod}" == "zipball" ]
+			then
+				archive_format="zipball"
+			else
+				archive_format="tarball"
+			fi
+
+			echo "Using archive (${archive_format})"
+			# Download archive if it's not present. This will require we leave the archives in place, so we need to think about that
+			archive_url="https://github.com/${githubuser}/${githubrepo}/${archive_format}/${githubbranch}"
+
+			# Get filename of latest archive, this includes the commit hash
+			archive_file="${addons_root}/$(curl -sLI $archive_url | grep -o -E '^Content-Disp.*filename=.*$' | sed -e 's/.*filename=//' -e 's/[\x01-\x1F\x7F]//g')"
+			archive_unpack=$(echo $archive_file | sed -e 's/\.\(tar\.gz\|tar\|zip\)$//g')
+			archive_linktarget=$(basename $archive_unpack)
+			# If the unpacked directory isn't there, download and deploy
+			# FIXME: There needs to be a better way of tracking installs that doesn't require leaving archives lying around. Cleanup would be good.
+			if [ ! -e $archive_unpack ]
+			then
+				# TODO: Should we uninstall or delete the old addon? Any configs or other data that need to be retained?
+				# TODO: Checksum the downloaded files and remove/retry if corrupt
+				echo "Fetching ${githubrepo} ($(basename $archive_file))..."
+				curl -s -L -o $archive_file $archive_url
+				if [ "${archive_format}" == "zipfile" ]
+				then
+					# Unzip file
+					unzip $archive_file -d $addons_path
+				else
+					# Untar. FIXME: Assuming gzip, should probably have a little logic here.
+					# This descends one directory so we get rid of the directory with the same name as the archive
+					tar xzvpf $archive_file -C $addons_path
+				fi
+			fi
+
+			# Update symlink. This will BLOW AWAY a real directory, may want to adjust that behavior.
+			if [ "$(basename $(readlink -f $addon_path))" != "${archive_linktarget}" ]
+			then
+				echo "Pointing ${addon_lcase} to ${archive_linktarget}"
+				ln -nsf $archive_linktarget "${addon_path}"
+			fi
+			;;
+		# Otherwise, use Git natively
+		*)
+			echo "Using Native Git"
+			# Get repo URL based upon our protocol
+			if [ "${git_protocol}" == "ssh" ]
+			then
+				repo_url="git@github.com:${githubuser}/${githubrepo}.git"
+			else
+				repo_url="https://github.com/${githubuser}/${githubrepo}.git"
+			fi
+
+			# Clone repo if it does not exist
+			if [ ! -e $addon_path ]
+			then
+				cd $addons_root && git clone $repo_url $addon_lcase
+			fi
+
+			# Init repo if directory has no .git subdirectory
+			if [ ! -e $addon_path ]
+			then
+				cd $addons_root && git init
+			fi
+
+			# Check to make sure we have the right remote
+			repo_remote=$(cd $addon_path && git remote -v | grep '^origin' | grep '\(fetch\)' | awk '{print $2}')
+			if [ "${repo_remote}" != "${repo_url}" ]
+			then
+				# TODO: Possibly delete incorrect remotes?
+				cd $addon_path && git remote add -f -t $githubbranch -m $githubbranch origin $repo_url
+			fi
+
+			# Check to make sure we are on the latest commit
+			repo_commit=$(cd $addon_path && git show | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
+			if [ "${repo_commit}" != "${current_release}" ]
+			then
+				cd $addon_path && git pull origin $githubbranch
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+	echo "Up to date"
+done