feat: Update 3 files

source/src/commands/install.cpp

@@ -197,7 +197,13 @@ namespace dropshell
     {
         debug << "Ensuring dropshell autocomplete is registered in ~/.bashrc..." << std::endl;
 
-        std::filesystem::path bashrc = localpath::current_user_home() +"/.bashrc";
+        std::string home = localpath::current_user_home();
+        if (home.empty()) {
+            error << "Could not determine user home directory" << std::endl;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        
+        std::filesystem::path bashrc = home + "/.bashrc";
 
         std::string autocomplete_script = R"(
 #---DROPSHELL AUTOCOMPLETE START---
@@ -212,10 +218,9 @@ _dropshell_completions() {
     return 0
 }
 
-alias ds='dropshell'
+# Register the completion function for both dropshell and ds
-
-# Register the completion function
 complete -F _dropshell_completions dropshell
+complete -F _dropshell_completions ds
 #---DROPSHELL AUTOCOMPLETE END---
 )";
 
@@ -223,12 +228,56 @@ complete -F _dropshell_completions dropshell
         return 0;
     }
 
+    int configure_symlink()
+    {
+        debug << "Creating symbolic link 'ds' for dropshell..." << std::endl;
+        
+        std::string localbin_str = localpath::user_local_bin();
+        if (localbin_str.empty()) {
+            error << "Could not determine user local bin directory" << std::endl;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        
+        std::filesystem::path localbin(localbin_str);
+        std::filesystem::create_directories(localbin);
+        
+        std::filesystem::path dropshell_path = localbin / "dropshell";
+        std::filesystem::path ds_link = localbin / "ds";
+        
+        // Remove old alias or link if it exists
+        if (std::filesystem::exists(ds_link)) {
+            std::filesystem::remove(ds_link);
+        }
+        
+        // Create symbolic link from ds to dropshell
+        if (std::filesystem::exists(dropshell_path)) {
+            std::filesystem::create_symlink("dropshell", ds_link);
+            debug << "Created symbolic link: " << ds_link << " -> dropshell" << std::endl;
+        } else {
+            warning << "dropshell not found in ~/.local/bin, skipping symlink creation" << std::endl;
+        }
+        
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     int configure_localbin()
     {
         debug << "Ensuring ~/.local/bin is in the ~/.bashrc path..." << std::endl;
 
-        std::filesystem::path bashrc = localpath::current_user_home() +"/.bashrc";
+        std::string home = localpath::current_user_home();
-        std::filesystem::path localbin = localpath::current_user_home() + "/.local/bin";
+        if (home.empty()) {
+            error << "Could not determine user home directory" << std::endl;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        
+        std::filesystem::path bashrc = home + "/.bashrc";
+        std::string localbin_str = localpath::user_local_bin();
+        if (localbin_str.empty()) {
+            error << "Could not determine user local bin directory" << std::endl;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        
+        std::filesystem::path localbin(localbin_str);
         std::filesystem::create_directories(localbin);
         // check if already in path
         const char* env_p = std::getenv("PATH");
@@ -247,6 +296,7 @@ complete -F _dropshell_completions dropshell
         maketitle("Updating dropshell on this computer...");
 
         configure_localbin();
+        configure_symlink();
         configure_autocomplete();
 
         // determine path to this executable

source/src/utils/directories.cpp

@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ namespace dropshell
             return std::string();
         }
 
+        std::string user_local_bin()
+        {
+            std::string home = current_user_home();
+            if (home.empty())
+                return "";
+            return home + "/.local/bin";
+        }
+
         std::string backups()
         {
             if (!gConfig().is_config_set())

source/src/utils/directories.hpp

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace dropshell {
         std::string agent_local();
         std::string agent_remote();
         std::string current_user_home();
+        std::string user_local_bin();  // ~/.local/bin directory for user executables
 
         std::string backups();
         std::string temp_files();