Neovim Nightly Tar Installer

nvim-nightly-installer.elv

#!/usr/bin/env elvish

# Define the URL for the pre-compiled Linux 64-bit nightly release
var url = "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"

# Define the paths we will use
var tmp_tarball = "/tmp/nvim-linux64.tar.gz"
var install_dir = $E:HOME"/.local/nvim-nightly"
var bin_dir     = $E:HOME"/.local/bin"

# 1. Download the tarball
echo "Downloading Neovim nightly..."
# curl flags: -L (follow redirects), --fail (exit on error), -o (output file)
curl -L --fail --progress-bar -o $tmp_tarball $url

# 2. Prepare the installation directory
echo "Cleaning up previous installation (if any)..."
# Using rm -rf and mkdir -p avoids needing complex "if exists" logic
rm -rf $install_dir
mkdir -p $install_dir

# 3. Extract the contents
echo "Extracting tarball to "$install_dir"..."
# --strip-components=1 removes the top-level 'nvim-linux64' folder inside the archive
# so the bin, lib, and share folders sit directly inside our install_dir
tar -xzf $tmp_tarball -C $install_dir --strip-components=1

# 4. Link the binary to your local bin directory
echo "Creating symlink in "$bin_dir"..."
mkdir -p $bin_dir
# -s creates a symbolic link, -f forces it to overwrite any existing link
ln -sf $install_dir"/bin/nvim" $bin_dir"/nvim"

# 5. Clean up temporary files
echo "Cleaning up temporary files..."
rm -f $tmp_tarball

# Verify the installation was successful
echo "\nInstallation complete! Installed version:"
# Call the newly installed binary and grab just the first line of output
$bin_dir"/nvim" --version | head -n 1