Updated README and TODO

The program doesn't seem to work on Windows, and I don't have the time
right now to debug it. So, at the moment, the program isn't supported on Windows.

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ccat
+*.zip
 

README.md

@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ ccat is a file printing tool (like 'cat') which uses Regular Expressions to enab
 - Highly extensible - to add a config file for an specific file type, name the file `<extension>.conf`.
 - Support for printing line numbers with the `-n` flag.
 - Statically linked Go binary - no runtime dependencies, config files are distributed along with the binary.
-- Cross-platform
+- Linux and MacOS supported.
 
 ---
 
 ### Installing
+
+Download the appropriate zip-file from the 'Releases' section. Place the executable in your PATH.
+
+NOTE: The releases are not available on the GitHub repo (which is a mirror of https://gitea.twomorecents.org/Rockingcool/ccat). Obtain the [releases](https://gitea.twomorecents.org/Rockingcool/ccat/releases) from there instead.
+
+---
+
+### Building from source
+
 If you have the `go` command installed, run `make` after cloning the repository.
 
 ---
@@ -27,12 +36,11 @@ The following languages have config files included by default:
 
 - C
 - Go
--
 
 ---
 
 ### Getting Started
-The config files are embedded within the binary. They will automatically be installed to the correct location (`%APPDATA/ccat` on Windows, `~/.config/ccat` on UNIX) when the program is first run.
+The config files are embedded within the binary. They will automatically be installed to the correct location (`~/.config/ccat` on UNIX) when the program is first run.
 
 As written above, if provided a file with extension `.example`, the program will look for the config file named `example.conf`. If such a file doesn't exist, the file is printed out without any highlighting.
 
@@ -61,5 +69,5 @@ Note that the color name must be capitalized (and shouldn't contain spaces). The
 ---
 
 ### TODO:
+- Windows support.
 - Allow users to provide a config file in the command-line, overriding the extension-based config file.
-- Provide releases.

config.go

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"ccat/stack"
 	"embed"
 	"errors"
+	"gitea.twomorecents.org/Rockingcool/ccat/stack"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
-	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
@@ -18,27 +17,18 @@ import (
 //go:embed config
 var storedConfigs embed.FS // Embed the folder containing config files
 
+// runningOnWindows: At the moment this function isn't used. When Window support is added,
+// it will be used to determine if the program is being run on Windows.
 func runningOnWindows() bool {
 	return runtime.GOOS == "windows"
 }
 
 // generateDefaultConfigs is used to generate a folder of default config files
 // for common languages. These default config files are embedded into the program, and will
-// be outputted into a directory.
+// be outputted into the given directory.
 //
 // If there is an error encountered, the error is returned.
-func generateDefaultConfigs() error {
-
-	var configOutputPath string // Location of config files, depends on OS
-	if runningOnWindows() {
-		configOutputPath = "%APPDATA%\\ccat"
-	} else {
-		currentUser, err := user.Current()
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		configOutputPath = filepath.Join("/home/" + currentUser.Username + "/.config/ccat/")
-	}
+func generateDefaultConfigs(configOutputPath string) error {
 	err := os.MkdirAll(configOutputPath, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsExist(err) {

create_release_builds.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+POSSIBLE_GOOS=( "linux" "darwin" )
+POSSIBLE_GOARCH=( "amd64" "arm64" )
+
+for OS in "${POSSIBLE_GOOS[@]}"; do
+	for ARCH in "${POSSIBLE_GOARCH[@]}"; do
+		FOLDER_NAME="ccat-$OS-$ARCH"
+		mkdir "${FOLDER_NAME}"
+		GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go build -o "${FOLDER_NAME}/"
+		zip -r "${FOLDER_NAME}" "${FOLDER_NAME}"
+		rm -r "${FOLDER_NAME}"
+	done
+done
+

go.mod

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module ccat
+module gitea.twomorecents.org/Rockingcool/ccat
 
 go 1.22.5
 

main.go

@@ -78,18 +78,13 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	// Check if config exists. If it doesn't, generate the config files.
-	var configPath string // Location of config files, depends on OS
-	if runningOnWindows() {
-		configPath = "%APPDATA%\\ccat"
-	} else {
-		currentUser, err := user.Current()
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		configPath = filepath.Join("/home/" + currentUser.Username + "/.config/ccat/")
+	currentUser, err := user.Current() // Get current user, to determine config path
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
 	}
+	configPath := filepath.Join("/home/" + currentUser.Username + "/.config/ccat/")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(configPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		generateDefaultConfigs()
+		generateDefaultConfigs(configPath)
 	}
 
 	// Check if user has provided a file name

todo.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 1. Man page
-2. README for GitHub Repo
 2. Logging
 3. Coloring functions
 4. Flag to list all available colors for your terminal - some terminals will only support the predefined colors.