Compiling Programs

zplugin ice as"program" atclone"rm -f src/auto/config.cache; ./configure" \
    atpull"%atclone" make pick"src/vim"
zplugin light vim/vim
  • as"program" – add file selected by pick'' to $PATH, do not source it,
  • atclone"..." – execute code after downloading,
  • atpull"%atclone" – execute the same code atclone'' is given, but after successful update,
  • make – run make after atclone'' and atpull''. make'!' will execute before them,
  • pick"src/vim" – set executable flag on src/vim, hint that src/ should be added to $PATH.
zplugin ice as"program" make'!' atclone'./direnv hook zsh > zhook.zsh' \
    atpull'%atclone' src"zhook.zsh"
zplugin light direnv/direnv
  • make'!' – execute make before atclone'' and before atpull'' (see make above),
  • src"zhook.zsh" – source file zhook.zsh.

Direnv is hooked up to Zsh. The code that does this is provided by program direnv (build by make''). Above atclone'' puts this code into file zhook.zsh, src'' sources it. This way direnv hook zsh is executed only on clone and update, and Zsh starts faster.