Package Details: i3blocks-contrib-git 2.0.0.r5.g7f601f8-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/i3blocks-contrib-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: i3blocks-contrib-git
Description: Official repository of community contributed blocklets
Upstream URL: https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib
Licenses: GPL3
Groups: i3
Conflicts: i3blocks-contrib
Provides: i3blocks-contrib
Submitter: matoro
Maintainer: sshaikh
Last Packager: sshaikh
Votes: 3
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2019-09-09 12:28 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2021-08-19 11:21 (UTC)

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sshaikh commented on 2021-08-16 11:28 (UTC) (edited on 2021-08-16 11:52 (UTC) by sshaikh)

@thiagowfx

The i3blocks-contrib repo contains the source code for various contributed to be used by i3blocks. As per upstream[1] they are not meant to be used "raw" by cloning but in fact are meant to be selectively built/copied into an existing script directory.

This allows upstream's default/example config to work correctly, as block names are by default taken from filenames in the script directory (ie it doesn't handle subfolders elegantly). So to answer your question directly, the difference between this package and i3blocks-contrib-git is that the latter simply clones and copies the repo (sub directories and all), while this one "flattens" it into an appropriate script directory.

There's more discussion in upstream's issue #255[2], including the inspiration for the code in this PKGBUILD.

@a821

I have raised this (as well as offering a solution) on i3blocks-contrib-git's AUR page[3], but received no meaningful response. As I was unable to determine if this was by design/preference or that the users of this package were actively expected to configure their systems in a way contrary to upstream, I didn't feel it was appropriate to adopt and correct it in a way that would break it for an existing audience. And so I uploaded an alternative package.

Hope that helps!

[1]https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/wiki/Installation [2]https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/issues/255 [3]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3blocks-contrib-git/#comment-776755

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matoro commented on 2019-09-09 19:12 (UTC)

Those all look good to me. Didn't really put much effort into this as I just wanted my statusbar fixed. You will also probably need to update your config like so: https://github.com/matoro/dotfiles/commit/cd58bddf74d39d2b72ec3fc60a6165d9890f0d10#diff-995018349785dc92e5e2aab409fbedd3

hashworks commented on 2019-09-09 13:30 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-09 13:33 (UTC) by hashworks)

Patches: https://fb.hash.works/m-yH1aizdq

Alternatively as a tar archive: https://fb.hash.works/m-yH1aizdq/tar

for p in $(seq 1 4); do git am --signoff < /tmp/000${p}*.patch; done

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