fisher update not install plugin but remove fish_plugins file

[taikulawo]

I sync fish config across machine by git.
But on another machine I run fisher update, fisher just delete fish_plugins

[jorgebucaran]

Hmm, I really can't help without more info. Maybe share your entire configuration and sync strategy, maybe in a Docker image or a repository.

[taikulawo]

extract to fish/ then run fisher update
fish.tar.gz

[jorgebucaran]

Could you share the contents here instead?

[taikulawo]

sure. fish_plugins file

jorgebucaran/fisher
patrickf1/fzf.fish

and install fisher

[jorgebucaran]

Is that what's in your gzipped tar file? What I need is your complete configuration and sync setup. Without it, reproducing your state won't be possible anytime soon.

[taikulawo]

https://github.com/taikulawo/home I clone (means sync)it on my homedir

[jorgebucaran]

The only file I'd put in my dot files would be fish_plugins, similar to how you wouldn't sync node_modules.

[taikulawo]

I dont understand, I'm wrong?

[jorgebucaran]

I saw you're committing all Fish files in your repo, including plugins likely installed with Fisher. In that case, what would be the purpose of fish_plugins? This file serves as a manifest of your plugins and should be enough for syncing across different machines. You'd simply use fisher install to install the plugins instead of relying on git.

[taikulawo]

Does fisher install not extra argument can install all plugin in manifest?

$ fisher install
fisher: Not enough arguments for command: "install"

sometime my network is offline, so I need to sync plugin file at first. but why fisher delete fish_plugins when I run fisher update?

[jorgebucaran]

Thanks for the clarification. You're right, it's fisher update (not install), as indicated in the docs. 👍

[jorgebucaran]

Yes, Fisher will delete fish_plugins, but only if it's empty. For example, if you remove all plugins from fish_plugins and then run fisher update, Fisher will uninstall all plugins and subsequently delete the file.

fisher/functions/fisher.fish

Lines 210 to 213 in 2efd33c

	else
	set --erase _fisher_plugins
	command rm -f $fish_plugins
	end

[taikulawo]

but my file_plugins is not empty

[jorgebucaran]

My approach to test this:

• Set up two machines, A and B.
• On machine A, install Fisher and other necessary plugins.
• Save or sync the fish_plugins file to machine B.
• On machine B, run fisher update.

This process should make sure that B is updated to match A, which is how Fisher is supposed to work.

[taikulawo]

oh, I found reason
when I init fisher, fisher add following variables to fish_variables file. But my sync don't include it. On another manchine which don't have this variable, fisher will remove fish_plugins file

SETUVAR __fish_initialized:3400
SETUVAR _fisher_jorgebucaran_2F_fisher_files:\x7e/\x2econfig/fish/functions/fisher\x2efish\x1e\x7e/\x2econfig/fish/completions/fisher\x2efish
SETUVAR _fisher_plugins:jorgebucaran/fisher