feat: add custom startdwm script to allow restarts

Modified script from the Archwiki which runs DWM in a loop so that we
can restart the window manager we make changes to the binary.

.helpers/scripts/install-scripts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+GIT_ROOT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname $0 )/../.." && pwd )"
+SCRIPTS_SOURCE_DIR="${GIT_ROOT_DIR}/scripts"
+SCRIPTS_DESTINATION_DIR="${HOME}/.local/scripts"
+
+if ! [ -d ${SCRIPTS_DESTINATION_DIR} ]; then
+    echo "INFO: Creating directory ${SCRIPTS_DESTINATION_DIR}"
+    mkdir ${SCRIPTS_DESTINATION_DIR}
+fi
+
+rsync -avh ${SCRIPTS_SOURCE_DIR}/ ${SCRIPTS_DESTINATION_DIR}
+chmod -R 0700 ${SCRIPTS_DESTINATION_DIR}

Makefile

@@ -1,42 +1,46 @@
 check_xdg_settings:
-	@./helpers/xdg/check-xdg-settings
+	@./.helpers/xdg/check-xdg-settings
+
+.PHONY: scripts
+scripts:
+	@./.helpers/scripts/install-scripts
 
 .PHONY: ansible_configs
 ansible_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/ansible/generate-ansible-config
+	@./.helpers/ansible/generate-ansible-config
 
 .PHONY: bash_configs
 bash_configs:
-	@./helpers/bash/generate-bash-config
+	@./.helpers/bash/generate-bash-config
 
 .PHONY: git_configs
 git_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/git/generate-git-config
+	@./.helpers/git/generate-git-config
 
 .PHONY: tmux_configs
 tmux_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/tmux/generate-tmux-config
+	@./.helpers/tmux/generate-tmux-config
 
 .PHONY: xdg_configs
 xdg_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/xdg/generate-user-dirs-config
+	@./.helpers/xdg/generate-user-dirs-config
 
 .PHONY: x11_configs
 x11_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/X11/generate-x11-config
+	@./.helpers/X11/generate-x11-config
 
 .PHONY: lf_configs
 lf_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/lf/generate-lf-config
+	@./.helpers/lf/generate-lf-config
 
 .PHONY: amfora_configs
 amfora_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/amfora/generate-amfora-config
+	@./.helpers/amfora/generate-amfora-config
 
 .PHONY: dunst_configs
 dunst_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/dunst/generate-dunst-config
+	@./.helpers/dunst/generate-dunst-config
 
 .PHONY: logrotate_configs
 logrotate_configs: check_xdg_settings
-	@./helpers/logrotate/generate-logrotate-config
+	@./.helpers/logrotate/generate-logrotate-config

config/X11/xinitrc

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ logrotate \
     ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/logrotate/logrotate.conf \
     &
 
-exec dwm
+exec startdwm

scripts/run_package_updates

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# run_package_updates() ensures all apt packages are updated
+# and runs autoremove to remove any unused packages.
+sudo apt update
+apt list --upgradable
+sleep 5
+sudo apt dist-upgrade
+sudo apt autoremove

scripts/startdwm

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+logfile="${LOG_HOME}/dwm.log"
+
+while true; do
+    # Log stderror to a file
+    dwm 2> "$logfile"
+done