From de89bc2666d41474764a36b930940b72322d6c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harald Pfeiffer <coding@lirion.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:12:48 +0200
Subject: feat: function for updating user installations of several language
 extensions

---
 .bash/aliases.bash | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.bash/aliases.bash b/.bash/aliases.bash
index a09ba54..76fb793 100644
--- a/.bash/aliases.bash
+++ b/.bash/aliases.bash
@@ -251,6 +251,56 @@ fi
 # ...yeah, I'm mostly doing ruby stuff for Puppet, erm I mean
 # OpenVox (now that Perforce have turned the Puppet world to a burning heap of garbage)
 alias bake="bundle exec rake"
+# ----- SOFTWARE MGMT ----- #
+# We may want to avoid having old $things[] running on our machine. While package managers
+#   should be the absolute priority, there may be things like Ruby gems, Python packages,
+#   Rust crates which we may need especially on anything other than an Arch machine.
+# Define a function that runs all updates.
+# This does not care about isolated venv/bundle/whatnot directories, it maintains
+#   the installations in the standard user home folders explicitly.
+# DANGER: this may lead to breaking changes in one language while the others still perform
+#   fine.
+function update-user-extensions {
+	mystrt='\033[38;2;23;147;209m'
+	mywarn='\033[38;5;178m'
+	mydone='\033[38;5;71m'
+	myrset='\033[0m'
+	# Ruby / user's gems
+	if [ -x '/usr/bin/gem' ]; then
+		printf '%bRuby (through gem)%b\n' "$mystrt" "$myrset"
+		# We expect a file ~/.config/usergems with one gem per line.
+		# Found no way yet to determine --user-installed gems, let alone
+		#   those explicitly installed (vs. dependency-only).
+		if [ -r "${HOME}/.config/usergems" ]; then
+			while read -r gem; do
+				gem update "$gem" --user-install || exit 110
+			done < <(cat "${HOME}/.config/usergems")
+		else
+			printf '%b%b not found, not updating gems.%b\n' "$mywarn" "${HOME}/.config/usergems" "$myrset" >&2
+		fi
+		printf '%bdone.%b\n' "$mydone" "$myrset"
+	else
+		printf '%b/usr/bin/gem not found, not updating Ruby user installations.%b\n' "$mywarn" "$myrset"
+	fi
+	# pipx for Python
+	if [ -x '/usr/bin/pipx' ]; then
+		printf '%bPython (through pipx)%b\n' "$mystrt" "$myrset"
+		pipx list --short || exit 111
+		pipx upgrade-all || exit 112
+		printf '%bdone.%b\n' "$mydone" "$myrset"
+	else
+		printf '%b/usr/bin/pipx not found, not updating Python user installations.%b\n' "$mywarn" "$myrset"
+	fi
+	# Rust / user's crates
+	if [ -x '/usr/bin/cargo' ]; then
+		printf '%bRust (through cargo)%b\n' "$mystrt" "$myrset"
+		# For this to work, a user must have run 'cargo install cargo-update' at least once.
+		cargo install-update --all || exit 113
+		printf '%bdone.%b\n' "$mydone" "$myrset"
+	else
+		printf '%b/usr/bin/cargo not found, not updating Rust user installations.%b\n' "$mywarn" "$myrset"
+	fi
+}
 # ----- OTHER STUFF ----- #
 for cmmd in batcat bat; do
 	if command -v "$cmmd" > /dev/null; then
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