finally make niminst smart about which files are important

compiler/installer.ini

@@ -60,28 +60,9 @@ Files: "icons/koch.rc"
 Files: "icons/koch.res"
 Files: "icons/koch_icon.o"
 
-Files: "compiler/readme.txt"
+Files: "compiler"
-Files: "compiler/installer.ini"
+Files: "doc"
-Files: "compiler/*.cfg"
+Files: "tools"
-Files: "compiler/*.nim"
-Files: "doc/*.txt"
-Files: "doc/*.rst"
-Files: "doc/manual/*.txt"
-Files: "doc/*.nim"
-Files: "doc/*.cfg"
-Files: "compiler/nimfix/*.nim"
-Files: "compiler/nimfix/*.cfg"
-Files: "compiler/nimsuggest/*.nim"
-Files: "compiler/nimsuggest/*.cfg"
-Files: "compiler/plugins/locals/*.nim"
-Files: "compiler/plugins/*.nim"
-Files: "tools/*.nim"
-Files: "tools/*.cfg"
-Files: "tools/*.tmpl"
-Files: "tools/niminst/*.nim"
-Files: "tools/niminst/*.cfg"
-Files: "tools/niminst/*.tmpl"
-Files: "tools/niminst/*.nsh"
 Files: "web/website.ini"
 Files: "web/*.nim"
 Files: "web/*.txt"
@@ -90,150 +71,13 @@ Files: "bin/nimblepkg/*.nim"
 Files: "bin/nimblepkg/*.cfg"
 
 [Lib]
-Files: "lib/nimbase.h"
+Files: "lib"
-Files: "lib/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/*.cfg"
-Files: "lib/*.nimble"
-
-Files: "lib/system/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/core/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/pure/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/pure/*.cfg"
-Files: "lib/pure/collections/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/pure/concurrency/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/pure/unidecode/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/pure/concurrency/*.cfg"
-Files: "lib/impure/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/impure/nre/private/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/wrappers/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/arch/*.nim"
-
-Files: "lib/wrappers/readline/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/wrappers/linenoise/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/wrappers/linenoise/*.c"
-Files: "lib/wrappers/linenoise/*.h"
-
-Files: "lib/windows/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/posix/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/js/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/packages/docutils/*.nim"
-
-Files: "lib/deprecated/core/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/deprecated/pure/*.nim"
-Files: "lib/deprecated/pure/*.cfg"
 
 [Other]
-Files: "examples/*.nim"
+Files: "examples"
-Files: "examples/c++iface/*.nim"
-Files: "examples/objciface/*.nim"
-Files: "examples/cross_calculator/"
-
-Files: "examples/*.html"
-Files: "examples/*.txt"
-Files: "examples/*.cfg"
-Files: "examples/*.tmpl"
-
 Files: "dist/nimble"
 
-Files: "tests/actiontable/*.nim"
+Files: "tests"
-Files: "tests/alias/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/ambsym/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/array/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/assign/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/astoverload/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/async/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/benchmarks/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/bind/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/borrow/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/casestmt/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/ccgbugs/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/clearmsg/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/closure/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/cnstseq/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/collections/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/compiles/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/concat/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/concepts/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/constr/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/constraints/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/controlflow/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/converter/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/cpp/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/defaultprocparam/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/deprecated/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/destructor/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/dir with space/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/discard/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/distinct/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/dll/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/effects/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/enum/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/exception/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/exprs/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/fields/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/float/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/friends/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/gc/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/generics/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/gensym/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/global/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/implicit/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/init/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/iter/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/js/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/js/*.cfg"
-Files: "tests/let/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/lexer/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/lookups/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/macros/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/magics/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/metatype/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/method/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/misc/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/modules/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/namedparams/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/notnil/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/objects/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/objvariant/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/openarray/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/osproc/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/overflw/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/overload/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/parallel/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/parallel/*.cfg"
-Files: "tests/parser/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/pragmas/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/proc/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/procvar/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/range/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/rodfiles/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/seq/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/sets/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/showoff/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/specialops/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/stdlib/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/system/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/template/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/testament/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/testdata/*.csv"
-Files: "tests/testdata/*.html"
-Files: "tests/testdata/*.json"
-Files: "tests/testdata/*.txt"
-Files: "tests/testdata/*.xml"
-Files: "tests/threads/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/threads/*.cfg"
-Files: "tests/trmacros/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/tuples/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/typerel/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/types/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/usingstmt/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/varres/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/varstmt/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/vm/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/readme.txt"
-Files: "tests/testament/css/*.css"
-Files: "tests/testament/*.cfg"
-Files: "lib/pure/unidecode/unidecode.dat"
 
 [Windows]
 Files: "bin/nim.exe"

koch.nim

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ proc csource(args: string) =
 
 proc bundleNimble() =
   if dirExists("dist/nimble/.git"):
-    exec("git --git-dir dist/nimble pull --rebase")
+    exec("git --git-dir dist/nimble/.git pull")
   else:
     exec("git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble.git dist/nimble")
   let tags = execProcess("git --git-dir dist/nimble/.git tag -l v*").splitLines
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ proc bundleNimble() =
   # now compile Nimble and copy it to $nim/bin for the installer.ini
   # to pick it up:
   exec(findNim() & " c dist/nimble/src/nimble.nim")
-  copyExe("dist/nimble/nimble".exe, "bin/nimble".exe)
+  copyExe("dist/nimble/src/nimble".exe, "bin/nimble".exe)
 
 proc zip(args: string) =
   bundleNimble()

tools/niminst/niminst.nim

@@ -202,23 +202,41 @@ proc parseCmdLine(c: var ConfigData) =
   if c.infile.len == 0: quit(Usage)
   if c.mainfile.len == 0: c.mainfile = changeFileExt(c.infile, "nim")
 
-proc walkDirRecursively(s: var seq[string], root: string) =
+proc ignoreFile(f, root: string, preventHtml: bool): bool =
+  let (_, name, ext) = splitFile(f)
+  let html = if preventHtml: ".html" else: ""
+  let explicit = splitPath(root).tail
+  result = (ext in ["", ".exe", ".idx"] or
+            ext == html or name[0] == '.') and f != explicit
+
+proc walkDirRecursively(s: var seq[string], root: string,
+                        preventHtml: bool) =
+  let tail = splitPath(root).tail
+  if tail == "nimcache" or tail[0] == '.':
+    return
+  let preventHtml = preventHtml or tail != "doc"
   for k, f in walkDir(root):
+    if f[0] == '.' and root[0] != '.':
+      discard "skip .git directories etc"
+    else:
       case k
-    of pcFile, pcLinkToFile: add(s, unixToNativePath(f))
+      of pcFile, pcLinkToFile:
-    of pcDir: walkDirRecursively(s, f)
+        if not ignoreFile(f, root, preventHtml):
+          add(s, unixToNativePath(f))
+      of pcDir:
+        walkDirRecursively(s, f, preventHtml)
       of pcLinkToDir: discard
 
 proc addFiles(s: var seq[string], patterns: seq[string]) =
   for p in items(patterns):
     if existsDir(p):
-      walkDirRecursively(s, p)
+      walkDirRecursively(s, p, true)
     else:
       var i = 0
       for f in walkFiles(p):
         if existsDir(f):
-          walkDirRecursively(s, f)
+          walkDirRecursively(s, f, false)
-        else:
+        elif not ignoreFile(f, p, false):
           add(s, unixToNativePath(f))
           inc(i)
       if i == 0: echo("[Warning] No file found that matches: " & p)
@@ -613,6 +631,7 @@ proc xzDist(c: var ConfigData) =
   let nimbleFile = c.nimblePkgName & ".nimble"
   processFile(z, proj / nimbleFile, nimbleFile)
 
+  when true:
     let oldDir = getCurrentDir()
     setCurrentDir(tmpDir)
     try: