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add more configurations to the dotfiles directory

.local/bin/buildconfig

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+BUILD_CONFIG=
+
+# try to find a valid build config path
+if [ -n "${1+x}" ] && [ -f "$1" ] && [[ "$(basename "$1")" == ".buildconfig" ]]; then BUILD_CONFIG="$1" # first check if a build config has been specified, and whether it's a valid path
+elif [ -n "${1+x}" ]; then echo "E: the specified path '$1' is not a valid path!"; exit 1
+
+elif [[ -f "$PWD/.buildconfig" ]]; then BUILD_CONFIG="$PWD/.buildconfig"    # then check if there is a build config in the current working directory
+elif [[ -f "$HOME/.buildconfig" ]]; then BUILD_CONFIG="$HOME/.buildconfig"  # then check if there is a build config in the home directory
+else $EDITOR .buildconfig
+#else echo "E: could not find a .buildconfig file and none was specified!"; exit 1
+fi
+
+source "$BUILD_CONFIG"
+[ -z "${cmd+x}" ] && { echo "E: cmd was not set! '$BUILD_CONFIG'"; exit 1; }
+[ -z "${arg+x}" ] && { echo "E: arg was not set! '$BUILD_CONFIG'"; exit 1; }
+
+# export the environment variables if they've been set
+if [[ -n ${env+x} ]]; then
+    for var in "${!env[@]}"; do
+        export "$var=${env[$var]}"
+    done
+fi
+
+# execute the command with the arguments
+# don't mind if the user made arguments separate out, that would likely be the user's intention
+$cmd "$arg"
+exit $?