How to write idempotent Bash scripts

• fuckitjs

  44 4,066 0.0 JavaScript

  The Original Javascript Error Steamroller

Yep -- this is why set -e is important. Oops, somedir did not exist yet, and your entire script stopped, and now you need to figure out where you went wrong and make your script more resiliant, instead of hoping it'll just keep going.

• alarm-ansible

  1 2 0.0 Shell

  Arch Linux ARM Ansible Scripts

I had a similar application to the author of the article (create a new rootfs). I decided to use ansible scripts instead, most tasks in there are supposed to be idempotent and declarative.

• SurveyJS

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