From 0ecfe53b2d271133fac36de11ecfc0f7e47840f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Douglas B. Rumbaugh" <doug@douglasrumbaugh.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 12:27:03 -0400
Subject: Initial version complete

I dusted this off after years and had Claude finish
it for me.

caveat emptor: this is largely (though not entirely)
LLM generated as of this commit
---
 ves.sh | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 ves.sh

(limited to 'ves.sh')

diff --git a/ves.sh b/ves.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 28325db..99049a4
--- a/ves.sh
+++ b/ves.sh
@@ -1,60 +1,119 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# Global wrapper function dispatching to the various sh-ves subcommands.
+#
 ves() {
-    if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
-        printf "ERROR: Please specify a command.\n"
-        return
+    if [ -z "$SH_VES_INIT" ]; then
+        printf "ERROR: sh-ves is not initialized. Source ves-init.sh first.\n" >&2
+        return 1
     fi
 
+    if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
+        printf "ERROR: Please specify a command.\n" >&2
+        ves_help >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
 
     # extract the appropriate command
     case $1 in
         create)
             shift
-            ves_create $@
-            break
+            ves_create "$@"
             ;;
         delete)
             shift
-            ves_delete $@
-            break
+            ves_delete "$@"
             ;;
         var-add)
             shift
-            ves_var_add $@
-            break
+            ves_var_add "$@"
             ;;
         var-rm)
             shift
-            ves_var_rm $@
-            break
+            ves_var_rm "$@"
             ;;
         export)
             shift
-            ves_export $@
-            break
+            ves_export "$@"
+            ;;
+        unset)
+            shift
+            ves_unset "$@"
+            ;;
+        show)
+            shift
+            ves_show "$@"
+            ;;
+        copy)
+            shift
+            ves_copy "$@"
+            ;;
+        rename)
+            shift
+            ves_rename "$@"
+            ;;
+        run)
+            shift
+            ves_run "$@"
+            ;;
+        switch)
+            shift
+            ves_switch "$@"
             ;;
         list)
             shift
-            "$SHVES_BIN"/ves-list.sh $@
-            break
+            ves_list "$@"
+            ;;
+        envs)
+            shift
+            ves_envs "$@"
             ;;
         activate)
             shift
-            ves_activate $@
-            break
+            ves_activate "$@"
             ;;
         deactivate)
             shift
-            ves_deactivate $@
-            break
+            ves_deactivate "$@"
             ;;
         prompt)
             shift
-            . $SHVES_BIN/ves-prompt.sh $@
-            break
+            "$SHVES_BIN"/ves-prompt.sh "$@"
+            ;;
+        help|--help|-h)
+            ves_help
             ;;
         *)
-            printf "ERROR: Invalid command [%s]\n" $1 > /dev/stderr
-            return
+            printf "ERROR: Invalid command [%s]\n" "$1" >&2
+            ves_help >&2
+            return 1
+            ;;
     esac
 }
+
+ves_help() {
+    cat <<'EOF'
+usage: ves <command> [arguments]
+
+commands:
+  create [--override] <name>          create a new environment
+  delete <name>                       delete an environment
+  copy <src> <dst>                    copy an environment
+  rename <old> <new>                  rename an environment
+  activate <name>                     activate an environment
+  deactivate                          deactivate the active environment
+  switch <name>                       deactivate, then activate <name>
+  run <name> <command...>             run a command inside an environment
+  export [--env=<name>] <var> <val>   set a variable in an environment
+  unset [--env=<name>] <var>          remove a variable from an environment
+  show [<name>]                       show the variables of an environment
+  var-add [--env=<name>] [--append] <var> <val>
+                                      prepend (or append) an entry to a
+                                      path-like variable
+  var-rm [--env=<name>] <var> <val>   remove an entry from a path-like variable
+  list [--index] <var>                list the entries of a path-like variable
+  envs                                list all environments
+  prompt [symbol]                     print a prompt fragment for PS1
+  help                                show this message
+EOF
+}
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