shopifly

Shopifly

Shopifly is a command-line utility that helps to enforce branch-theme parity.

At this time it is compatible only with config.yml based Shopify Themekit setups.

Dependencies

Shopifly requires the theme command to be in your command line. See installation instructions.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'shopifly'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it globally using:

$ gem install shopifly

Setup

Shopifly requires two local files: config.stores.yml and .current_store.

These files should both be added to your .gitignore.

config.stores.yml

The config.stores.yml file tells it how to access the different stores you own.

Sample Config:

# config.stores.yml

shared_config:
  deploy_command: "theme deploy"
  directory: ../shopify/
  ignore_files:
    - config/settings_data.json

stores:
  default: "dev"
  dev:
    password: xxx
    store: my-shop-dev.myshopify.com
  qa:
    password: xxx
    store: my-shop-staging.myshopify.com
  live
    password: xxx
    store: my-shop.myshopify.com

.current_store

The .current_store file tells Shopifly which store you currently would like to work with.

The .current_store file should just be a one-line file with the name of the store from the config.stores.yml file that you'd currently like to work with. You can easily upload the same theme to multiple stores by manipulating this variable

For example, a possible value for the config.stores.yml file above would be:

dev

Usage

Shopifly configures the local config.yml to point to a theme that corresponds to the current branch name.

It uses a "find or create" algorithm, generating this theme if it does not exist.

Shopifly configures the build, development and production keys of your config.yml to all point to this remote theme.

Note It is always important to quit any running file watch processes (i.e. theme watch) before switching branches.

Create a new theme based on a new branch

$ git checkout -b new-branch
$ fly sync

"Theme doesn't exist, creating..."
"Setting config to point to new-branch, my-shop-dev.myshopify.com"
"Uploading theme!"

Configure your local environment to point to an existing theme

$ git checkout master
$ fly sync

"Theme already exists: master, mack-weldon.myshopify.com"
"Setting config to point to master, my-shop-dev.myshopify.com"

Sync settings_data.json from the published theme to an existing theme

$ git checkout existing-branch
$ fly sync --with-settings

"Downloading settings"
...
"Uploading settings"

Explanation

The fly sync command performs the following:

Assuming we're on a branch called my-branch-theme, and .current_store == dev

1. Checks if there exists a theme on the dev store named my-branch-theme.
2. If so, skips to step 5. If not:
3. Create a Shopify theme on the dev store named my-branch-theme.
4. Uploads the contents of your current branch to the theme using the shared_config.deploy_command from config.stores.yml.
5. If the theme did not previously exist or if the --with-settings flag is used, identifies the currently published theme on your .current_store and copies the settings_data.json from the published theme to the my-branch-theme theme.
6. Sets your config.yml build, development and production keys to point to this new theme.

Development

In this repo:

rake build

In another repo:

gem install --local ~/dev/lunchtime/shopifly/pkg/shopifly-X.X.X.gem

To install this gem onto your local machine and ruby version (found in .ruby-version), run bundle exec rake install.

To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

License

All rights reserved, Lunchtime Labs LLC, 2020