Fix docs and help strings

lib/defaults.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultMirror             = "https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform"
 	DefaultLatest             = ""
 	installFile               = "terraform"
-	installDir                = ".terraform.versions"
+	InstallDir                = ".terraform.versions"
 	recentFile                = "RECENT"
 	tfDarwinArm64StartVersion = "1.0.2"
 	VersionPrefix             = "terraform_"

lib/install.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func initialize(binPath string) {
 // will create the installDir if it does not exist
 func getInstallLocation(installPath string) string {
 	/* set installation location */
-	installLocation = filepath.Join(installPath, installDir)
+	installLocation = filepath.Join(installPath, InstallDir)
 
 	/* Create local installation directory if it does not exist */
 	createDirIfNotExist(installLocation)

lib/param_parsing/parameters.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func GetParameters() Params {
 	getopt.StringVarLong(&params.CustomBinaryPath, "bin", 'b', "Custom binary path. Ex: tfswitch -b "+lib.ConvertExecutableExt("/Users/username/bin/terraform"))
 	getopt.StringVarLong(&params.DefaultVersion, "default", 'd', "Default to this version in case no other versions could be detected. Ex: tfswitch --default 1.2.4")
 	getopt.BoolVarLong(&params.HelpFlag, "help", 'h', "Displays help message")
-	getopt.StringVarLong(&params.InstallPath, "install", 'i', "Custom install path. Ex: tfswitch -b "+lib.ConvertExecutableExt("/Users/username"))
+	getopt.StringVarLong(&params.InstallPath, "install", 'i', "Custom install path. Ex: tfswitch -i /Users/username. The binaries will be in the sub installDir directory e.g. /Users/username/"+lib.InstallDir)
 	getopt.BoolVarLong(&params.LatestFlag, "latest", 'u', "Get latest stable version")
 	getopt.StringVarLong(&params.LatestPre, "latest-pre", 'p', "Latest pre-release implicit version. Ex: tfswitch --latest-pre 0.13 downloads 0.13.0-rc1 (latest)")
 	getopt.StringVarLong(&params.LatestStable, "latest-stable", 's', "Latest implicit version based on a constraint. Ex: tfswitch --latest-stable 0.13.0 downloads 0.13.7 and 0.13 downloads 0.15.5 (latest)")

www/docs/usage/ci-cd.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## Set a default TF version for CI/CD pipeline
+
 1. When using a CI/CD pipeline, you may want a default or fallback version to avoid the pipeline from hanging.
 2. Ex: `tfswitch -d 1.2.3` or `tfswitch --default 1.2.3` installs version `1.2.3` when no other versions could be detected.
 [Also, see CICD example](../continuous-integration)
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ load-tfswitch() {
 add-zsh-hook chpwd load-tfswitch
 load-tfswitch
 ```
+
 > NOTE: if you see an error like this: `command not found: add-zsh-hook`, then you might be on an older version of zsh (see below), or you simply need to load `add-zsh-hook` by adding this to your `.zshrc`:
 >    ```
 >    autoload -U add-zsh-hook
 >    ```
 
 ### Older version of zsh
+
 ```sh
 cd(){
   builtin cd "$@";
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ cd(){
   fi
 }
 ```
+
 ## Automatically switch with fish shell
 
 Add the following to the end of your `~/.config/fish/config.fish` file:

www/docs/usage/commandline.md

@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ The most recently selected versions are presented at the top of the dropdown.
 
 ## Use environment variables
 
-You can also set the `TF_VERSION` environment variable to your desired terraform version.
-For example:
+You can also set the `TF_VERSION` environment variable to your desired terraform version. For example:
 
 ```bash
 export TF_VERSION=0.14.4
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ tfswitch --mirror https://example.jfrog.io/artifactory/hashicorp`
 
 ## Install to non-default location
 
-By default `tfswitch` will download the Terraform binary to the user home directory under this path: `/Users/warrenveerasingam/.terraform.versions`
+By default `tfswitch` will download the Terraform binary to the user home directory under this path: `$HOME/.terraform.versions`
 
 If you want to install the binaries outside of the home directory then you can provide the `-i` or `--install` to install Terraform binaries to a non-standard path. Useful if you want to install versions of Terraform that can be shared with multiple users.
 

www/docs/usage/config-files.md

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 ## Get the version from a subdirectory
-While using the file configuration it might be necessary to change the working directory. You can do that with the `--chdir` or `-c` parameter.  
+
+While using the file configuration it might be necessary to change the working directory. You can do that with the `--chdir` or `-c` parameter.
+
 ```bash
 tfswitch --chdir terraform_dir
 tfswitch -c terraform_dir
 ```
 
 ## Use version.tf file
+
 If a .tf file with the terraform constraints is included in the current directory, it should automatically download or switch to that terraform version.  
 For example, the following should automatically switch terraform to the lastest version:  
+
 ```
 terraform {
   required_version = ">= 0.12.9"
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ terraform {
 ![versiontf](../static/versiontf.gif "Use version.tf")
 
 ## Use .tfswitchrc file
+
 ![tfswitchrc](../static/tfswitch-v6.gif)
 
 1. Create a `.tfswitchrc` file containing the desired version
@@ -31,23 +36,27 @@ terraform {
 *Instead of a `.tfswitchrc` file, a `.terraform-version` file may be used for compatibility with [`tfenv`](https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv#terraform-version-file) and other tools which use it*
 
 ## Use .tfswitch.toml file  (For non-admin - users with limited privilege on their computers)
+
 This is similiar to using a .tfswitchrc file, but you can specify a custom binary path for your terraform installation
 
 ![toml1](../static/tfswitch-v7.gif)
 ![toml2](../static/tfswitch-v8.gif)
 
-1. Create a custom binary path. Ex: `mkdir /Users/warrenveerasingam/bin` (replace warrenveerasingam with your username)
-2. Add the path to your PATH. Ex: `export PATH=$PATH:/Users/warrenveerasingam/bin` (add this to your bash profile or zsh profile)
-3. Pass -b or --bin parameter with your custom path to install terraform. Ex: `tfswitch -b /Users/warrenveerasingam/bin/terraform 0.10.8 `
+1. Create a custom binary path. Ex: `mkdir $HOME/bin`
+2. Add the path to your PATH. Ex: `export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin` (add this to your bash profile or zsh profile)
+3. Pass -b or --bin parameter with your custom path to install terraform. Ex: `tfswitch -b $HOME/bin/terraform 0.10.8 `
 4. Optionally, you can create a `.tfswitch.toml` file in your terraform directory(current directory) OR in your home directory(~/.tfswitch.toml). The toml file in the current directory has a higher precedence than toml file in the home directory
 5. Your `.tfswitch.toml` file should look like this:
+
 ```ruby
-bin = "/Users/warrenveerasingam/bin/terraform"
+bin = "$HOME/bin/terraform"
 version = "0.11.3"
 ```
-4. Run `tfswitch` and it should automatically install the required terraform version in the specified binary path
 
-**NOTE** 
+6. Run `tfswitch` and it should automatically install the required terraform version in the specified binary path
+
+**NOTE**
+
 1. For linux users that do not have write permission to `/usr/local/bin/`, `tfswitch` will attempt to install terraform at `$HOME/bin`. Run `export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin` to append bin to PATH  
 2. For windows host, `tfswitch` need to be run under `Administrator` mode, and `$HOME/.tfswitch.toml` with `bin` must be defined (with a valid path) as minimum, below is an example for `$HOME/.tfswitch.toml` on windows
 
@@ -56,8 +65,10 @@ bin = "C:\\Users\\<%USRNAME%>\\bin\\terraform.exe"
 ```
 
 ## Use terragrunt.hcl file
+
 If a terragrunt.hcl file with the terraform constraint is included in the current directory, it should automatically download or switch to that terraform version.  
-For example, the following should automatically switch terraform to the lastest version 0.13:     
+For example, the following should automatically switch terraform to the lastest version 0.13:
+
 ```ruby
 terragrunt_version_constraint = ">= 0.26, < 0.27"
 terraform_version_constraint  = ">= 0.13, < 0.14"

www/docs/usage/general.md

@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 | 3 | .terraform-version |
 | 4 | Environment variable |
 
-With 1 being the highest precedence and 4 the lowest   
+With 1 being the highest precedence and 4 the lowest  
 *(If you disagree with this order of precedence, please open an issue)*