err "File not found - $pkgfileloc, can not determine package differences!"
fi
if ! type "$listgen" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
err "Yay not installed on machine, can not reliably determine package differences!"
fi
# get commited packages, remove empty lines
# and lines beginning with # to allow comments
pkgcommited=$(mktemp)
sed -e '/^[#$]/d' <"$pkgfileloc" | sort >"$pkgcommited"
# get packages on this machine
# q removes extraneous info
# e only lists explicitly installed
# tt removes those that are depended on, but NOT those optionally depended on
pkgcurrent=$(yay -Qqett | sort)
# remove those listed in package_ignore.txt
if [ -f "$pkgignoreloc" ]; then
pkgcurrent=$(echo "$pkgcurrent" | comm -23 - "$pkgignoreloc")
fi
# compare the lists, list differences
result=$(echo "$pkgcurrent" | comm -3 - "$pkgcommited")
# get files only in repo (field1), and only on machine (field2)
added=$(echo "$result" | cut -f1 | sed -e '/^$/d')
removed=$(echo "$result" | cut -s -f2)
# if we have no changes, do nothing
if [ -n "$added" ] || [ -n "$removed" ]; then
text=$(printf "\-- PACKAGE DIFFERENCES TO COMMITED LIST FOUND --\nPackages NOT YET in repo:\n%s\n\nPackages ONLY in repo:%s\n" "$added" "$removed" | sed 's/^/# /gm')