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Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Automatically exclude development dependencies from Time Machine backups
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- asimov
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
Asimov is a macOS command-line utility that excludes development dependency directories from Time Machine backups. It is deliberately narrow: scan for restorable dependency trees such as `node_modules`, then ask Apple's `tmutil` to exclude them so backups waste less space.
Projektgeschichte
The GitHub repository was created in October 2017. The README presents the motivating problem for developers using Time Machine: project dependency directories can be large, generated, and recoverable from package manifests, so backing them up is often unnecessary.
Release metadata shows v0.1.0 in October 2017, v0.2.0 in November 2017, and v0.3.0 in June 2020. The README continues to describe a small shell-oriented utility rather than a daemon-heavy system service.
Adoptionsgeschichte
Asimov's adoption is Homebrew-centered. The official README calls Homebrew the easiest installation route, documents `brew install asimov`, and shows `sudo brew services start asimov` for running the scheduled job automatically once a day.
The input facts list only Homebrew packaging, which matches the macOS-only scope. It is a package-manager convenience wrapper around native macOS backup controls rather than a cross-platform backup system.
Wie es verwendet wird
Users either run `asimov` on demand or install it as a Homebrew service. Asimov scans for recognized dependency directories next to corresponding project files, checks whether they are already excluded, and uses `tmutil` to mark them as excluded from Time Machine.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
Asimov matters to package nerds because it encodes a practical truth about dependency managers: generated dependency directories are expensive to back up and cheap to recreate. It turns that convention into a small macOS maintenance package.
Zeitleiste
- 2017: GitHub repository created.
- 2017: v0.1.0 and v0.2.0 releases published.
- 2020: v0.3.0 release published.
- 2024: Repository still received pushes.
Related projects
- Apple Time Machine is the backup system Asimov configures.
- `tmutil` is the native macOS command Asimov wraps.
- Homebrew services is documented as the scheduled-run installation path.
Quellen
- https://api.github.com/repos/stevegrunwell/asimov/releases
- https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov
- source_facts.package-manager
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risikoklassifikator
orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure
Warum
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signale
- metadata:service
- text:backup
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Formelmetadaten deklarieren einen Service- oder Daemon-Block.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
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Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
asimov | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-08
Manager-Version0.3.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-10
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv0.3.0
https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:asimov |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/asimov |
| Homepage | https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov |
| Repository | https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-10T09:06:09Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf all) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | declared |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | asimov |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
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