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I need to jump between different versions of terraform, terragrunt, python, ... all the time for work. asdf is an absolute asset and makes that so much easier.

I need to jump between different versions of terraform, terragrunt, python, ... all the time for work. asdf is an absolute asset and makes that so much easier. I can heavily recommend giving it a try! I've even embedded it into our default CI image, as it allows me to very easily install consistent versions of many utilities, while also allowing to override versions by choice afterwards.

devoutsalsa 4y ago
I've been using it to swap between different versions of Postgres, too.
zellyn 4y ago
You might also want to check out hermit: https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/ https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/ Definitely not as many definitions as asdf, but what it does, it does well.
- vlunkr 4y ago
  That homepage could use some work. I have no idea why I might choose that over asdf.
  - zellyn 4y ago
    https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/faq/#how-is-hermit-different-to- https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/faq/#how-is-hermit-differen...
- nikolay 4y ago
  Sorry, but you misunderstand what asdf is! In Homebrew and Hermit and others, somebody needs to create a PR to add support for a new version - with asdf, it's not necessary and it's always ahead of Homebrew and other package managers, because it directly polls the releases of a project! So, you're not a the mercy of a packages repo maintainer! I've considered Hermit, but many of the tools I needed were severely outdated so I gave up on it!
- nikolay 4y ago
  Here's an example (just picked a random project) for tflint: Hermit (v0.39.2): $ hermit info tflint Name: tflint Version: 0.39.2 Description: A Pluggable Terraform Linter Homepage: State: remote Source: https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint/releases/download/v0.39.2/tflint_darwin_amd64.zip Root: /Users/[REDACTED]/Library/Caches/hermit/pkg/tflint-0.39.2 Homebrew (v0.39.3): $ brew info tflint tflint: stable 0.39.3 (bottled), HEAD Linter for Terraform files https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint /usr/local/Cellar/tflint/0.39.3 (6 files, 23.0MB) * Poured from bottle on 2022-08-12 at 08:54:53 From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/tflint.rb License: MPL-2.0 ==> Dependencies Build: go ==> Options --HEAD Install HEAD version ==> Analytics install: 10,687 (30 days), 25,133 (90 days), 70,271 (365 days) install-on-request: 10,683 (30 days), 25,122 (90 days), 70,251 (365 days) build-error: 0 (30 days) asdf (v0.39.3): $ asdf latest tflint 0.39.3
psibi 4y ago
For terraform and terragrunt, I have been using tfswitch and tgswitch respectively. Also tfswitch has the ability to parse the required_version constraint in the terraform file and switch to the appropriate version based on that which I find quite handy.

devoutsalsa 4y ago

I've been using it to swap between different versions of Postgres, too.

zellyn 4y ago

You might also want to check out hermit: https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/ https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/ Definitely not as many definitions as asdf, but what it does, it does well.

vlunkr 4y ago
That homepage could use some work. I have no idea why I might choose that over asdf.
- zellyn 4y ago
  https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/faq/#how-is-hermit-different-to- https://cashapp.github.io/hermit/faq/#how-is-hermit-differen...
nikolay 4y ago
Sorry, but you misunderstand what asdf is! In Homebrew and Hermit and others, somebody needs to create a PR to add support for a new version - with asdf, it's not necessary and it's always ahead of Homebrew and other package managers, because it directly polls the releases of a project! So, you're not a the mercy of a packages repo maintainer! I've considered Hermit, but many of the tools I needed were severely outdated so I gave up on it!
nikolay 4y ago
Here's an example (just picked a random project) for tflint: Hermit (v0.39.2): $ hermit info tflint Name: tflint Version: 0.39.2 Description: A Pluggable Terraform Linter Homepage: State: remote Source: https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint/releases/download/v0.39.2/tflint_darwin_amd64.zip Root: /Users/[REDACTED]/Library/Caches/hermit/pkg/tflint-0.39.2 Homebrew (v0.39.3): $ brew info tflint tflint: stable 0.39.3 (bottled), HEAD Linter for Terraform files https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint /usr/local/Cellar/tflint/0.39.3 (6 files, 23.0MB) * Poured from bottle on 2022-08-12 at 08:54:53 From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/tflint.rb License: MPL-2.0 ==> Dependencies Build: go ==> Options --HEAD Install HEAD version ==> Analytics install: 10,687 (30 days), 25,133 (90 days), 70,271 (365 days) install-on-request: 10,683 (30 days), 25,122 (90 days), 70,251 (365 days) build-error: 0 (30 days) asdf (v0.39.3): $ asdf latest tflint 0.39.3

psibi 4y ago

For terraform and terragrunt, I have been using tfswitch and tgswitch respectively. Also tfswitch has the ability to parse the required_version constraint in the terraform file and switch to the appropriate version based on that which I find quite handy.