From baad1783a2605048998244ad556d3432f8be923c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daylin Morgan <daylinmorgan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 17:00:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 src/viv/viv.py | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/viv/viv.py b/src/viv/viv.py
index 7234533..730b980 100755
--- a/src/viv/viv.py
+++ b/src/viv/viv.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from typing import (
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
-__version__ = "23.5a1-dev"
+__version__ = "23.5a1-12-g298e8b2"
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -593,6 +593,16 @@ UPDATE_TEMPLATE = f"""
 
 """
 
+SHIM_TEMPLATE = """\
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    vivenv = {use}
+    sys.exit(subprocess.run([vivenv.path / "bin" / "{bin}", *sys.argv[1:]]).returncode)
+"""
+
 
 def noqa(txt: str) -> str:
     max_length = max(map(len, txt.splitlines()))
@@ -1126,7 +1136,24 @@ class Viv:
 
     def shim(self, args):
         """generate viv-powered cli apps"""
-        echo("not implemented.")
+        if args.output.is_file():
+            error(f"{args.output} already exists...exiting", code=1)
+
+        # TODO: robustness....
+
+        spec = ", ".join(f'"{req}"' for req in args.reqs)
+
+        if args.bin:
+            bin = args.bin
+        elif len(args.reqs) == 1:
+            bin = args.reqs[0]
+        else:
+            error("please specify an explicit -b/--bin")
+
+        with args.output.open("w") as f:
+            f.write(SHIM_TEMPLATE.format(use=f'__import__("viv").use({spec})', bin=bin))
+
+        make_executable(args.output)
 
     def _get_subcmd_parser(
         self,
@@ -1299,6 +1326,8 @@ class Viv:
             "-o",
             "--output",
             help="path/to/output file",
+            required=True,
+            type=Path,
             metavar="<path>",
         )
         p_manage_shim.add_argument(