Concepts

Both in code and in documentation you may come across different concepts and abstractions.

Before we start

Before we start, some common concepts:

• executable: an exec file (can be ELF, Mach-O, etc.)
• repository: a (usually Git) repository from GitHub, Codeberg, Forgejo, or Gitea
• release: a release published on those code hosting platforms
• asset: one of the files published with a release. Note that:
  • there may be more than one asset to download for your OS and architecture (e.g. ahmetb/kubectx having both kubectx and kubens)
  • or there may be more than one executable file inside an asset (e.g. a release tar.gz containing multiple tools)

Poof's concepts

Below are poof's concepts with some magic!:

• slug: a USER/REPO string
• spell: a program you have installed specifying a slug in install command. Note that you may install multiple versions side by side
• spell version: a specific version of a spell
• binary: an exec file of a specific version of a spell