From 30d1c9ee11ad5d436711e561d22f53b361052507 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:15:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add --prefix option to installer

---
 content/index.smd |  7 +++----
 install           | 23 ++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/index.smd b/content/index.smd
index 8ca0499..66bfdd0 100644
--- a/content/index.smd
+++ b/content/index.smd
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ Flow Control is under active development, but usually very stable.
 
 ### Installer
 
-Install latest release:
+Install the latest release to `/usr/local/bin`:
 
 ``` curl -fsSL https://flow-control.dev/install | sh ```
 
-Install latest nightly build:
-
-``` curl -fsSL https://flow-control.dev/install | sh -s -- --nightly ```
+Install latest nightly build and specify the install prefix:
 
+``` curl -fsSL https://flow-control.dev/install | sh -s -- --nightly --prefix ~/.local/bin ```
 
 ### Prebuilt Binaries
 - Stable: [Releases](https://github.com/neurocyte/flow/releases)
diff --git a/install b/install
index 13184fa..ade90d1 100644
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -5,22 +5,19 @@ install_dir="/usr/local/bin"
 add_alias=0
 nightly=0
 
-# parse command-line arguments for alias option only
-for arg in "$@"; do
-  case "$arg" in
-    --alias|-a)
-      add_alias=1
-      ;;
-    --nightly|-n)
-      nightly=1
-      ;;
-    *)
-      ;;
-  esac
+while true
+do
+    case "${1}" in
+        -a|--alias)       add_alias=1; shift 1;;
+        -n|--nightly)     nightly=1; shift 1;;
+        -p|--prefix)      install_dir=/$2; shift 2;;
+        --)               shift 1; break ;;
+        *)                break ;;
+    esac
 done
 
 # prompt for nightly build option if interactive
-if [ -t 0 ]; then
+if [ "$nightly" -eq 0 ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
   printf "do you want to install a Nightly build? [y/N]: "
   read -r answer_nightly
   if [ "$answer_nightly" = "y" ] || [ "$answer_nightly" = "Y" ]; then