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Install Codex without prompts during bootstrap #38

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ then clones this repo to `~/.setup` and symlinks the Claude config into
`~/.claude`. It works on macOS (Homebrew) and Linux (apt/dnf/apk), and is safe
to re-run — anything already present is skipped.

Codex CLI installs without interactive prompts. On Linux, the bootstrap sets
`CODEX_NON_INTERACTIVE=1` for the Codex installer, which also skips launching
Codex after installation. Run `codex` when you are ready to sign in.

Each install is verified twice: the expected command must be on `PATH`, and the
CLIs this bootstrap exists to install must actually execute (`assert_runs`
invokes each one's version command, since a truncated download or a
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion install.sh
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Expand Up @@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ install_codex() {
if [ "$PM" = "brew" ]; then
brew install --cask codex || { warn "failed to install Codex CLI"; record_failure codex; }
else
curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh || { warn "failed to install Codex CLI"; record_failure codex; }
# Keep bootstrap unattended, including when the installer can read /dev/tty.
curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | CODEX_NON_INTERACTIVE=1 sh || { warn "failed to install Codex CLI"; record_failure codex; }
add_path "$HOME/.local/bin"
fi
assert_installed "Codex CLI" codex
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31 changes: 31 additions & 0 deletions test.sh
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Expand Up @@ -17,6 +17,37 @@ source ./install.sh
scratch=$(mktemp -d)
trap 'rm -rf "$scratch"' EXIT

# The downloaded Codex installer must receive noninteractive mode. Setting it
# on curl instead of sh would still leave a terminal-attached bootstrap blocked.
mkdir -p "$scratch/codex-install-bin"
(
unset CODEX_NON_INTERACTIVE
export CODEX_TEST_BIN="$scratch/codex-install-bin/codex"
export PATH="$scratch/codex-install-bin:$PATH"
PM=apt
FAILED=""
have() { [ "$1" = codex ] && [ -x "$CODEX_TEST_BIN" ]; }
add_path() { :; }
curl() {
cat <<'EOF'
set -eu
[ "${CODEX_NON_INTERACTIVE:-0}" = 1 ] || exit 1
printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n' > "$CODEX_TEST_BIN"
chmod +x "$CODEX_TEST_BIN"
EOF
}
install_codex
[ -x "$CODEX_TEST_BIN" ] || exit 1
[ -z "$FAILED" ] || exit 1
[ "${CODEX_NON_INTERACTIVE-unset}" = unset ] || exit 1
curl() { echo 'unexpected installer download on re-run' >&2; exit 1; }
install_codex
[ -z "$FAILED" ] || exit 1
) || {
echo "FAIL: Codex installation was not noninteractive or safe to re-run" >&2
exit 1
}

# assert_installed must fail for a missing command, and summary must then
# return nonzero rather than reporting a clean bootstrap.
FAILED=""
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