add symlink helper

- symlinking is done often enough that it makes sense to have a helper
for it
- move appimage and archive helpers to use symlink helper
- fix formatting of air and alacritty

tasks/helpers/appimage.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
         backup: false
 
     - name: Link appimage to bin
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        state: link
-        src: "{{ path_appimage }}/{{ appimage.name }}/{{ appimage.filename }}"
-        path: "{{ path_bin }}/{{ appimage.name }}"
+      vars:
+        links:
+          - from: "{{ path_appimage }}/{{ appimage.name }}/{{ appimage.filename }}"
+            to: "{{ path_bin }}/{{ appimage.name }}"
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: helpers/symlink.yml

tasks/helpers/archive.yml

@@ -37,16 +37,9 @@
             exclude: "{{ archive.exclude | default(omit) }}"
 
         - name: Symlink archive files
-          become: "{{ install_become }}"
-          become_user: "{{ install_become_user }}"
           when:
             - archive.links is defined
             - archive.links | length > 0
-          loop: "{{ archive.links }}"
-          loop_control:
-            loop_var: lnk
-          ansible.builtin.file:
-            state: link
-            path: "{{ lnk.to }}"
-            src: "{{ lnk.from }}"
-            force: "{{ lnk.force | default(omit) }}"
+          vars:
+            links: "{{ archive.links }}"
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: helpers/symlink.yml

tasks/helpers/symlink.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# vim: set filetype=yaml.ansible :
+#
+## Helper: symlink.yml
+## Description: symlink source to target
+## Variables:
+##   - from: the source of the symlink
+##   - to: path of the symlink
+##   - force: _optional_, force create the symlink
+---
+- name: Create symlinks
+  become: "{{ install_become }}"
+  become_user: "{{ install_become_user }}"
+  loop: "{{ links }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: link
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    state: link
+    path: "{{ link.to }}"
+    src: "{{ link.from }}"
+    force: "{{ link.force | default(omit) }}"