Show & Tell: Batch-installing multiple gh-r binaries with sbin

Summary

A pattern for replacing Homebrew with zinit for managing multiple CLI binaries from GitHub releases, using as"null" + sbin in a single turbo for block.

Details

Key points:

• as"null" prevents zinit from trying to source the binary as a zsh plugin and disables completion auto-detection
• sbin (from zinit-annex-bin-gem-node) creates shims in $ZPFX/bin
• Per-plugin sbin values override the shared one for tools with non-standard binary paths
• wait"0a" defers to after the first prompt with the earliest possible delay

Examples

zinit as"null" wait"0a" lucid light-mode from"gh-r" sbin for \
    achannarasappa/ticker \
    tarkah/tickrs \
    jesseduffield/lazydocker \
    jesseduffield/lazygit \
    ekzhang/bore \
    sbin"**/rg"     BurntSushi/ripgrep \
    sbin"**/fd"     @sharkdp/fd \
    sbin"**/bat"    @sharkdp/bat \
    sbin"**/delta"  dandavison/delta \
    sbin"bin/exa"   ogham/exa

For tools that include completions in their release archives, add completions management:

# After the batch load, install completions for tools that bundle them
zinit creinstall BurntSushi/ripgrep   # installs _rg
zinit creinstall @sharkdp/bat         # installs _bat
zinit creinstall @sharkdp/fd          # installs _fd

Run zinit creinstall once interactively, or add it to atload per plugin in the for block.

See Also

• ts-as-null-completions-override — why completions are missing with as"null" and how to restore them