[FR] Default to overrides only when adding a recipe to the recipe list

[anewhouse]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In the Recipes screen, when you click the + sign to add a recipe to the list it currently shows every recipe in every added repo

Describe the solution you'd like
Based on the recommended way to run Autopkg where there's an override for every recipe, it should default to only showing recipes that an override exists for, maybe with a checkbox that's checked by default called "Only show recipes with overrides" that can be unchecked to show all recipes in all repos.

Additional context
This would make it easier to find and add recipes where an override has been recently created, or that currently have an override but aren't present in the recipe list.

[grahampugh]

Hi @anewhouse, thanks for the suggestion. However, I don't think it fits the design of the app, since the way to create an override in the app is from the recipe list, so then you would be stuck with only the list of overrides you had made using the command line. The list shows which recipes have an override already with the green icon.

Somebody suggested that an override should be made automatically for each recipe added, and I think this would work (as an optional setting).

[opus-nbonenberger]

I also encountered this behaviour when trying to add my overrides that I had previously created with AutoPkgr. I think the app should account for that scenario, as it's designed as an alternative to AutoPkgr and people may with to migrate in an easy way.

My initial thought – and my suggestion – would be to add another tab in the 'add recipe' dialog, called 'Existing Overrides' that lists all existing recipe overrides and enables the user to add the override to the list, effectively replicating the behaviour of adding a regular recipe and then creating an override.

[grahampugh]

I've implemented a change in #19 (pre-release 1.2.0) which lists Overrides that are not in the recipe list directly below the recipe list, giving you the opportunity to add them to the list. Let me know if this works for you both.

[opus-nbonenberger]

@grahampugh Thank you, that works for me! I have added a couple of overrides to the recipe list and did a test run.

[anewhouse]

That is a nice feature to have, I was able to find a couple of old ones that weren't in my recipe list anymore because they've been superseded by newer software with a different name like Microsoft Remote Desktop and Extensis Connect Fonts.

But it doesn't cover all use cases, I have some recipes that I purposely don't have in the recipe list and just want to be able to run "on demand" - one example is MacAdmins Python, which until recently had to stay at 3.10 because that's the version MunkiReport needed. So maybe in addition to the "Add to List" button you can also include the Info and Run actions like the recipes in the list have?