I welcome Suggestions/Criticism/Edits/Additions.

[zhdenny]

Title says it all.....if you see something, let me know.

[jctull]

In your readme, when you say the import will overwrite ingredients, etc., does that mean just the ones with same names or everything? Thanks

[zhdenny]

When you import a bar into your Bar Assistant instance, you have two options.

1. Import into a brand new Bar
2. Import into an existing Bar.

Option 1 is self explanatory. Option 2 is a complete overwrite. EVERYTHING is completely overwritten in the bar you choose.

There is no other option offered by the developer. But, just to be clear, if you want to ALSO have your own cocktails/ingredients, you can totally create a completely separate bar from mine. Bar Assistant supports MULTIPLE bars.

The idea behind this GitHub repo is you import my bar into a new bar called something like "zhdenny bar". And you don't touch it. Just use it but do not edit/modify it. Only update it occasionally to get the latest changes from me.

Then separate from all of that, you can create/edit/use an additional Bar that is all you to take care of. Make sense?

[necromancyr]

So, just did an import into an existing bar and it doesn't actually overwrite everything - caught it with Cynar. Basically, had Cynar on my bar shelf, and instead of replacing/removing it, I had the default Cynar and your named version ([Cynar Artichoke Liqueur).

And it seems to do odd things w/recipes that exist in both - it adds, but doesn't overwrite. Valkerie, for example, still shows up as Cynar even though it's in your bar database (when ingested into a clean bar).

So...logic is not what you had above - not exactly sure what it is however.

[zhdenny]

Your very first import should be into a NEW BAR.

After that, if you want to keep up-to-date with new stuff I add, you can continue to import overwriting that new bar.

Thanks for bringing this up. I'll add that into the Readme instructions

[necromancyr]

That makes a ton of sense, thanks! And thanks for the great work on this - I was thinking of making edits like you have given the need for much more specificity for Tiki drinks re: rums.

[zhdenny]

Lemme know if you see something you think should be added or changed and I'll consider it.
I'm always adding stuff. But I try to avoid cocktails that have TOO MUCH custom/homemade ingredients.

[necromancyr]

Will do - key thing for me is finding a way to get a ton of recipes/cocktails imported quickly (e.g., Smuggler's Cove, Modern Tiki, Don's books, Cocktail Codex, Death & Co, etc.). :)

[zhdenny]

When I add a cocktail, I give credit to the Bartender, Bar, Location, Book etc....so often you'll see drinks in my database which comes from those sources you mentioned.

But I admit, while I own some of those books, I don't go page for page adding every drink from the book into my database. I cherry pick.