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+#!/bin/sh
+
+func_def=$(cat <<EOF
+
+function hive_cli() {
+    SOCKET=\${DOCKER_SOCKET:-/var/run/docker.sock}
+    if [ -S \${SOCKET} ]; then
+        SOCKET_GID=\$(stat -c '%g' )
+        return 1
+    else
+        SOCKET_GID=\${DOCKER_SOCKET_GID}
+    fi
+    if [ -z \${SOCKET_GID} ]; then
+        echo "Could not determine docker socket location and id."
+        echo "Please set the DOCKER_SOCKET and DOCKER_GID environment variable manually."
+        return -1
+    fi
+    echo "Logging into ghcr.io ..."
+    docker login ghcr.io
+    docker volume create hive
+    docker run -ti --rm \\
+     -p 443:443 \\
+     -v hive:/workspace/hive \\
+     -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \\
+     -e UID=\$(id -u) \\
+     -e GID=\${SOCKET_GID} \\
+     ghcr.io/caretech-owl/hive-cli
+    if [ -f $HOME/.hive/_restart ]; then
+        echo "Restarting hive-cli ..."
+        rm $HOME/.hive/_restart
+        hive_cli
+    fi
+    echo "Shutdown. Goodbye."
+}
+EOF
+)
+
+if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
+    if [ $(grep -c "function hive_cli()" ~/.bashrc) -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "✅ Adding hive_cli function to .bashrc ..."
+        echo "$func_def" >> ~/.bashrc
+    else
+        echo "ℹ️ hive_cli function already exists in .bashrc"
+    fi
+elif [ -f ~/.bash_profile ]; then
+    if [ $(grep -c "function hive_cli()" ~/.bash_profile) -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "✅ Adding hive_cli function to .bash_profile ..."
+        echo "$func_def" >> ~/.bash_profile
+    else
+        echo "ℹ️ hive_cli function already exists in .bash_profile"
+    fi
+fi
+if [ -f ~/.zshrc ]; then
+    if [ $(grep -c "function hive_cli()" ~/.zshrc) -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "✅ Adding hive_cli function to .zshrc ..."
+        echo "$func_def" >> ~/.zshrc
+    else
+        echo "ℹ️ hive_cli function already exists in .zshrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo "ℹ️ Please restart your shell or run 'source ~/.bashrc', 'source ~/.zshrc' or 'source ~/.bash_profile'"
+echo "ℹ️ To use the function, run 'hive_cli'"