From 19636ac7c564301b210e084f4f9749ea022cdd4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emerson Rosen-Jones <erosenjo@oberlin.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:30:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] New program for composting from farms.

---
 compost_control.lua | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 compost_control.lua

diff --git a/compost_control.lua b/compost_control.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc9b63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compost_control.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+-- Program to gather excess from farms and compost it
+
+local CHECKS = {}
+CHECKS["minecraft:kelp"] = 8 * 64
+
+local SOURCES =
+{ ""
+}
+
+local COMPOST_INV = ""
+
+local SLEEP_TIME = 40
+
+function tally_up (src)
+    local counts = {}
+    for _, item in pairs(peripheral.call(src, "list")) do
+        if counts[item.name] == nil then counts[item.name] = 0 end
+        counts[item.name] = counts[item.name] + item.count
+    end
+    return counts
+end
+
+function compare_counts (count1, count2)
+    local diffs = {}
+    for item, count in pairs(count1) do
+        if count2[item] ~= nil then
+            diffs[item] = count - count2[item]
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function compost (src, item_name, amount)
+    if amount < 1 return end
+    local amount_moved = 0
+    -- 1. scan through inventory until {item} is found
+    for slot, item in pairs(src.list())
+        if item.name == item_name then
+            -- 2. move up to {amount} to compost, recording amount moved
+            amount_moved = peripheral.call(
+                COMPOST_INV, "pullItems", src, slot, amount
+            )
+            break
+        end
+    end
+    -- 3. call again recursively
+    return compost(src, item_name, amount - amount_moved)
+end
+
+while true do
+    for _, source in ipairs(SOURCES) do
+        local totals = tally_up(source)
+        local diffs = compare_counts(totals, CHECKS)
+        for item, diff in pairs(diffs) do
+            if diff > 0 then
+                compost(source, item, diff)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    os.sleep(SLEEP_TIME)
+end