v1.8.1

ADDED:
* A way to actually use Auger externally. lel.

auger/funcs.go

@@ -4,8 +4,42 @@ import (
 	`io/fs`
 	`os`
 	`strings`
+
+	`honnef.co/go/augeas`
 )
 
+/*
+	NewAuger returns an auger.Aug.
+
+	See:
+		https://pkg.go.dev/honnef.co/go/augeas#readme-examples
+		https://pkg.go.dev/honnef.co/go/augeas#New
+	for the `root` and `loadPath` parameters
+	(and, by extension, the `flags` paraemter; note that the `flags`
+	is an auger.AugFlags, not an augeas.Flag!).
+
+	`flags` may be nil.
+*/
+func NewAuger(root, loadPath string, flags *AugFlags) (aug *Aug, err error) {
+
+	aug = new(Aug)
+
+	if aug.aug, err = augeas.New(root, loadPath, flags.Eval()); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// NewAugerFromAugeas returns a wrapped auger.Aug from a (honnef.co/go/augeas).Augeas.
+func NewAugerFromAugeas(orig augeas.Augeas) (aug *Aug) {
+
+	aug = new(Aug)
+	aug.aug = orig
+
+	return
+}
+
 /*
 	AugpathToFspath returns the filesystem path from an Augeas path.