DirPrint 0.2.1

DirPrint: Print your directory structure and file contents with ease.

Directory Print - DirPrint

Simplify Code Sharing with LLMs by Exporting Directory Structure and File Contents

DirPrint is a command-line tool that streamlines sharing your project's directory structure and file contents with LLMs (like ChatGPT, Claude, etc.). By providing comprehensive context about your codebase, DirPrint enhances LLMs' ability to assist you in debugging and development tasks.

Features

• Visual Directory Tree: Get a clear, hierarchical representation of your project's structure
• File Contents Display: View file contents within the tree, formatted in markdown code blocks
• File Export: Save the output to a file for easy sharing and reference
• Flexible Content Management:
  • Ignore Mode: Completely hide specified files/directories from the output
  • Omit Mode: Show files/directories in the directory structure but hide their contents for brevity

Installation

From source:

git clone https://github.com/zebangeth/DirPrint.git
cd DirPrint
python setup.py install

Via pip:

pip install dir_print

Usage

Basic command structure:

dir_print [options] <directory_path>

Options

• -E, --export : Save output to specified file
• -I, --ignore : Patterns to completely hide (e.g., __pycache__, .git)
• -O, --omit : Patterns to show in structure but hide contents
• --sos : Show structure of omitted directories

Examples

Suppose you have a project directory structure like this:

my-project/
├── src/
│   ├── main.js
│   ├── utils.js
│   ├── vite-env.d.ts
│   ├── config/
│   │   ├── dev.js
│   │   └── prod.js
│   └── tests/
│       ├── main.test.js
│       └── utils.test.js
└── README.md

To print the structure and content of the src directory while ignoring the vite-env.d.ts file and the views directory, and saving the output to output.txt, run:

dir_print src -E output.txt -I vite views

Note that partial matching is supported. In this case, for vite-env.d.ts, you can simply write vite.

1. Basic usage - Print everything:

dir_print src

2. Using ignore - Hide test files:

dir_print src -I test

Output will not show any files/directories containing "test"

3. Using omit - Show but hide contents:

dir_print src -O config

Output:

src/
├── main.js
├── utils.js
├── [omitted] config/
└── tests/
    ├── main.test.js
    └── utils.test.js

[Contents of files shown except for config directory...]

4. Showing omitted structure - View internal structure of omitted items:

dir_print src -O config --sos

Output shows config directory's structure but still omits its contents.

5. Combined usage - Multiple patterns and export:

dir_print src -I node_modules -O "config" "test" -E output.txt --sos

Notes

• Patterns support partial matching (e.g., 'test' matches 'testing.js', 'tests/')
• Ignore takes precedence over omit when patterns overlap
• The --sos flag only affects directories marked for omission

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by the simplicity and utility of the tree command in Unix-like operating systems.
• Built with GitHub Copilot, GPT-4-0125-preview, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

About the Author

DirPrint was created by zebang.eth, a developer passionate about making development and debugging processes smoother and more intuitive.