cff-from-621

This tool derives a CITATION.cff file from a Python project's pyproject.toml contents that provide PEP-621 compliant package metadata.

Features

• Additional and overriding values can be provided statically or via Python string templates.
• Order of the resulting fields can be defined, has a non-arbitrary default.
• Dynamic fields are resolved for the setuptools build backend.

Example

Given a pyproject.toml that includes these contents:

[build-system]
requires = ["setuptools"]
build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

[project]
name = "cff-from-621"
description = "Generates metadata in the Citation File Format for Python projects from their PEP-621 compliant package definition. Includes a CLI."
keywords = ["PEP-621", "CFF", "conversion"]
authors = [
    {name = "Frank Sachsenheim"}
]
dynamic = ["version"]

[tool.cff-from-621]
order = ["message", "cff-version", "title", "abstract", "version", "date-released", "authors", "keywords"]

[tool.cff-from-621.static]
date-released = "2022-09-18"
message = "🔥🌍🔥"

[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
version = {attr = "cff_from_621.version.VERSION"}

cff-from-621 would derive this CITATION.cff:

---
message: 🔥🌍🔥
cff-version: 1.2.0
title: cff-from-621
abstract: Generates metadata in the Citation File Format for Python projects from
  their PEP-621 compliant package definition. Includes a CLI.
version: 0.0.1
date-released: '2022-09-18'
authors:
- name: Frank Sachsenheim
keywords:
- PEP-621
- CFF
- conversion
type: software
...

Installation

Add cff-from-621 with your environment management or install it globally with pipx:

$ pipx install cff-from-621

Usage

Change into your project's root folder and jump right in with:

$ cff-from-621

The usage details can be explored with:

$ cff-from-621 --help

Caveats

1. Authors / maintainers are represented as entity type because their PEP-621 representation can't be parsed into the atomicity of the person type.

Development

This tool isn't supposed to cover each and every corner case that may exist. Its implementation shall be kept simple and may be used as library for custom extensions and alterations. All contributions within that frame are welcome.

In a virtual environment that you set up for development, install this package from source in editable mode and required development tools:

$ pip install .[development]

Make use of or refer to the accompanying justfile to run common development tasks.