clone-detect 0.1

Find duplicate files by content hash

clone-detect

♻️ A simple Python CLI tool to recursively detect duplicate files based on their content hash — not filenames.

🔍 Features

• Recursively scans directories
• Finds duplicates based on file content, not name or size
• CLI interface with options for dry-run and preview
• Lets you choose which copies to keep (coming soon)

🚀 Installation

To install the package after cloning:

pip install -e .

Or once uploaded to PyPI:

pip install clone-detect

usage:

clone-detect <directory> [--dry-run]

example: 

clone-detect ./my_folder --dry-run

sample output:

clone-detect ./test_dupes --dry-run

Scanning ./test_dupes...

Duplicate group (hash=bbb2f10dc8c1b0e2cc367816797afd48fdc3777d6265cb6b8504169a80ddeedf):
  [1] ./test_dupes/whitecat.mp4 (keep)
  [2] ./test_dupes/catnew.mp4