evalcheck42 0.6.3

A pre-evaluation checker for 42 school projects

Evalcheck42

A command-line tool for checking 42 projects before evaluations to help avoid common errors and mistakes.

It performs automated checks for common submission requirements such as Norminette compliance, Makefile correctness, README structure, and unexpected files.

What it checks

Norminette

• Detects norm errors and warnings.

README.md

• Ensures file exists
• Checks first-line format
• Validates required sections:
  • Description
  • Instructions
  • Resources

Makefile

• Checks required rules:

  • all, NAME, clean, fclean, re, .PHONY

• Runs (make all) to check for any compilation errors

• Runs (make fclean) to check if it leaves any extra files

Extra files

• Reports extra extensions, extra files, and hidden files

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Installation

From pipx (recommended)

pipx install evalcheck42

or:

pip install evalcheck42

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Usage

You can run it in the current directory:

evalcheck

Or using a path:

evalcheck <path>

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Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• norminette installed and available in PATH
• make available in PATH