filetagslib 2026.6.6.1

Utility library for providing functions related to the filetags file name convention: https://github.com/novoid/filetags

* filetagslib

This is a utility library for providing functions related to the
[[https://github.com/novoid/filetags][filetags method]] which is also described [[https://karl-voit.at/managing-digital-photographs/][on this blog entry]].

If you do support its file name convention, you might find here some
valuable tools:

: (<ISO date/time stamp>)?(?<descriptive file name>)?( -- <list of tags separated by spaces>)?.<file extension>

Examples:

: 2019-12-14T11.28.44 Dinner for one -- fun silvester anniversary.mpeg
: 2019-12-14 Tax returns.pdf
: 2019-12-14T15.32 Book for mum 23€ -- bill books.png
: 2019-12-13T10.36.46.jpg
: 2019-10-30T22.19.32 Nata de Coco -- food acquisition.jpg

** Installation

This library needs [[http://www.python.org/downloads/][Python 3]] (version 3.8 or newer) and has
*no runtime dependencies*.

The recommended way to add it to your own project is with [[https://docs.astral.sh/uv/][uv]]:

: uv add filetagslib

This records filetagslib in the =[project.dependencies]= of your
project's =pyproject.toml= and installs it into the project's
environment.

Alternatively, you can install it into the current environment with pip
(optionally driven by uv):

: uv pip install filetagslib

: pip3 install filetagslib

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** Development

This project is managed with [[https://docs.astral.sh/uv/][uv]]. After cloning the repository,
create the development environment (this sets up a local =.venv= and
installs the development dependencies such as pytest) with:

: uv sync

Run the unit tests with:

: uv run pytest

or via the convenience wrapper:

: ./run_unit_tests.sh

Build the source distribution and the wheel into =./dist/= with:

: uv build

** Changelog

This changelog does not list all commits/changes, just the substantial
ones.

- 2019-12-14: initial version
- 2026-06-06: migrated packaging from =setup.py= to uv / =pyproject.toml=

*** How to Thank Me and Contribute to the Project
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I'm glad if you like my tool. I've got way more projects on:

- [[https://github.com/novoid/][GitHub]] (oldest projects),
- [[https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/][GitLab.com]] (older projects), and
- [[https://codeberg.org/publicvoit/][Codeberg]] (newest projects).

If you want to support me:

- [[https://karl-voit.at/2018/06/07/cardware/][Send old-fashioned *postcard* per snailmail]] - I love personal feedback!
  - see [[http://tinyurl.com/j6w8hyo][my address]]
- Send feature wishes or improvements as an issue 
- Create issues for bugs
- Contribute merge requests for bug fixes
- Check out my other cool projects on the platforms above

If you want to contribute to this cool project, please fork and
contribute!

I am using [[http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/][Python PEP8]] and occasionally some ideas from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development][Test Driven
Development (TDD)]]. I fancy Python3 with [[https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/annotations.html][type annotations]], although I'm
not using them everywhere at the moment. Starting with 2025, I began
to use help from Claude.ai which is a huge improvement, given my lack
of programming practice and knowledge.

After all, each of my tools was developed because I needed its
functionality and could not get it elsewhere - at least to my
knowledge or taste.

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