Here

Python package that replicates the R package called "here".

Overview

The here package provides utility functions to determine the root directory of your project and easily resolve paths relative to it. This is particularly useful for managing file paths when calling the code from shells that cd to other directories before executing the script.

With here in R, you never ever have to deal with setwd junk. With here in Python, you never ever have to deal with hard-coding full filepaths or working directory junk.

With both, you can define file paths *relative to the file that calls here() and it will always work!

Features

• Determine the directory of the current file.
• Resolve paths relative to the root directory.
• Supports usage in Jupyter notebooks, .py scripts, and interactive Python shells.

Installation

You can install the package using pip:

pip install --upgrade here

Example Usage

# Get the file working directory
file_working_directory = get_file_working_directory()
print(f"File working directory: {file_working_directory}")
>>> "/Users/michaelboerman/Code/here/here"

# Resolve a relative path using the here function
resolved_path = here("data/output")
print(f"Resolved path: {resolved_path}")
>>> "/Users/michaelboerman/Code/here/data/output"

It works on both .py and .ipynb files!