Convert indentation between spaces and tabs in text files and directories, ignoring hidden files, binary files, and files in `.gitiginore`.
Project description
Indentation Converter
Convert indentation between spaces and tabs in text files and directories, ignoring hidden files, binary files, and files in .gitiginore
.
Table of Contents
About the Project
This Python script provides a flexible tool for converting indentation styles in text files between spaces and tabs. It supports converting leading spaces to tabs, leading tabs to spaces, and even converting from one number of spaces to another, all while respecting the files detailed in the .gitignore
, hidden files, and binary files.
In addition to being able to run this script on its own, you can also installed it as a package via PyPI (more information on how to install it here).
Project Structure
ASCII directory structure
/
│ .gitignore
│ .pre-commit-config.yaml
│ LICENSE
│ poetry.lock
│ pyproject.toml
│ README.md
│ requirements.txt
│
├───.github
│ └───workflows
│ build.yaml
│ publish.yaml
│
├───src
│ └───indentation_converter
│ __init__.py
│ indentation_converter.py
│
└───tests
test_indentation_converter.py
Built With
- pathspec for
.gitignore
style pattern matching of file paths. - binaryornot to guess whether a file is binary or text.
Getting Started
Script Installation
-
Download the
.zip
file from the latest release. -
(Optional but recommended) Create a Python virtual environment in the project root. If you're using
virtualenv
, you would runvirtualenv venv
. -
(Optional but recommended) Activate the virtual environment:
# on Windows . venv/Scripts/activate # if you get the error `FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess`, run this: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process # and then . venv/Scripts/activate # on macOS and Linux source venv/Scripts/activate
-
Open the command line and run
pip install -r path/to/requirements.txt
to install the required packages to run the script.
Package Installation
Install the PyPI package by running pip install indentation-converter
.
Usage
Running the Program
NOTE: The commands in each usage example do the same thing. The only thing that changes is the value passed to the conversion mode (-m
).
To convert the indentation of a file from 2 spaces to tabs:
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [FILE_PATH] -m st -s 2
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [FILE_PATH] -m spaces_to_tabs -s 2
To convert the indentation of a file from 4 spaces to tabs:
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [FILE_PATH] -m st
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [FILE_PATH] -m spaces_to_tabs
The value of the -s
flag defaults to 4, so it's not necessary to specify it in this case.
To convert the indentation of the files of a directory from 4 spaces to tabs:
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [DIRECTORY_PATH] -m st
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [DIRECTORY_PATH] -m spaces_to_tabs
To convert the indentation of a file from tabs to 2 spaces:
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [FILE_PATH] -m ts -s 2
python path/to/indentation_converter.py [FILE_PATH] -m tabs_to_spaces -s 2
Script Flags
Flag | Description |
---|---|
-h or --help |
Displays help text for the program. |
-m or --mode |
Conversion mode. The possible inputs are spaces-to-tabs , st , tabs-to-spaces , and ts . st is the short form of spaces_to_tabs and ts is the short form of tabs_to_spaces . |
-s or --spaces-per-tab |
Number of spaces per tab. The default value is 4 . |
Using the Package in Your Project
After following the steps in the Getting Started section, import the package and the wrapper function(s) you want to use:
# Using the `process_file` and `convert_leading_spaces_to_tabs` functions
import indentation_converter as ic
ic.process_file("file.txt", ic.convert_leading_spaces_to_tabs, spaces_per_tab=4)
Roadmap
You can propose a new feature creating an issue.
Contributing
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
License
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE
for more information.
Authors
- HenestrosaDev henestrosadev@gmail.com (José Carlos López Henestrosa)
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
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