pipndeploy 2.4.0

Python packaging made human — init, build, and deploy from one GUI or CLI.

PiPnDeploy

Python packaging made human — initialise, build, version, and deploy Python packages from one CLI or GUI.

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What it does

PiPnDeploy wraps the Python packaging workflow — pyproject.toml generation, dependency detection, building, version bumping, and PyPI upload — into a single tool with both a desktop GUI and a CLI.

It is designed for solo developers and small teams who want to stop copy-pasting packaging boilerplate between projects.

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Features

• Init — generate a PEP 621-compliant pyproject.toml from a form or a single command
• Surgical update — edit only the fields you own; [tool.ruff], [tool.pytest], [tool.hatch], comments, and custom sections are never touched
• Dependency detection — AST scan your package folder; stdlib and self-imports are excluded automatically; supports flat, src/, and multi-package layouts
• Build — wraps python -m build with a pre-build hook gate
• Deploy — wraps twine upload with a pre-flight auth check so it never hangs waiting for interactive input
• Version bump — patch / minor / major from the GUI version tab or pipndeploy bump
• Clean — removes build artefacts; uninstall is always opt-in
• Auth check — validates ~/.pypirc token configuration before attempting upload
• Lifecycle hooks — hooks/pre_build.py and hooks/post_deploy.py with correct lifecycle (post-deploy runs only after a successful upload, never during dry-run)
• GUI and CLI — same core logic, two interfaces

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Installation

CLI only (no Qt required):

pip install pipndeploy

CLI + GUI:

pip install pipndeploy[gui]

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CLI usage

# Initialise packaging metadata for an existing project
pipndeploy init

# Initialise and also create a minimal package skeleton
pipndeploy init --create-package

# Check whether a package name is available on PyPI
pipndeploy name-check my-package

# Build wheel + sdist
pipndeploy build

# Upload to TestPyPI (dry run first)
pipndeploy deploy --test --dry-run

# Upload to PyPI
pipndeploy deploy

# Bump the patch version (1.2.3 → 1.2.4)
pipndeploy bump patch

# Bump minor or major
pipndeploy bump minor
pipndeploy bump major

# Set an exact version
pipndeploy bump --set 2.0.0

# Clean build artefacts (does NOT uninstall by default)
pipndeploy clean

# Clean and uninstall (opt-in)
pipndeploy clean --uninstall

# Validate ~/.pypirc token configuration
pipndeploy auth-check

# Full interactive pipeline (init → build → deploy)
pipndeploy full

# All commands accept --project-dir / -d to target a specific directory
pipndeploy build -d /path/to/my-project

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GUI usage

Launch the GUI:

# If installed with [gui] extra
pipndeploy-gui

# Or from the project root
python -m PiPnDeploy.gui_main

The GUI provides tabs for every operation. The Init tab pre-fills from an existing pyproject.toml if one is found in the project directory. The Version tab shows a two-step preview before writing anything to disk.

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Safety model

PiPnDeploy is designed to be non-destructive by default:

Operation	Default behaviour	Opt-in to be destructive
clean	Removes build/, dist/, *.egg-info	--uninstall to also remove the package
init on existing project	Warns before overwriting pyproject.toml	Confirm in dialog
~/.pypirc generation	Warns before overwriting, creates .pypirc.bak	Confirm in dialog
post_deploy hook	Runs only after successful upload	—
pre_build hook	Failure aborts the build	—
Surgical TOML update	Only edits [project] fields; all other sections preserved	—

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Lifecycle hooks

Place Python scripts in a hooks/ directory at your project root:

my-project/
  hooks/
    pre_build.py     # runs before build; non-zero exit aborts the build
    post_deploy.py   # runs after successful upload; skipped on dry-run

Hooks receive no arguments. Use sys.exit(1) to signal failure.

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Auth / .pypirc

Use the Auth Gen tab or configure ~/.pypirc manually:

[distutils]
index-servers =
    pypi
    testpypi

[pypi]
repository = https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
username = __token__
password = pypi-your-token-here

[testpypi]
repository = https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
username = __token__
password = pypi-your-testpypi-token-here

Run pipndeploy auth-check to validate your configuration before deploying.

On Unix-like systems, PiPnDeploy sets ~/.pypirc permissions to 600 (owner read/write only) automatically.

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Dependency detection

PiPnDeploy AST-scans your package folder to detect third-party imports. It supports:

• Flat layout: my-project/mypkg/__init__.py
• src layout: my-project/src/mypkg/__init__.py
• Multi-package: multiple packages in the same project root

The following are always excluded from the scan:

• Python standard library modules
• The project's own package name (self-imports)
• Directories: tests, docs, examples, build, dist, .venv, venv
• Files: conftest.py, dummy.py, setup.py

Auto-detected dependencies are a starting point. Review them before publishing.

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Known limitations

• Dependency detection is AST-based and may miss dynamic imports (importlib.import_module, __import__) or conditional imports behind non-trivial logic
• The GUI does not update [project.scripts] in surgical mode — use the Init tab to change entry points
• No Git integration (commit, tag, release) — this is intentional; PiPnDeploy handles packaging, not source control
• Pre-release version strings (1.2.3rc1, 1.2.3.dev0) are not incremented by bump — use --set for those

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Development

git clone https://github.com/7h3v01d/PiPnDeploy
cd PiPnDeploy
pip install -e ".[gui,dev]"
python -m pytest tests/ -v

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Project structure

PiPnDeploy/
├── PiPnDeploy/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── cli_main.py       # Typer CLI — thin wrapper around core_logic
│   ├── core_logic.py     # All shared logic — the single source of truth
│   ├── gui_main.py       # PyQt6 GUI — thin wrapper around core_logic
│   └── Utils/
│       └── __init__.py
├── tests/
│   ├── test_clean_safety.py
│   ├── test_dep_detection.py
│   ├── test_entry_point_wrappers.py
│   ├── test_fixes_5678.py
│   ├── test_init_scaffold.py
│   ├── test_items_123.py
│   ├── test_pyproject_generation.py
│   └── test_version_bump.py
├── hooks/                # Optional lifecycle hooks (user-created)
├── pyproject.toml
└── README.md

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License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.