Quarto Fetch

A command-line tool for managing multiple Quarto paper repositories in a research project. It automatically fetches, updates, and organizes Quarto paper repositories while maintaining their build caches.

Features

• 📦 Manage multiple Quarto paper repositories in a single project
• 🔄 Automatically fetch and update papers from Git repositories
• 🏗️ Support for both manuscript and default Quarto project types
• ❄️ Smart handling of Quarto freeze directories
• 📋 Detailed logging with progress tracking
• ⚡ Efficient updates by tracking commit hashes
• 🛡️ Built-in validation and error handling

Installation

We recommend using uv for installation. First, install uv if you haven't already:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Quick Run (Recommended)

Use uvx to run quartofetch directly without installation:

uvx quartofetch

Permanent Installation

If you prefer to install the tool permanently:

uv tool install quartofetch

Development Installation

For development work:

git clone https://github.com/MitchellAcoustics/quartofetch
cd quartofetch
uv sync

Quick Start

1. Create a configuration file research/_paper_sources.yml:

papers:
  - repo_url: "https://github.com/username/paper1"
    target_folder: "paper1"
    branch: "main"  # optional

  - repo_url: "https://github.com/username/paper2"
    target_folder: "paper2"
    commit: "abc123"  # optional, pin to specific commit

1. Run the fetcher:

# Using uvx (recommended)
uvx quartofetch

# Or with specific options
uvx quartofetch --config path/to/config.yml --force --log-level DEBUG

# If permanently installed
quartofetch --config path/to/config.yml

Project Structure

The tool expects and creates the following directory structure:

your-research-project/
├── research/
│   ├── _paper_sources.yml
│   └── papers/
│       ├── paper1/
│       │   ├── _quarto.yml
│       │   ├── paper.qmd
│       │   └── ...
│       └── paper2/
│           ├── _quarto.yml
│           ├── manuscript.qmd
│           └── ...
└── _freeze/
    └── research/
        └── papers/
            ├── paper1/
            │   └── ...
            └── paper2/
                └── ...

Configuration

Paper Sources (_paper_sources.yml)

Command Line Options

Error Handling

The tool includes comprehensive error handling for:

• Git operation failures
• Network timeouts
• Authentication issues
• Invalid configurations
• File system operations

Development

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Git

Testing

# Install development dependencies
uv sync # or pip install ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.