Requirements Manager

A Python package for managing requirements.txt files and their backups. This will strip the @ file portion for any packages in the requirements.txt file. It will ask the user first if they want to strip these. If not, it will simply replicate running pip freeze > requirements.txt

Installation

pip install requirements-manager

Usage

from requirements_manager import handle_requirements_update, cleanup_old_backups

# Update requirements
handle_requirements_update('requirements.txt', 'new_requirements.txt')

# Clean up old backups
cleanup_old_backups(max_backups=5)

CLI Usage

# Update requirements.txt or simply generate a new requirements.txt file.
reqmanager update

# Update requirements with optional flags
reqmanager update [--source <source_file>] [--destination <destination_file>]

# Clean up backups with optional flags
reqmanager cleanup --max-backups 5 [--backup-dir <backup_directory>]

Clean up backups

reqmanager cleanup --max-backups 5