scabha 2.1.0rc1

Argument parser and validation tool for (not just) radio interferometry

Scabha is an option parser and parameter validation tool built for (but not limited to) radio interferometry related software applications. The option parser is based on Click.

Documentation page

Reference paper

Installation - User

Scabha can be installed using pip. Simply run pip install scabha.

Installation - Developer

uv - uv managed environment

After cloning the repo, install with uv sync --group dev. Then run uv run pre-commit install to set up the pre-commit hooks. By default, you should end up with a correctly configured environment in .venv. ruff can be invoked manually with uv run ruff check and uv run ruff format.

pip managed environment

After cloning the repo, create a virtual environment with virtualenv -p {python_version} path/to/env. Activate the environment and install with pip install -e . --group dev. Then run pre-commit install inside the environment to set up the pre-commit hooks. ruff can be invoked manually with ruff check and ruff format.