scitex-path 0.1.4

Scientific project path utilities (find, split, symlink, versioning)

scitex-path

Scientific project path utilities for the SciTeX ecosystem.

Provides file/directory finding, path splitting, symlink management, and version incrementing.

Interfaces: Python ⭐⭐⭐ (primary) · CLI — · MCP — · Skills ⭐⭐ · Hook — · HTTP —

Problem and Solution

#	Problem	Solution
1	Scripts hard-code /home/user/proj/... paths -- break the moment someone else runs them	find_git_root() + get_spath(filename) -- paths auto-resolve to the repo root and the current script's _out/ dir
2	{script}_out/ convention implemented 33 different ways across the ecosystem -- inconsistent, error-prone	Canonical helpers -- mk_spath, get_this_path, create_relative_symlink, find_latest standardize the pattern

Installation

pip install scitex-path

Usage

import scitex_path as sp

# Find files by pattern
matches = sp.find_file("*.csv", root="/data/project")

# Find the nearest git root
git_root = sp.find_git_root()

# Split path into components
parts = sp.split("/home/user/project/data/results.csv")

# Symlink management
sp.symlink("/data/raw", "/project/data/raw")
sp.list_symlinks("/project/data")
sp.fix_broken_symlinks("/project/data")

# Version incrementing
next_ver = sp.increment_version("v1.2.3", part="patch")  # "v1.2.4"
latest = sp.find_latest("/results/experiment_v*")

API

Function	Description
find_file	Find files matching a glob pattern
find_dir	Find directories matching a glob pattern
find_git_root	Locate the nearest .git root
split	Split a path into structured components
symlink	Create a symlink
create_relative_symlink	Create a relative symlink
list_symlinks	List symlinks under a directory
fix_broken_symlinks	Remove or report broken symlinks
resolve_symlinks	Resolve all symlinks to real paths
increment_version	Bump a version string
find_latest	Find the latest versioned path
clean	Clean/normalize a path
getsize	Get file/directory size
get_spath / mk_spath	Session path helpers
this_path / get_this_path	Get the path of the calling script

License

AGPL-3.0 -- see LICENSE for details.