shlep

shlep lets you package your directory's content in a format that can be easily passed to ChatGPT. This is especially useful when using the code interpreter plugin!

It automatically excludes files that match what's in your .gitignore file, as well as any additional exclude patterns you provide.

Installation

You can install shlep from PyPI, but the recommended installation for the CLI is through pipx.

pipx install shlep

Features

• Supports various output formats: JSON, CSV, and plain text
• Excludes files and directories matching patterns in your .gitignore file
• Allows you to provide additional exclude patterns
• Can write output to a file or print it to stdout

Demo

https://github.com/knowsuchagency/shlep/assets/11974795/ebfdae55-35f2-4edc-b0cb-089d2f99a7ca

Usage

shlep can be used as a command-line tool or programmatically in your Python code.

Command-line usage

usage: shlep [-h] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] [-i INDENT] [-e EXCLUDE] [-f {json,csv,plaintext}] directory

Gather directory contents into a single output.

positional arguments:
  directory             The directory to analyze.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file OUTPUT_FILE
                        The output file to generate. If not specified, output is printed to stdout.
  -i INDENT, --indent INDENT
                        The number of spaces to use for indentation in the output JSON.
  -e EXCLUDE, --exclude EXCLUDE
                        Additional files or directories to exclude.
  -f {json,csv,plaintext}, --format {json,csv,plaintext}
                        The output format. Can be 'json', 'csv', or 'plaintext'. Default is 'json'.

Programmatically in Python

from shlep import shlep

directory = "path/to/your/directory"
indent = 2
additional_excludes = [".env", "node_modules/"]
output_format = "json"
output_file = "output.json"

shlep(directory, indent, additional_excludes, output_format, output_file)

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. You can find the full license text in the LICENSE file.