tree-creator 1.1.3

Create directory and file structures from tree-like text representations

📁 Tree Creator

Create directory and file structures from tree-like text representations — just like the output of the tree command.

✨ Features

• Parse text-based tree structures and generate corresponding directories and files.
• Dry-run support (simulate without creating files).
• CLI and API support.
• Helpful logging for debugging and auditing.
• Version managed centrally via _version.py.
• Zero external dependencies.

📦 Installation

pip install tree-creator

or (for development):

git clone https://github.com/jack-low/tree-creator
cd tree-creator
pip install -e ".[dev]"

🚀 Usage

✨ Example (Python API)

from tree_creator import TreeCreator

tree_text = '''
project/
├── src/
│   ├── main.py
│   └── utils.py
└── README.md
'''

creator = TreeCreator()
creator.create_from_text(tree_text, base_dir='./my_project')

💻 CLI

tree-creator tree.txt --base-dir ./my_project
tree-creator tree.txt --dry-run
echo "dir/\n└── file.txt" | tree-creator -

🧪 Example using Here Document (EOF)

tree-creator -b ./output-dir -d - <<EOF
myapp/
├── index.html
└── static/
    └── style.css
EOF

• -d enables dry-run mode
• -b ./output-dir sets the output base directory
• - reads from stdin

Options

Option	Description
-b, --base-dir	Target base directory (default: .)
-e, --encoding	Encoding for input file (default: utf-8)
-d, --dry-run	Simulate without file creation
-v, --verbose	Verbose log output
-V, --version	Display version

📄 Tree Format

A valid tree structure should follow conventions like:

project/
├── src/
│   ├── main.py
│   └── utils.py
└── README.md

• Directories end with /
• Use characters like ├──, └──, │

🧪 Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest
black .
flake8 .
mypy tree_creator

📜 License

MIT License © Jack3Low

🔗 Links

• PyPI tree-creator
• Source Code
• Issue Tracker
• Documentation
• Japanese README
• Changelog