trueloc 0.2.0

Count lines of code from GitHub pull requests

trueloc - Lines of Code Counter

A CLI tool to analyze your coding activity via GitHub pull requests and direct commits:

• Total lines written since any date
• Per-PR and per-commit breakdown showing when each contribution was made
• File type analysis revealing which languages you've worked with most

Counts ALL lines touched across every commit in a PR—even for squash merges where GitHub only shows the final diff. For example, a PR where you add 1000 lines, delete them, then add 1 line shows +1001 / -1000 (not just +1).

Installation

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/basnijholt/trueloc.git
cd trueloc
pip install -e .

# Or with uv
uv pip install -e .

Requires the GitHub CLI (gh) to be installed and authenticated:

gh auth login

Usage

# Count lines from PRs and direct commits since a date
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2023-01-01

# Use relative dates
trueloc count USERNAME --since 5d      # 5 days ago
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2w      # 2 weeks ago
trueloc count USERNAME --since 3m      # 3 months ago
trueloc count USERNAME --since 1y      # 1 year ago
trueloc count USERNAME --since "last month"

# Specify a date range
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2024-01-01 --until 2024-06-30

# Count only net diff (not per-commit)
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2023-01-01 --net

# Exclude direct commits (PRs only)
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2023-01-01 --no-direct-commits

# Hide file extension breakdown
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2023-01-01 --no-extensions

# Disable caching (fresh API calls)
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2023-01-01 --no-cache

# Output as JSON for scripting/postprocessing
trueloc count USERNAME --since 2023-01-01 --json

# Clear the cache
trueloc clear-cache

Features

• Per-commit counting (default): Counts every line touched in every commit
• Net diff mode: Alternative mode that only counts final diff (--net)
• Direct commits: Includes commits pushed directly to main (not via PR)
• File extension breakdown: Shows which languages you've worked with
• JSON output: Machine-readable output for scripting (--json)
• Disk caching: Uses diskcache to avoid hammering the GitHub API
• Rate limit handling: Automatically waits when rate limited with progress bar
• Flexible dates: Supports relative (5d, 2w, 3m, 1y) and natural language (last month)

Caching Strategy

• Immutable data (cached forever): commit stats, PR commits, PR files
• Mutable data (1 day TTL): user repos, merged PR lists

Cache is stored in ~/.cache/trueloc/.

Tech Stack

• Python 3.12+
• Typer - CLI framework
• httpx - HTTP client
• Rich - Terminal output
• diskcache - Persistent caching
• dateparser - Flexible date parsing
• Hatch - Build system
• Ruff + mypy - Linting/typing

Development

# Install dev dependencies
uv sync --group dev

# Run tests
pytest

# Run linting
ruff check .
ruff format .
mypy .

License

MIT