unname 0.2.2

A simple CLI for anonymizing Python codebases for blind review.

unname

A simple CLI for anonymizing Python codebases for blind review.

It anonymizes pyproject.toml and README.md in your project (see below for details). If your project is a uv workspace, it anonymizes all workspace members.

Prerequisite

Your project must be a git repository since unname internally uses git ls-files to filter out .gitignored files.

Usage

Using uv:

uvx unname -o <OUTPUT_DIRECTORY>

This will create an anonymized copy of your project in <OUTPUT_DIRECTORY>.

You can also run grep -r "Your Name" <OUTPUT_DIRECTORY> to verify your name is not accidentally left in the git repository.

What it does

1. Make a copy of your project

First of all, unname will create a copy of your project in the directory specified by the -o or --output option.

unname only copies git-tracked files so that you don't have to manually filter out irrelevant files such as .venv from your code submission.

2. pyproject.toml anonymization

authors and maintainers fields will be replaced with an empty list (if they exist).

3. README.md anonymization

The content between <!-- begin-unname --> and <!-- end-unname --> will be removed. For example:

Input

# My Awesome Project

Code for the paper "My Awesome Method."

<!-- begin-unname -->
- Authors: Alice & Bob
- arXiv link: https://arxiv.org/abs/1234.56789
<!-- end-unname -->

## Install

...

Output

# My Awesome Project

Code for the paper "My Awesome Method."

## Install

...