update-netrc

A simple command line utility to update netrc credentials.

Usage

$  update-netrc --help
usage: update-netrc [-h] [--netrc-path NETRC_PATH] {update} ...

Default .netrc path: /Users/martijn/.netrc

positional arguments:
  {update}

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --netrc-path NETRC_PATH
                        Specify an alternative location for the used netrc file

$ update-netrc update --help
usage: update-netrc update [-h] [--login LOGIN] [--account ACCOUNT] [--password PASSWORD] host

positional arguments:
  host                 Selects the host (machine) you want to update

options:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  --login LOGIN        Update the login of specified host
  --account ACCOUNT    Update the account of the specified host
  --password PASSWORD  Update the password of the specified host

Examples

To update the password of the localhost machine:

$ update-netrc update localhost --password my-secret-password

To update the login of the default machine

$ update-netrc update default --login my-login

You can also add new entries, --login and --password are then required:

$ update-netrc update my-new-host --login my-login --password my-password

Installation

pip install update-netrc

Development setup

First clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/maerteijn/update-netrc.git

Install the python project

pyenv virtualenv update-netrc  # or your alternative to create a venv
pyenv activate update-netrc
make install

Linting

ruff and mypy are installed and configured

make lint

Formatting

ruff is configured

make format

Test

Pytest with coverage is default enabled

make cov