.copyfiles

This python script automates copying contents of whole project files and fixed files along with additional text to your clipboard, its mainly used for generating AI prompts.

Prerequisites

• Bash shell
• Python 3

Instructions:

1. Navigate to the Root Directory

   Change directory to root. Run the following command in your terminal:

   cd

2. Clone the Repository

   First, clone the repository to your local machine. Open a new terminal and run the following command:

   git clone [email protected]:gediminasnn/.copyfiles.git

   Optionally replace [email protected]:gediminasnn/.copyfiles.git with the actual URL of the repository.

3. Determine Your Root Path

   Run the following command in your terminal to determine your root path:

   pwd

   Note the output of this command as it will be used in the next step.

4. Open Your Shell Configuration File

   Open your .bashrc or .zshrc file using a text editor by running the following command in your terminal:

   vim ~/.bashrc

   or

   vim ~/.zshrc

   Optionally replace vim with your favorite text editor.

5. Add Execution Function To The Configuration File

   Add the following command function to the end of your .bashrc or .zshrc file:

   copyfiles() {
       python3 /home/gediminas/.copyfiles/app.py "$1"
   }

   Replace /home/gediminas/.copyfiles/app.py with the output from the pwd command.

6. Save The Configuration File

   After adding the function, you need to save the changes you made to your .bashrc or .zshrc file. In vim, you can do this by pressing Esc, typing :wq, and then pressing Enter. This will write the changes to the file and quit the editor. If you are using a different text editor, follow the appropriate steps to save the file.

7. Refresh Your Terminal Configuration

   After modifying your .bashrc or .zshrc file, the changes might not be reflected immediately in your current terminal session. To ensure the script and alias are available, run the following command in your terminal:

   source ~/.bashrc

   or

   source ~/.zshrc

   By completing this step, the copyfiles function will be available in your terminal whenever you need to copy the file contents and additional text to the clipboard.

Usage

1. Navigate to your desired project's directory source

   For example run in your terminal:

   cd /home/gediminas/exchange-portal

2. Add your desired files to exclude into exclude_files.txt

   Example of exclude_files.txt

   ExchangePortalApplication.java
   ExchangePortalApplicationTests.java
   

3. Add your desired additional files to copy into additional_files.txt

   Example of additional_files.txt

   pom.xml
   

4. Add your desired custom text to append_text.txt

   Example of append_text.txt

   ___________________________________________________________________
   Above I provided the whole codebase that I have currently
   ___________________________________________________________________ 
   

5. Copy file contents

   Simply run in the terminal:

   copyfiles java

   Optionally replace java with the actual file type you want to pass to the copy files script.

   Example output:

   # ./backend/src/main/java/com/example/exchangeportal/service/CurrencyService.java
   package com.example.exchangeportal.service;
   
   import java.time.LocalDate;
   
   import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
   import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
   
   import com.example.exchangeportal.entity.Currency;
   import com.example.exchangeportal.exception.ApiException;
   import com.example.exchangeportal.exception.ParsingException;
   import com.example.exchangeportal.repository.CurrencyRepository;
   import com.example.exchangeportal.provider.CurrencyProvider;
   
   @Service
   public class CurrencyService {
       @Autowired
       private CurrencyRepository currencyRepository;
   ...
   # ./backend/pom.xml
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   ...
   ___________________________________________________________________
   Above I provided the whole codebase that I have currently
   ___________________________________________________________________ 

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License