cli-base-utilities

Helpers to build a CLI program and some useful tools for CLI programs.

pip install cli-base-utilities

Features

Some of the features are:

• run_pip_audit() to run pip-audit with configuration from pyproject.toml

TODO: Document all features here ;)

start development

~$ git clone https://github.com/jedie/cli-base-utilities.git
~$ cd cli-base-utilities
~/cli-base-utilities$ ./dev-cli.py --help

dev CLI

usage: ./dev-cli.py [-h]
                    {check-code-style,coverage,fix-code-style,install,mypy,pip-audit,publish,test,
tox,update,update-test-snapshot-files,version}



╭─ options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ -h, --help        show this help message and exit                                              │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ subcommands ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ {check-code-style,coverage,fix-code-style,install,mypy,pip-audit,publish,test,tox,update,upda… │
│     check-code-style                                                                           │
│                   Check code style by calling darker + flake8                                  │
│     coverage      Run tests and show coverage report.                                          │
│     fix-code-style                                                                             │
│                   Fix code style of all cli_base source code files via darker                  │
│     install       Run pip-sync and install 'cli_base' via pip as editable.                     │
│     mypy          Run Mypy (configured in pyproject.toml)                                      │
│     pip-audit     Run pip-audit check against current requirements files                       │
│     publish       Build and upload this project to PyPi                                        │
│     test          Run unittests                                                                │
│     tox           Run tox                                                                      │
│     update        Update "requirements*.txt" dependencies files                                │
│     update-test-snapshot-files                                                                 │
│                   Update all test snapshot files (by remove and recreate all snapshot files)   │
│     version       Print version and exit                                                       │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

app CLI

usage: ./cli.py [-h] {update-readme-history,version}



╭─ options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ -h, --help        show this help message and exit                                              │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ subcommands ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ {update-readme-history,version}                                                                │
│     update-readme-history                                                                      │
│                   Update project history base on git commits/tags in README.md Will be exited  │
│                   with 1 if the README.md was updated otherwise with 0.                        │
│                                                                                                │
│                   Also, callable via e.g.:                                                     │
│                       python -m cli_base update-readme-history -v                              │
│     version       Print version and exit                                                       │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

DEMO app CLI

usage: ./demo-cli.py [-h]
                     {demo-endless-loop,demo-verbose-check-output-error,edit-settings,print-settin
gs,systemd-debug,systemd-remove,systemd-setup,systemd-status,systemd-stop,version}



╭─ options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ -h, --help                                                                                     │
│     show this help message and exit                                                            │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ subcommands ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ {demo-endless-loop,demo-verbose-check-output-error,edit-settings,print-settings,systemd-debug… │
│     demo-endless-loop                                                                          │
│     Just a useless example command, used in systemd DEMO: It just print some information in a  │
│     endless loop.                                                                              │
│     demo-verbose-check-output-error                                                            │
│     DEMO for a error calling cli_base.cli_tools.subprocess_utils.verbose_check_output()        │
│     edit-settings                                                                              │
│     Edit the settings file. On first call: Create the default one.                             │
│     print-settings                                                                             │
│     Display (anonymized) MQTT server username and password                                     │
│     systemd-debug                                                                              │
│     Print Systemd service template + context + rendered file content.                          │
│     systemd-remove                                                                             │
│     Write Systemd service file, enable it and (re-)start the service. (May need sudo)          │
│     systemd-setup                                                                              │
│     Write Systemd service file, enable it and (re-)start the service. (May need sudo)          │
│     systemd-status                                                                             │
│     Display status of systemd service. (May need sudo)                                         │
│     systemd-stop                                                                               │
│     Stops the systemd service. (May need sudo)                                                 │
│     version                                                                                    │
│     Print version and exit                                                                     │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Generate project history base on git commits/tags

Add a test case similar to cli_base/tests/test_readme_history.py into your project. Add the needed start/end comments into your README.

To make a new release, do this:

• Increase your project version number
• Run tests to update the README
• commit the changes
• Create release

It's recommended to use git hookd (via pre-commit) to update the README. For this, add in your pyproject.toml:

[tool.cli_base]
version_module_name = "<your_package>" # Must provide the `__version__` attribute

Copy&paste .pre-commit-config.yaml into your project.

Add pre-commit to your requirements and install the git hooks by:

.venv/bin/pre-commit install
.venv/bin/pre-commit autoupdate

Update pre-commit hooks

Update version in .pre-commit-config.yaml and make a release.

The Problem: The hooks are broken, if the "new" version is not tagged yet. To create a release, it's possible to use all git commands (commit, push, etc) with --no-verify to skip the hooks.

It's easier to temporarily uninstall the hooks, create the release and install the hooks again, e.g.:

.../cli-base-utilities$ .venv/bin/pre-commit uninstall
# ...bump version, commit, push, merge... create release...
.../cli-base-utilities$ .venv/bin/pre-commit install

Backwards-incompatible changes

v0.14 - Switch from pip-tools to uv

cli_base.run_pip_audit.run_pip_audit() works now with uv base projects instead of pip-tools.

history

• v0.14.0
  • 2024-11-21 - Use tyro.extras.SubcommandApp()
  • 2024-11-21 - Update "install" command and use uv
  • 2024-11-21 - Switch from pip-tools to uv
• v0.13.1
  • 2024-09-26 - Bugfix missing click. Add it for Backward compatibility
• v0.13.0
  • 2024-09-26 - Add Helper for tyro and replace click with tyro in own CLIs
• v0.12.0
  • 2024-09-25 - Add debug log to update_readme_history call
  • 2024-09-25 - Simplify AssertCliHelpInReadme to a flat function
  • 2024-09-25 - Apply manage projects updates
  • 2024-09-25 - Update requirements