andrewaguiar / mvx

A simple and more visual file / folder name searcher and replacer for programmers

Mvx (simple and extensible string replacer)

Mvx is a tool to provide simple string replacement to GIT controled projects, it is a sed less powerfull but simpler.

Motivation

• Filtering only git files git ls-files.
• Visual preview of changes.
• Be able to cherry pick which files would be changed.

So because this I decided to create my own tool for this.

Installation

Just download the binary in bin/mvx and add it to the path

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewaguiar/mvx/master/bin/mvx
chmod +x mvx

Or clone the project and make the binary

git clone [e-mail]:andrewaguiar/mvx.git
cd mvx
mix escript.build

Then add it to PATH

export PATH="$PATH:mvx_location"

Usage

Type mvx to see instructions.

NAME
       mvx -- simple and powerfull string replacer based on non gitignore files

SYNOPSIS
       mvx <string-to-be-replaced> [replacement] [-r]

DESCRIPTION

       Mvx scans all git ls-files recursively and shows all occurences of <string-to-be-replaced> in each file, then it
       asks for confirmation before replace all occurrences by <replacement>.

       The following options are available:

       --filename | -f
              Filters by absolute path name in any part (defaults '').

              Example: "mvx controllers app_controllers -f controllers" will consider only files with controllers
                       in absolute path like ("app/controllers/app_controllers.rb", "config/controllers.rb").

       --regex | -r
              Treats the <string-to-be-replaced> as a regex instead of a simple text (default false).

Creating a bin

run ./make_dist and the binary will be generated in ./bin.