PrePrompt-RS is a Rust command-line tool designed to recursively read text files from a specified directory, excluding common build directories like target and build, and copy their contents to the clipboard in a Markdown format.
- Recursively reads text files from a given directory path.
- Skips files in directories typically ignored by version control (e.g.,
.gitignore). - Copies contents of text files to the clipboard, formatted as Markdown sections.
- Handles errors gracefully, reporting files that could not be read.
Before the project is published to crates.io, you can install it directly from the source using Cargo. First, clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/mjlbach/preprompt-rs.git
cd preprompt-rsThen, install the binary prep using Cargo:
cargo install --path .This will install the prep binary to your Cargo bin directory, which should be in your system's PATH.
After the project is published to crates.io, you can install it using Cargo with the following command:
cargo install preprompt-rsOnce installed, you can use the prep command followed by the path to the directory you want to process:
prep /path/to/directoryThe contents of the text files will be copied to your clipboard in Markdown format.
PrePrompt-RS respects ignore patterns defined in .gitignore files. If you have additional ignore patterns, you can create a .myignore file in the root of the directory being processed with your custom patterns.
Example .myignore content:
# Ignore all files in the 'logs' directory
logs/
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or create an issue if you have any ideas, questions, or find a bug.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.