lix/doc/manual/json-to-tree.py
Qyriad 723ddadf92 docs: generalize manpage generation script as json-to-tree.py
This should be capable of replacing every invocation of
nix eval --write-to.

Change-Id: I60387bc9b0fc54a91244eddb639beaa64d705878
2024-04-10 15:04:34 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
This script is a helper for this project's Meson buildsystem, to replace its
usage of `nix eval --write-to`. Writing a JSON object as a nested directory
tree is more generic, easier to maintain, and far, far less cursed. Nix
has 'good' support for JSON output. Let's just use it.
"""
import argparse
from pathlib import Path
import json
import sys
name = 'json-to-tree.py'
def log(*args, **kwargs):
kwargs['file'] = sys.stderr
return print(f'{name}:', *args, **kwargs)
def write_dict_to_directory(current_directory: Path, data: dict, files_written=0):
current_directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
for key, value in data.items():
nested_path = current_directory / key
match value:
case dict(nested_data):
files_written += write_dict_to_directory(nested_path, nested_data)
case str(content):
nested_path.write_text(content)
files_written += 1
case rest:
assert False, \
f'should have been called on a dict or string, not {type(rest)=}\n\t{rest=}'
return files_written
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(name)
parser.add_argument('-i', '--input', type=argparse.FileType('r'), default='-',
help='The JSON input to operate on and output as a directory tree',
)
parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=Path, required=True,
help='The place to put the directory tree',
)
args = parser.parse_args()
json_string = args.input.read()
try:
data = json.loads(json_string)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
log(f'could not decode JSON from input: {json_string}')
raise
files_written = write_dict_to_directory(args.output, data)
log(f'wrote {files_written} files')
sys.exit(main())