Get the list of project contributors by parsing the manually collected SublimeText search results

filter_distinct_contributors.py

#!/usr/bin/python


lineIndex = 0

result = []


with open ("contributors-raw.txt") as f:
	for line in f.readlines():

		# skip filename before find result
		# skip blank line after find result
		lineMiniIndex = lineIndex % 3

		if (1 == lineMiniIndex):
			# 2: // Created by {0} on {1}
			nameStartIndex = line.find(" Created by ") + len(" Created by ")
			nameEndIndex = line.find(" on ", nameStartIndex, len(line))
			name = line[nameStartIndex:nameEndIndex]

			# add formatting for file output
			nameWithNewLine = name + "\n"

			# distinct
			if nameWithNewLine not in result:
				result.append(nameWithNewLine)

		lineIndex = lineIndex + 1

				


with open("contributors-distinct.txt", "w+") as destinationFile:
	destinationFile.writelines(result)