removes intellij created by comments from sources

remove-ide-comments

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import re
import multiprocessing
import sys

def patch_file(file_path, patch_callback):
    with open(file_path, "r+") as f:
        content = f.read()
        new_content = patch_callback(content)

        f.seek(0)
        f.write(new_content)
        f.truncate()


def patch_java_file(file_path):
    patch_file(file_path, lambda x: re.sub('\/\*((?:.|[\r\n])*?)*(Created by (.*) on)(?:.|[\r\n])*?\*\/', '', x))

    
def patch_python_file(file_path):
    patch_file(file_path, lambda x: re.sub(r'__author__ = (.*)', '', x).lstrip())

    
def main():
    for root, subFolders, files in os.walk('.'):
        for file_name in files:
            
            if file_name.lower().endswith('.java'):
                handler = patch_java_file

            elif file_name.lower().endswith('.py'):
                handler = patch_python_file
            else:
                continue

            file_path = os.path.join(root, file_name)

            p = multiprocessing.Process(target=handler, args=(file_path,))
            p.start()
            p.join(1) # Should not take more than 1 second

            if p.is_alive():
                print 'failed to patch', file_name, '(took to long)'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
    print 'finished patching files'
    sys.exit()

🎱

I've refactored a large scale project and wanted to get rid of existing Created by ... comments (many files)
place this script in

/usr/local/bin/remove-ide-comments

and it will be available globally