alias_gen.py

Readme.md

alias generation

Genereate alias for each of the git folder in ~/Documents.

1. Run the script python3 alia_gen.py
2. Add the following to .bash_profile

# Added by Yuchen: using alias!
if [ -f ~/.alias_gen ]; then 
    . ~/.alias_gen;
fi

alias_gen.py

import os, sys
import git
from pathlib import Path

alias_gen_file = Path.home().joinpath(".alias_gen") # ~/.alias_gen

sys.stdout=open(str(alias_gen_file), "w+")

print("#")
print("# Generated by alia-gen.py")
print("#")

for root, folders, files in os.walk("/Users/yuchen/Documents/"):
    for folder in sorted(folders):
        try:
            _ = git.Repo(folder).git_dir # May throw
            alias = ''.join(folder.split()).lower()
            absolute_path=os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, folder))
            print('alias ' + alias + '="cd ' + absolute_path + '"')
        except git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError:
            print("# Skiping directory " + folder + "because it is not a git repo")
    break