Xontrib Template

A template for creating the xonsh contributions called xontribs.

If you like the template click on the repo.

Why use this template?

This template includes good pack of prebuilt files:

• README with the info and xontrib promotion instructions
• PEP 621 or poetry based pyproject.toml file to make and install PyPi package easily
• .gitattributes file to enable Github syntax highlighting for *.xsh files
• .gitignore file with standard list of directories to ignore
• .github/workflow/push-test.yml to automatically test the code using Github Actions
• .github/*_template.md files to create Github templates for the text of issue and PR.
• .pre-commit-config.yaml file with pre-commit-hooks
• MANIFEST.in file to make Conda feedstock easily
• LICENSE file with standard MIT license
• tests/ with the test suite

Create new xontrib

Install copier:

xpip install copier jinja2-time cookiecutter

# OR using pipx (https://pypa.github.io/pipx/):
pipx install copier
pipx inject copier jinja2-time cookiecutter

Create your new xontrib:

copier gh:xonsh/xontrib-template .

Advent of PEP-621

Older projects can use the following tools to upgrade their setup to use pyproject.toml

• asottile/setup-py-upgrade
• https://ini2toml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools_pep621.html
• https://validate-pyproject.readthedocs.io/
• denkiwakame/py-tiny-pkg

If you have an idea for xontrib but have no time to implement

• Create an issue with your idea
• Top ideas

Development

• copier selects the latest tag when --vcs-ref option is not given. So it is important to tag the main branch after important template updates.

How to fix pre-commit-hooks

If you're using .pre-commit-config.yaml and have an error during testing you need fix the code i.e.:

xpip install pre-commit-hooks
pre-commit run --all-files black  # or isort, etc

Links

• Awesome Xontribs
• Xontribs on GitHub