v0.4.0

🎉 Release v0.4.0: File Output & Smarter Type Filtering!

repoyank v0.4.0 is a focused release that adds direct file output and improves extension filtering for compound file types.

🙏 Thanks:

Special thanks to Siem Kleuskens (@swekkiekekkie) for contributing key work in this release, including the new file output option and improved compound extension filtering.

✨ Key Highlights & New Features:

• Write Output Directly to a File (-o, --output <FILE>):
  • Save generated repoyank output to a file instead of copying it to the clipboard.
  • Works with both relative and absolute paths.
  • Parent directories are created automatically when needed.
  • Clipboard output remains the default behavior when -o/--output is not provided.
  • The final summary now reports that files were written, including the approximate token count and destination path.

🐛 Fixes & Improvements:

• Compound Extension Filtering:
  • Type filtering now supports compound extensions like contract.json.
  • For example, this now correctly matches files such as schema.contract.json:

    repoyank -a -t contract.json .

  • Existing single-extension filters like -t rs,md continue to work as before.

🔄 CLI Changes:

No breaking changes in this release.

• New option:

  -o, --output <FILE>

  Writes generated output to FILE instead of copying to the clipboard.

• Dry run behavior remains safe:

  repoyank -n -a 'docs/**/*.md' -o exports/docs-snippet.md

  This previews the output but does not write to the file or touch the clipboard.

🛠️ Installation:

No changes to the installation process.

• Crates.io (Rust ecosystem):

  cargo install repoyank

• AUR (Arch Linux):
  If you use an AUR helper like paru or yay:

  paru -S repoyank
  # or
  yay -S repoyank

• Latest development version (from GitHub):

  cargo install --git https://github.com/TimKoornstra/repoyank.git --branch main

📝 Example Usage:

1. Write all matching Rust files to a file:

   repoyank -a -t rs src/ -o /tmp/repoyank-output.txt

2. Use a relative output path:

   repoyank -a 'docs/**/*.md' -o exports/docs-snippet.md

3. Filter by a compound extension:

   repoyank -a -t contract.json .