📁 FileWeaver

A powerful CLI tool for weaving files together with advanced pattern matching capabilities, featuring smart import following, content minification, visual progress and tree view of processed files.

Installation • Usage • Examples • Contributing

✨ Features

• 🔍 Regex Pattern Matching: Filter files using regular expressions
• 🚫 Exclusion Patterns: Ignore files that match specific patterns
• 📂 Directory Support: Process files from any directory
• 🔗 Smart Import Following: Follow imports from multiple entry files automatically
• 📑 File Headers: Option to include original filenames in the output
• 🎯 Flexible Output: Specify custom output location and filename
• 🌳 Tree View: Visual representation of processed files with optional inclusion in output
• 📊 Progress Bar: Real-time processing visualization
• 🎨 Colored Output: Enhanced readability with color-coded messages
• 📝 Custom Prompts: Add custom prompts to the output file
• 🗂️ Directory Tree: Include directory structure in the output file
• ⚡ Content Minification: Aggressive minification by default with customizable levels
• 📈 Compression Statistics: View before/after file size statistics
• 🔄 Multi-Entry Support: Process multiple entry files simultaneously
• 🎚️ Depth Control: Control how deep to follow import chains

🚀 Installation

npm install -g fileweaver

🔧 Usage

fileweaver [options]

Options

Option	Description	Default
-r, --regex <pattern>	Regex pattern to match files	-
-ir, --ignoreregex <pattern>	Regex pattern to ignore files	-
-d, --directory <path>	Directory path	Current directory
-f, --follow-imports <files...>	Follow imports from entry files (multiple files supported)	-
--max-depth <number>	Maximum depth for following imports	Unlimited
-h, --headers	Add file headers to content	false
-o, --output <file>	Output file name	output.txt
-t, --tree	Include directory tree in output file	false
-p, --prompt <text>	Add custom prompt to output file	-
-m, --minify [level]	Minify content (light|medium|aggressive)	aggressive
--stats	Show compression statistics	false
--version	Show version number	-
--help	Show help	-

📋 Examples

Smart Import Following (New!)

Follow imports from a single entry file:

fileweaver -f src/main.js -o bundle.js

Follow imports from multiple entry files:

fileweaver -f src/main.js src/app.js src/utils/index.js -o combined.js

With depth control and statistics:

fileweaver -f src/main.js --max-depth 5 --stats -o bundle.js

Basic File Concatenation with Tree

fileweaver -d . -r "\.js$" -t true -o combined.js

This will include a tree view in the output file:

==================================================
Directory Tree:
==================================================
├── src
│   ├── index.js
│   └── utils
│       ├── helper.js
│       └── validator.js
└── index.js

Content Minification (New!)

Aggressive minification (default):

fileweaver -f src/main.js -o minified.js

Custom minification level:

fileweaver -f src/main.js -m light -o bundle.js
fileweaver -d ./src -r "\.js$" -m medium -o bundle.js

With compression statistics:

fileweaver -f src/main.js --stats -o bundle.js

Output will show:

Compression Statistics:
Original size: 45,821 bytes
Minified size: 31,247 bytes
Reduction: 14,574 bytes (31.8%)

Add Custom Prompt

fileweaver -r "\.md$" -p "Process these markdown files for documentation" -o docs.md

Output will include:

==================================================
Prompt:
==================================================
Process these markdown files for documentation

Combine Multiple Features

fileweaver -d ./src -r "\.(js|ts)$" -h true -t true -p "Review this code" -m medium -o bundle.js

This will:

• Process all .js and .ts files
• Add headers for each file
• Include the directory tree
• Add the specified prompt
• Use medium minification
• Save everything to bundle.js

Advanced Import Following

Process React application with TypeScript:

fileweaver -f src/App.tsx src/index.tsx --max-depth 10 --stats -h true -o react-bundle.js

Process multiple library entry points:

fileweaver -f lib/index.js lib/utils.js lib/components/index.js -m aggressive --stats -o library.js

Process Multiple File Types

fileweaver -d ./src -r "\.(js|ts)$" -h true -m light -o bundle.js

Output tree:

Files to be processed:
└── src
    ├── components
    │   ├── Button.ts
    │   └── Input.js
    └── utils
        ├── helpers.js
        └── types.ts

Exclude Multiple Patterns

fileweaver -d . -r "\.js$" -ir "node_modules|dist|test" -m aggressive -o prod.js

Tree view:

Files to be processed:
├── src
│   ├── main.js
│   └── config.js
└── index.js

With Headers in Output

The -h flag adds file headers to the output:

==================================================
File: src/main.js
==================================================
// Minified main file content here...

==================================================
File: src/config.js
==================================================
// Minified config file content here...

🔍 Advanced Usage

Complete Project Bundle with Import Following

Bundle an entire project following all imports with statistics:

fileweaver -f src/index.js -h true -t true --stats -p "Complete project bundle" -o project-bundle.js

Multi-Entry Library Processing

Process multiple library entry points with controlled depth:

fileweaver -f lib/core.js lib/plugins.js lib/utils.js --max-depth 3 -m aggressive --stats -o library.min.js

Nested Directories with Tree and Prompt

Process files in nested directories, include tree structure, and add a processing prompt:

fileweaver -d ./project -r "\.css$" -ir "vendor|temp" -t true -p "Combine all CSS files" -m medium -o styles.css

Complex Pattern Matching with Custom Output

fileweaver -r "\.(html|ejs)$" -ir "temp_|draft_" -h true -t true -m light -o templates.html

🆕 What's New in v1.4.1

• Multi-Entry Import Following: Support for multiple entry files with -f
• Aggressive Minification: Now enabled by default for better compression
• Compression Statistics: View file size reduction with --stats
• Depth Control: Control import following depth with --max-depth
• Improved Error Handling: Better handling of missing or invalid entry files
• Enhanced Progress Display: More detailed processing information

💡 Use Cases

Frontend Development

# Bundle React components with their dependencies
fileweaver -f src/components/App.jsx src/components/Layout.jsx --stats -o components.js

# Process CSS with imports
fileweaver -f src/styles/main.css --max-depth 5 -m medium -o bundle.css

Backend Development

# Bundle Node.js modules
fileweaver -f src/server.js src/routes/index.js --max-depth 8 --stats -o server-bundle.js

# Process utility libraries  
fileweaver -f lib/utils.js lib/helpers.js lib/validators.js -m aggressive -o utils.min.js

Documentation

# Combine markdown files with tree structure
fileweaver -d ./docs -r "\.md$" -t true -p "Complete documentation" -m light -o README.md

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🛟 Support

For support and questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

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