fmt-list revision 1.4
1#! /usr/bin/lua
2-- $NetBSD: fmt-list,v 1.4 2021/02/15 23:00:03 rillig Exp $
3
4--[[
5
6Align the lines of a file list so that all lines from the same directory
7have the other fields at the same indentation.
8
9Sort the lines and remove duplicate lines.
10
11usage: ./fmt-list [-n] */*/{mi,ad.*,md.*}
12
13]]
14
15local function test(func)
16  func()
17end
18
19local function assert_equals(got, expected)
20  if got ~= expected then
21    assert(false, string.format("got %q, expected %q", got, expected))
22  end
23end
24
25
26-- Calculate the width of the given string on the screen, assuming that
27-- the tab width is 8 and that the string starts at a tabstop.
28local function tabwidth(str)
29  local width = 0
30  for i = 1, #str do
31    if string.sub(str, i, i) == "\t" then
32      width = width // 8 * 8 + 8
33    else
34      width = width + 1
35    end
36  end
37  return width
38end
39
40test(function()
41  assert_equals(tabwidth(""), 0)
42  assert_equals(tabwidth("1234"), 4)
43  assert_equals(tabwidth("\t"), 8)
44  assert_equals(tabwidth("1234567\t"), 8)
45  assert_equals(tabwidth("\t1234\t"), 16)
46  assert_equals(tabwidth("\t1234\t1"), 17)
47end)
48
49
50-- Calculate the tab characters that are necessary to set the width
51-- of the string to the desired width.
52local function tabs(str, width)
53  local strwidth = tabwidth(str)
54  local tabs = string.rep("\t", (width - strwidth + 7) // 8)
55  if tabs == "" then
56    error(string.format("%q\t%d\t%d", str, strwidth, width))
57  end
58  assert(tabs ~= "")
59  return tabs
60end
61
62test(function()
63  assert_equals(tabs("", 8), "\t")
64  assert_equals(tabs("1234567", 8), "\t")
65  assert_equals(tabs("", 64), "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t")
66end)
67
68
69-- Group the items by a key and then execute the action on each of the
70-- groups.
71local function foreach_group(items, get_key, action)
72  local key
73  local group = {}
74  for _, item in ipairs(items) do
75    local item_key = assert(get_key(item))
76    if item_key ~= key then
77      if #group > 0 then action(group, key) end
78      key = item_key
79      group = {}
80    end
81    table.insert(group, item)
82  end
83  if #group > 0 then action(group, key) end
84end
85
86test(function()
87  local items = {
88    {"prime", 2},
89    {"prime", 3},
90    {"not prime", 4},
91    {"prime", 5},
92    {"prime", 7}
93  }
94  local result = ""
95  foreach_group(
96    items,
97    function(item) return item[1] end,
98    function(group, key)
99      result = result .. string.format("%d %s\n", #group, key)
100    end)
101  assert_equals(result, "2 prime\n1 not prime\n2 prime\n")
102end)
103
104
105-- Parse a line from a file list and split it into its meaningful parts.
106local function parse_entry(line)
107
108  local category_align, prefix, fullname, flags_align, category, flags =
109    line:match("^(([#%-]?)(%.%S*)%s+)((%S+)%s+)(%S+)$")
110  if fullname == nil then
111    category_align, prefix, fullname, category =
112      line:match("^(([#%-]?)(%.%S*)%s+)(%S+)$")
113  end
114  if fullname == nil then
115    prefix, fullname = line:match("^(%-)(%.%S*)$")
116  end
117  if fullname == nil then
118    return
119  end
120
121  local dirname, basename = fullname:match("^(.+)/([^/]+)$")
122  if dirname == nil then
123    dirname, basename = "", fullname
124  end
125
126  local category_col, flags_col
127  if category_align ~= nil then
128    category_col = tabwidth(category_align)
129  end
130  if flags_align ~= nil then
131    flags_col = tabwidth(flags_align)
132  end
133
134  return {
135    prefix = prefix,
136    fullname = fullname,
137    dirname = dirname,
138    basename = basename,
139    category_col = category_col,
140    category = category,
141    flags_col = flags_col,
142    flags = flags
143  }
144end
145
146test(function()
147  local entry = parse_entry("./dirname/filename\t\t\tcategory\tflags")
148  assert_equals(entry.prefix, "")
149  assert_equals(entry.fullname, "./dirname/filename")
150  assert_equals(entry.dirname, "./dirname")
151  assert_equals(entry.basename, "filename")
152  assert_equals(entry.category_col, 40)
153  assert_equals(entry.category, "category")
154  assert_equals(entry.flags_col, 16)
155  assert_equals(entry.flags, "flags")
156
157  entry = parse_entry("#./dirname/filename\tcat\tflags")
158  assert_equals(entry.prefix, "#")
159  assert_equals(entry.fullname, "./dirname/filename")
160  assert_equals(entry.dirname, "./dirname")
161  assert_equals(entry.basename, "filename")
162  assert_equals(entry.category_col, 24)
163  assert_equals(entry.category, "cat")
164  assert_equals(entry.flags_col, 8)
165  assert_equals(entry.flags, "flags")
166end)
167
168
169-- Return the smaller of the given values, ignoring nil.
170local function min(curr, value)
171  if curr == nil or (value ~= nil and value < curr) then
172    return value
173  end
174  return curr
175end
176
177test(function()
178  assert_equals(min(nil, nil), nil)
179  assert_equals(min(0, nil), 0)
180  assert_equals(min(nil, 0), 0)
181  assert_equals(min(0, 0), 0)
182  assert_equals(min(1, -1), -1)
183  assert_equals(min(-1, 1), -1)
184end)
185
186
187-- Return the larger of the given values, ignoring nil.
188local function max(curr, value)
189  if curr == nil or (value ~= nil and value > curr) then
190    return value
191  end
192  return curr
193end
194
195test(function()
196  assert_equals(max(nil, nil), nil)
197  assert_equals(max(0, nil), 0)
198  assert_equals(max(nil, 0), 0)
199  assert_equals(max(0, 0), 0)
200  assert_equals(max(1, -1), 1)
201  assert_equals(max(-1, 1), 1)
202end)
203
204
205-- Calculate the column on which the field should be aligned.
206local function column(entries, get_width_before, colname)
207
208  local function nexttab(col)
209    return col // 8 * 8 + 8
210  end
211
212  local currmin, currmax, required
213
214  for _, entry in ipairs(entries) do
215    local width = get_width_before(entry)
216    if width ~= nil then
217      required = max(required, width)
218
219      local col = entry[colname]
220      currmin = min(currmin, col)
221      currmax = max(currmax, col)
222    end
223  end
224
225  if currmin == currmax then
226    return currmin, "aligned"
227  end
228  return nexttab(required), "unaligned"
229end
230
231test(function()
232
233  local function width_before_category(entry)
234    return tabwidth(entry.prefix .. entry.fullname)
235  end
236
237  local function width_before_flags(entry)
238    return tabwidth(entry.category)
239  end
240
241  -- The entries are nicely aligned, therefore there is no need to change
242  -- anything.
243  local entries = {
244    parse_entry("./file1\tcategory"),
245    parse_entry("./file2\tcategory")
246  }
247  assert_equals(entries[2].category_col, 8)
248  assert_equals(width_before_category(entries[2]), 7)
249  assert_equals(column(entries, width_before_category, "category_col"), 8)
250
251  -- The entries are currently not aligned, therefore they are aligned
252  -- to the minimum required column.
253  entries = {
254    parse_entry("./file1\tcategory"),
255    parse_entry("./directory/file2\tcategory"),
256  }
257  assert_equals(entries[2].category_col, 24)
258  assert_equals(column(entries, width_before_category, "category_col"), 24)
259
260  -- The entries are already aligned, therefore the current alignment is
261  -- preserved, even though it is more than the minimum required alignment
262  -- of 8.  There are probably reasons for the large indentation.
263  entries = {
264    parse_entry("./file1\t\t\tcategory"),
265    parse_entry("./file2\t\t\tcategory")
266  }
267  assert_equals(column(entries, width_before_category, "category_col"), 24)
268
269  -- The flags are already aligned, 4 tabs to the right of the category.
270  -- There is no reason to change anything here.
271  entries = {
272    parse_entry("./file1\tcategory\t\t\tflags"),
273    parse_entry("./file2\tcategory"),
274    parse_entry("./file3\tcat\t\t\t\tflags")
275  }
276  assert_equals(column(entries, width_before_flags, "flags_col"), 32)
277
278end)
279
280
281-- Amend the entries by the tabs used for alignment.
282local function add_tabs(entries)
283
284  local function width_before_category(entry)
285    return tabwidth(entry.prefix .. entry.fullname)
286  end
287  local function width_before_flags(entry)
288    if entry.flags ~= nil then
289      return tabwidth(entry.category)
290    end
291  end
292
293  local category_col, category_aligned =
294    column(entries, width_before_category, "category_col")
295  local flags_col = column(entries, width_before_flags, "flags_col")
296
297  -- To avoid horizontal jumps for the column, the minimum column is set
298  -- to 56.  This way, the third column is usually set to 72, which is
299  -- still visible on an 80-column screen.
300  if category_aligned == "unaligned" then
301    category_col = max(category_col, 56)
302  end
303
304  for _, entry in ipairs(entries) do
305    local prefix = entry.prefix
306    local fullname = entry.fullname
307    local category = entry.category
308    local flags = entry.flags
309
310    if category ~= nil then
311      entry.category_tabs = tabs(prefix .. fullname, category_col)
312      if flags ~= nil then
313        entry.flags_tabs = tabs(category, flags_col)
314      end
315    end
316  end
317end
318
319test(function()
320  local entries = {
321    parse_entry("./file1\t\t\t\tcategory\t\tflags"),
322    parse_entry("./file2\t\t\t\tcategory\t\tflags"),
323    parse_entry("./file3\t\t\tcategory\t\tflags")
324  }
325  add_tabs(entries)
326  assert_equals(entries[1].category_tabs, "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t")
327  assert_equals(entries[2].category_tabs, "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t")
328  assert_equals(entries[3].category_tabs, "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t")
329  assert_equals(entries[1].flags_tabs, "\t\t")
330  assert_equals(entries[2].flags_tabs, "\t\t")
331  assert_equals(entries[3].flags_tabs, "\t\t")
332end)
333
334
335-- Normalize the alignment of the fields of the entries.
336local function normalize(entries)
337
338  local function less(a, b)
339    if a.fullname ~= b.fullname then
340      return a.fullname < b.fullname
341    end
342    if a.category ~= nil and b.category ~= nil and a.category ~= b.category then
343      return a.category < b.category
344    end
345    return a.flags ~= nil and b.flags ~= nil and a.flags < b.flags
346  end
347  table.sort(entries, less)
348
349  local function by_dirname(entry)
350    return entry.dirname
351  end
352  foreach_group(entries, by_dirname, add_tabs)
353
354end
355
356
357-- Read a file list completely into memory.
358local function read_list(fname)
359  local head = {}
360  local entries = {}
361  local errors = {}
362
363  local f = assert(io.open(fname, "r"))
364  local lineno = 0
365  for line in f:lines() do
366    lineno = lineno + 1
367
368    local entry = parse_entry(line)
369    if entry ~= nil then
370      table.insert(entries, entry)
371    elseif line:match("^#") then
372      table.insert(head, line)
373    else
374      local msg = string.format(
375        "%s:%d: unknown line format %q", fname, lineno, line)
376      table.insert(errors, msg)
377    end
378  end
379
380  f:close()
381
382  return head, entries, errors
383end
384
385
386-- Write the normalized list file back to disk.
387--
388-- Duplicate lines are skipped.  This allows to append arbitrary lines to
389-- the end of the file and have them cleaned up automatically.
390local function write_list(fname, head, entries)
391  local f = assert(io.open(fname, "w"))
392
393  for _, line in ipairs(head) do
394    f:write(line, "\n")
395  end
396
397  local prev_line = ""
398  for _, entry in ipairs(entries) do
399    local line = entry.prefix .. entry.fullname
400    if entry.category ~= nil then
401      line = line .. entry.category_tabs .. entry.category
402    end
403    if entry.flags ~= nil then
404      line = line .. entry.flags_tabs .. entry.flags
405    end
406
407    if line ~= prev_line then
408      prev_line = line
409      f:write(line, "\n")
410    else
411      --print(string.format("%s: duplicate entry: %s", fname, line))
412    end
413  end
414
415  f:close()
416end
417
418
419-- Load a file list, normalize it and write it back to disk.
420local function format_list(fname, write_back)
421  local head, entries, errors = read_list(fname)
422  if #errors > 0 then
423    for _, err in ipairs(errors) do
424      print(err)
425    end
426    return false
427  end
428
429  normalize(entries)
430
431  if write_back then
432    write_list(fname, head, entries)
433  end
434  return true
435end
436
437
438local function main(arg)
439  local seen_error = false
440  local write_back = true
441  for _, fname in ipairs(arg) do
442    if fname == "-n" then
443      write_back = false
444    else
445      if not format_list(fname, write_back) then
446        seen_error = true
447      end
448    end
449  end
450  return not seen_error
451end
452
453os.exit(main(arg))
454