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🏡 repo structure

🧱 Main structure

Your new repo will have the following structure:

/docs  # only if you enabled documentation builds
    ├── index.md
    └── .pages
/src/{{project_name}}
    ├── __init__.py
    └── example.py
/test/test_{{project_name}}
    ├── __init__.py
    └── test_example.py
pyproject.toml
README.md
  • If you use VSCode, load your project as a workspace by opening your project's folder. This will set up VSCode with convenient settings and recommended extensions.
  • Put your python code in src/{{project_name}}, tests in test/test_{{project_name}}, and markdown documentation in docs.
  • When you run pdm install it will install the src package in editable mode, so every package and module you add will be available to import locally in your project.
  • Add new dependencies to pyproject.toml and run pdm install to install them or run pdm add <package> to add a new dependency. Run pdm update to update all dependencies. PDM will create a .venv folder with a virtual environment inside your project (configurable with pdm.toml).
  • To run tests, use pdm run pytest, or if you use direnv and have enabled it, simply run pytest.
  • You will only get the docs folder if you enabled documentation builds in the copier prompts. Add your markdown documentation to the docs folder and run bin/serve-docs to see a live preview (or serve-docs if you use direnv). Make changes to .pages to edit your navigation pane.
  • Edit your README.md file to include information about your project, how to install it, how to use it, and any other relevant information you may want to share.

🏗 Configuration, commands and workflows

Further relevant configuration files, binaries and workflows are shown in the following tree: 

ruff.toml
pyrightconfig.json
.codespellrc
/bin
/.github
    ├── dependabot.yml
    └── workflows
        ├── main.yml
        ├── pr.yml
        └── weekly.yml
.envrc

  • The ruff.toml file is used by ruff to configure code formatting and linting rules, including black, isort, flake8, and others. Use this file to configure your code style and linting rules and exceptions. It runs fast and it is integrated in VSCode with the ruff extension.
  • The pyrightconfig.json file is used by pyright to configure type checking rules and exceptions. You can add exceptions to the pyrightconfig.json file to suppress warnings or errors. We encourage you to use type annotations in your code to help detect errors early, but most importantly, to improve readability of your code (to your future self and others).
  • The .codespellrc file is used by codespell to check spelling in your files and code. If codespell detects spelling errors, it will suggest corrections. You can add exceptions to the .codespellrc file.
  • The bin folder includes scripts to help you with common tasks. For example bin/check-all will run all checks including pre-commit, ruff, pytest, pyright and mkdocs (if enabled). You should run this check prior to committing changes to your repository or pushing to your remote.
  • The .github folder includes .dependabot.yml for automated dependency updates in GitHub, and workflows folder for automatic CI checks on pull requests, pushes, and weekly scheduled tasks.
  • The .envrc file is used by direnv to manage environment variables and load python virtual environments automatically. We strongly encourage you to use direnv to manage your development environment for its convenience.

🍒 Pre-commit, commitizen and documentation (optional)

Other configuration files may include (depending on your choices during the copier process): 

.pre-commit-config.yaml
.cz.toml
mkdocs.yml
.apidoc_conf.py

  • Pre-commit is a tool to run code formatting and linting before committing changes. You can run pre-commit run --all-files to run a bunch of checks manually. Add new hooks or remove existing ones in the .pre-commit-config.yaml file.
  • The .cz.toml file is used by commitizen to write commit message. It relies on the cz-conventional-gitmoji plugin to combine gitmoji and conventional commits. Write a commit as fix: correct typo in README or feat: add new feature and pre-commit will prepend a corresponding gitmoji to your commit message. Run cz commit to write a commit message interactively listing all possible types and options.
  • Finally, the mkdocs.yml and .apidoc_conf.py file are used by mkdocs and sphinx to configure your documentation build and API reference docstrings.