repython is a Python utility to run a command and then restart it based on filesystem changes. It's useful for quickly testing changes to a running program. For instance, Django uses a similar but more sophisticated method to reload its source code when it detects a change.
repython uses the pyinotify library to make monitoring for changes efficient compared to just polling the filesystem.
Installation
You can install the repython module using:
python setup.py install
repython is also available from the Cheeseshop:
pip install repython
Or using setuptools:
easy_install repython
Usage
Basic example:
python -m repython "python example.py"
This would open the command in a subprocess and recursively monitor the current working directory for any changed files matching the *.py filename pattern (default behavior).
repython is not limited to running Python programs, so a command like this should work as well:
python -m repython "ruby example.rb" -p "*.rb" "*.txt"
The `-p` or `--pattern` arguments determine which file changes trigger restarting the run command.
The `-d` or `--directory` arguments allow monitoring other directories than the current working directory. It can be used like this:
python -m repython "python example.py" -d . ~/example
This command would make repython recursively monitor (i.e., including subdirectories) both the working directory and the `~/example` directory.
The `-v` or `--verbose` argument can be used to get more detailed output from repython, and the `-q` or `--quiet` argument can be used to suppress repython output.
For more details please see:
python -m repython --help
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Requirements:
· Python
· pyinotify
· Twiggy
Limitations:
· Python issue #9338 causes the argument order to be wrong in the generated usage instructions (shown when using the `--help` argument). The `command` argument should come before the optional arguments for the tool to work.
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