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How to Bump Version in pyproject.toml Using Regex in Python
Updates the version field in a pyproject.toml file using a regex substitution with the Python standard library.
import re
from pathlib import Path
def bump_version(pyproject_path: str, new_version: str) -> None:
"""Update version in pyproject.toml using regex."""
path = Path(pyproject_path)
content = path.read_text()
# Match version = "x.y.z" (simple or PEP 440 with pre-release)
pattern = r'^version\s*=\s*…Configure ruff linter rules in pyproject.toml with Python
Reads an existing pyproject.toml and merges common ruff linter rules into the tool.ruff section using Python's tomllib.
import tomllib
from pathlib import Path
def configure_ruff_linter_rules(project_path: str = ".") -> dict:
"""Add common ruff linter rules to pyproject.toml if missing."""
pyproject_path = Path(project_path) / "pyproject.toml"
# Default config for ruff linter with practical rules
ruff_config = {
…How to Mock Poetry pyproject.toml Dependencies Sections in Python
Parse and extract dependency lists from Poetry-style pyproject.toml text using Python's standard library.
from pathlib import Path
import re
def parse_pyproject_dependencies(text):
"""Extract dependencies from a pyproject.toml style text."""
lines = text.splitlines()
sections = {
"dependencies": [],
"dev": [],
"optional": [],
}
current_section = None
patterns = {
…How to configure ruff linter rules in pyproject.toml with Python
This Python script generates a pyproject.toml file with ruff linter rules, including selected and ignored rules, per-file ignores, and complexity limits.
from pathlib import Path
def configure_ruff_rules(project_dir: str = "my_project") -> None:
"""Create a pyproject.toml with ruff linter rules for mock usage."""
pyproject_path = Path(project_dir) / "pyproject.toml"
pyproject_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
config = """[tool.ruff]
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