first version of excel to changelog script

.gitignore

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 # Windows shortcuts
 *.lnk
 
+# Editors
+.vscode

linux_helpers/__init__.py

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+""" Some helper scripts for the day to day work with Ubuntu in WSL2 """
+
+__version__ = "0.0.1"

linux_helpers/excel2changelog.py

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+import click
+import re
+import pyperclip
+
+a2z = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+EXCEL_COLUMNS = list(a2z)
+for prefix in a2z:
+    further = [prefix + c for c in a2z]
+    EXCEL_COLUMNS.extend(further)
+
+
+
+sheet = "Input_Data_*"
+col_start = "A"
+row_start = 8
+
+
+def text_to_changelog(raw_text, sheet, start_column, start_row):
+    cells = [line.split("\t") for line in raw_text.splitlines()]
+
+    output = []
+    current_row = 1
+    columns_start_index = EXCEL_COLUMNS.index(start_column)
+    columns_used = EXCEL_COLUMNS[columns_start_index:]
+
+    for row, line in enumerate(cells, start=start_row):
+        if row != current_row:
+            output.append("")
+            current_row = row
+        for column, cell in zip(columns_used, line):
+            cell = cell.strip()
+            if not cell:
+                continue
+            output.append(f"{sheet}\t{column}{row}\t{cell}")
+    
+    iterator = iter(output)
+    prev = next(iterator)
+    yield prev
+
+    for current in iterator:
+        if current != prev:
+            yield current
+        prev = current
+
+
+def clipboard_to_changelog(sheet, start_column, start_row):
+    xls = pyperclip.paste()
+    result = list(text_to_changelog(xls, sheet, start_column, start_row))
+    line_count = len(result)
+    if line_count == 1:
+        print(f"Copied one line to the clipboard")
+        print(result[0])
+    else:
+        print(f"Copied {line_count} lines to the clipboard")
+        first_line = next(l for l in result if l.strip())
+        print(first_line)
+        print("...")
+        last_line = next(l for l in result[::-1] if l.strip())
+        print(last_line)
+
+
+    pyperclip.copy("\r\n".join(result))
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option("-s", "--sheet", prompt=True, required=True)
+@click.option("-w", "--well", prompt=True, required=True)
+def cli(sheet, well):
+    regex_well = r"(?P<column>[A-Z]{1,2})(?P<row>\d+)"
+    match = re.match(regex_well, well.upper())
+    if match is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"No Excel Well: {well}")
+    regex_result = match.groupdict()
+    start_column = regex_result["column"]
+    start_row = int(regex_result["row"])
+    clipboard_to_changelog(sheet, start_column, start_row)

pyproject.toml

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+[build-system]
+requires = ["flit_core >=2,<4"]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+
+[tool.flit.metadata]
+module = "linux_helpers"
+author = "Holger Frey"
+author-email = "frey@imtek.de"
+home-page = "https://git.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/holgi/linux-helpers"
+description-file = "README.md"
+license = "Beerware"
+
+
+requires = [
+    "pyperclip >=1.8.0",
+    "click >= 7.1.2",
+]
+
+
+[tool.flit.scripts]
+xls2changelog = "linux_helpers.excel2changelog:cli"