Added basic git pre-commit hook setup for auto-formatting.

Also:
- Added a simple Makefile for easily installing and using a uv-based local dev setup
- Refactored pyproject.toml to use the recommended dependency-groups and minimum versions for all dependencies

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ $ pip freeze | grep pyperclip
 
 If your versions are lower than the prerequisite versions, you should update.
 
-If you do not already have Python installed on your machine, we recommend using [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv)  
+If you do not already have Python installed on your machine, we recommend using [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv)
 for all of your Python needs because it is extremely fast, meets all Python installation and packaging needs, and works
 on all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). You can install `uv` using instructions at the link above.
 
@@ -221,7 +221,13 @@ To create a virtual environment and install everything needed for `cmd2` develop
 from a GitHub checkout:
 
 ```sh
-uv venv
+make install
+```
+
+To install the recommended Git pre-commit hooks for auto-formatting locally, do the following:
+
+```sh
+uv run pre-commit run -a
 ```
 
 To create a new virtualenv, using a specific version of Python you have installed, use the

.gitignore

@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ uv.lock
 # Node/npm used for installing Prettier locally to override the outdated version that is bundled with the VSCode extension
 node_modules/
 package-lock.json
-package.json
+package.json

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: "v5.0.0"
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: "v0.9.2"
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff-format
+        args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: "v3.1.0"
+    hooks:
+      - id: prettier
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - [email protected]

.prettierignore

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Markdown documentation files with non-standards syntax for mkdocstrings that Prettier should not auto-format
-docs/features/initialization.md
+docs/features/initialization.md

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Simple Makefile for use with a uv-based development environment
+.PHONY: install
+install: ## Install the virtual environment
+	@echo "🚀 Creating virtual environment"
+	@uv sync
+
+.PHONY: check
+check: ## Run code quality tools.
+	@echo "🚀 Checking lock file consistency with 'pyproject.toml'"
+	@uv lock --locked
+	@echo "🚀 Linting code: Running pre-commit"
+	@uv run pre-commit run -a
+	@echo "🚀 Static type checking: Running mypy"
+	@uv run mypy
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: ## Test the code with pytest.
+	@echo "🚀 Testing code: Running pytest"
+	@uv run python -m pytest --cov --cov-config=pyproject.toml --cov-report=xml tests
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: clean-build ## Build wheel file
+	@echo "🚀 Creating wheel file"
+	@uvx --from build pyproject-build --installer uv
+
+.PHONY: clean-build
+clean-build: ## Clean build artifacts
+	@echo "🚀 Removing build artifacts"
+	@uv run python -c "import shutil; import os; shutil.rmtree('dist') if os.path.exists('dist') else None"
+
+.PHONY: publish
+publish: ## Publish a release to PyPI.
+	@echo "🚀 Publishing: Dry run."
+	@uvx --from build pyproject-build --installer uv
+	@echo "🚀 Publishing."
+	@uvx twine upload --repository-url https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
+
+.PHONY: build-and-publish
+build-and-publish: build publish ## Build and publish.
+
+.PHONY: docs-test
+docs-test: ## Test if documentation can be built without warnings or errors
+	@uv run mkdocs build -s
+
+.PHONY: docs
+docs: ## Build and serve the documentation
+	@uv run mkdocs serve
+
+.PHONY: help
+help:
+	@uv run python -c "import re; \
+	[[print(f'\033[36m{m[0]:<20}\033[0m {m[1]}') for m in re.findall(r'^([a-zA-Z_-]+):.*?## (.*)$$', open(makefile).read(), re.M)] for makefile in ('$(MAKEFILE_LIST)').strip().split()]"
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help

examples/scripts/nested.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 !echo "Doing a relative run script"
 _relative_run_script script.txt
-

examples/tmux_launch.sh

@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ if [ $# -eq 1 ]
 fi
 
 tmux new-session -s "tmux window demo" -n "$FIRST_COMMAND" "$FIRST_COMMAND ;read" \; \
-  new-window -n "$SECOND_COMMAND" "$SECOND_COMMAND ; read" \; previous-window
+  new-window -n "$SECOND_COMMAND" "$SECOND_COMMAND ; read" \; previous-window

examples/tmux_split.sh

@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ fi
 
 tmux new-session -s "tmux split pane demo" "$FIRST_COMMAND ; read" \; \
   split-window "$SECOND_COMMAND ; read" \; \
-  select-layout even-vertical
+  select-layout even-vertical

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["build", "setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
+requires = ["build>=1.2.1", "setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -28,58 +28,70 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "gnureadline; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
-    "pyperclip",
-    "pyreadline3; platform_system == 'Windows'",
-    "wcwidth",
+    "gnureadline>=8; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
+    "pyperclip>=1.8",
+    "pyreadline3>=3.4; platform_system == 'Windows'",
+    "wcwidth>=0.2.10",
 ]
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-build = ["build", "setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+[dependency-groups]
+build = ["build>=1.2.1", "setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 dev = [
-    "black",
-    "codecov",
-    "griffe-typingdoc",
-    "invoke",
-    "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin",
-    "mkdocs-macros-plugin",
-    "mkdocs-material",
-    "mkdocstrings[python]",
-    "mypy",
-    "pytest",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    "pytest-mock",
-    "ruff",
-    "twine",
+    "black>=24",
+    "codecov>=2",
+    "griffe-typingdoc>=0.2",
+    "invoke>=2",
+    "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin>=6",
+    "mkdocs-macros-plugin>=1",
+    "mkdocs-material>=8",
+    "mkdocstrings[python]>=0.26",
+    "mypy>=1.12",
+    "pre-commit>=2.20.0",
+    "pytest>=7",
+    "pytest-cov>=4",
+    "pytest-mock>=3.14",
+    "ruff>=0.9",
+    "twine>=6",
 ]
 docs = [
-    "black",
-    "griffe-typingdoc",
-    "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin",
-    "mkdocs-macros-plugin",
-    "mkdocs-material",
-    "mkdocstrings[python]",
-    "setuptools",
-    "setuptools_scm",
+    "black>=24",
+    "griffe-typingdoc>=0.2",
+    "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin>=6",
+    "mkdocs-macros-plugin>=1",
+    "mkdocs-material>=8",
+    "mkdocstrings[python]>=0.26",
+    "setuptools>=64",
+    "setuptools_scm>=8",
 ]
-test = ["codecov", "coverage", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock"]
-validate = ["mypy", "ruff", "types-setuptools"]
+test = [
+    "codecov>=2",
+    "coverage>=7",
+    "pytest>=7",
+    "pytest-cov>=4",
+    "pytest-mock>=3.14",
+]
+validate = ["mypy>=1.12", "ruff>=0.9", "types-setuptools>=69"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 disallow_incomplete_defs = true
 disallow_untyped_calls = true
 disallow_untyped_defs = true
 exclude = [
+    "^.git/",
+    "^.venv/",
     "^build/",          # .build directory
     "^docs/",           # docs directory
+    "^dist/",
     "^examples/",       # examples directory
     "^plugins/*",       # plugins directory
     "^noxfile\\.py$",   # nox config file
     "setup\\.py$",      # any files named setup.py
+    "^site/",
     "^tasks\\.py$",     # tasks.py invoke config file
     "^tests/",          # tests directory
     "^tests_isolated/", # tests_isolated directory
 ]
+files = ['.']
 show_column_numbers = true
 show_error_codes = true
 show_error_context = true
@@ -276,25 +288,7 @@ packages = ["cmd2"]
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 
 [tool.uv]
-dev-dependencies = [
-    "black",
-    "build",
-    "cmd2-ext-test",
-    "codecov",
-    "griffe-typingdoc",
-    "invoke",
-    "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin",
-    "mkdocs-macros-plugin",
-    "mkdocs-material",
-    "mkdocstrings[python]",
-    "mypy",
-    "pytest",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    "pytest-mock",
-    "ruff",
-    "ruff",
-    "twine",
-]
+default-groups = ["dev"]
 
 [tool.uv.sources]
 cmd2-ext-test = { path = "plugins/ext_test", editable = true }

readme_files/shout_out.csv

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Application Name, Description
 
 Oldies but goodie,,
 [JSShell](https://github.com/Den1al/JSShell),An interactive multi-user web JavaScript shell.
-[FLASHMINGO](https://github.com/fireeye/flashmingo),Automatic analysis of SWF files based on some heuristics. Extensible via plugins.
+[FLASHMINGO](https://github.com/fireeye/flashmingo),Automatic analysis of SWF files based on some heuristics. Extensible via plugins.