@rvanbaalen/source-to-llm

Convert source code to a format suitable for LLM processing. This tool generates two main outputs:

• structure.txt: A text file representing the directory structure of your project.

• contents.txt: A text file containing the concatenated content of your source code files, each preceded by a file path marker.

These outputs can be used as context for Large Language Models (LLMs) to enable them to understand and work with your codebase.

Install the package via npm (no need to install, recommended to use npx):

npm install @rvanbaalen/source-to-llm

Basic Usage

To use the package, run it from your project's root directory:

npx @rvanbaalen/source-to-llm

This will create structure.txt and contents.txt in the current directory.

Options

• targetDir: Specifies the directory to analyze. Defaults to the current directory.

• outputDir: Specifies the directory where the output files (structure.txt and contents.txt) will be written. Defaults to the current directory.

• gitignore: A boolean to determine if .gitignore rules should be used. If true, files ignored by git will be excluded from the output. Defaults to true.

• ignores: An array of glob patterns for files/directories to ignore in addition to .gitignore rules.

• only: An array of glob patterns for files/directories to include. Only these files will be processed.

• includeContentsHeader: A boolean to include the "Contents from directory" header in contents.txt. Defaults to true.

• structureFilename: The name of the file to write the structure to. Defaults to "structure.txt".

• contentsFilename: The name of the file to write the file contents to. Defaults to "contents.txt".

• exportPrompt: If true, the system prompt template used for LLMs will be exported to prompt.txt in the output directory. Defaults to false.

• config: Path to the configuration file. Defaults to stl.config.js in the current directory.

• help: Display help message.

• version: Display the package version.

• init: Creates a default stl.config.js file in the current directory.

Configuration File

You can configure the package using a file named stl.config.js in your project's root directory. You can also specify a custom path using the --config option. Here's an example:

// stl.config.js
export default {
    gitignore: true,
    ignores: ["dist/", "*.log"],
    only: ["src", "index.html"],
    includeContentsHeader: false,
    outputDir: "./output",
    structureFilename: "project_structure.txt",
    contentsFilename: "code_dump.txt",
    exportPrompt: true,
};

Command Line Arguments

You can use command-line arguments to override the configuration file and specify additional options:

• --output <directory>: Sets the output directory.

• --config <path>: Sets the path to the configuration file.

• -h, --help: Displays the help message.

• -v, --version: Displays the package version.

• --init: Creates a default stl.config.js file in the current directory.

For example:

npx @rvanbaalen/source-to-llm --init --config ./my-config.js --output ./my-output 

This command will create a default configuration file at ./my-config.js and output the files to the ./my-output directory.

The package generates the following files:

• structure.txt: Contains a tree-like representation of your project's directory structure. This is useful for understanding the organization of the codebase.

• contents.txt: Contains the concatenated content of all the text-based files in your project. Each file's content is prefixed with a comment indicating its path. This format is designed to be easily ingested by an LLM.

• prompt.txt: (Optional) If exportPrompt is set to true, this file contains the default system prompt template.

To contribute to this project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rvanbaalen/source-to-llm.git     

2. Install dependencies:

cd source-to-llm
npm install

3. Make your changes and test them.

4. Submit a pull request.

Contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions, improvements, or bug fixes, please open an issue or [submit