add ability to force specific mime-types to text through env var

docs/howto/force-mimetype-to-text.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Force mime type to text
+
+The following `.gitignore` is for example considered
+binary by dotdrop since its mime type is `application/x-wine-extension-ini`
+
+```
+[user]
+        name = user
+        email = user@example.com
+
+[credential]
+        helper = cache
+```
+
+Dotdrop can be forced to consider specific mime types as text.
+Set the following environment variable:
+```bash
+export DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT=application/x-wine-extension-ini
+```
+
+see [environment variables](../usage.md#environment-variables)

docs/usage.md

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ $ dotdrop import ~/.xinitrc
 ```
 
 You can explicitely provide the key dotdrop should use for the dotfile entry
-in the config file with the `-K --dkey` cli switch. Note that the provided 
+in the config file with the `-K --dkey` cli switch. Note that the provided
-string will be sanitized for yaml. Also if the key already exists, 
+string will be sanitized for yaml. Also if the key already exists,
 it will be appended with `_<incremental_number>` to avoid duplicates.
 
 If the key is not provided, it will be automatically created based on the
@@ -286,38 +286,50 @@ Also, if you find it useful and have been able to successfully speed up your ope
 
 ## Environment variables
 
-The following environment variables can be used to specify different CLI options.
+The following environment variables can be used to specify different CLI options and change behaviors.
-Note that CLI switches take precedence over environment variables (except for `DOTDROP_FORCE_NODEBUG`)
+Note that CLI switches take precedence over environment variables
 
-* `DOTDROP_PROFILE`: `-p`/`--profile`
+`DOTDROP_PROFILE`: `-p`/`--profile`
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_PROFILE="my-fancy-profile"
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_CONFIG`: `-c`/`--cfg`
+
+`DOTDROP_CONFIG`: `-c`/`--cfg`
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_CONFIG="/home/user/dotdrop/config.yaml"
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_NOBANNER`: `-b`/`--no-banner`
+
+`DOTDROP_NOBANNER`: `-b`/`--no-banner`
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_NOBANNER=
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_DEBUG`: `-V`/`--verbose`
+
+`DOTDROP_DEBUG`: `-V`/`--verbose`
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_DEBUG=
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_FORCE_NODEBUG`: disable debug output even if `-V`/`--verbose` is provided or `DOTDROP_DEBUG` is set
+
+`DOTDROP_FORCE_NODEBUG`: disable debug output even if `-V`/`--verbose` is provided or `DOTDROP_DEBUG` is set
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_FORCE_NODEBUG=
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_TMPDIR`: defines a temporary directory for dotdrop to use for its operations instead of using a system generated one
+
+`DOTDROP_TMPDIR`: defines a temporary directory for dotdrop to use for its operations instead of using a system generated one
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_TMPDIR="/tmp/dotdrop-tmp"
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_WORKDIR`: overwrite the `workdir` defined in the config
+
+`DOTDROP_WORKDIR`: overwrite the `workdir` defined in the config
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_WORKDIR="/tmp/dotdrop-workdir"
 ```
-* `DOTDROP_WORKERS`: overwrite the `-w`/`--workers` cli argument
+
+`DOTDROP_WORKERS`: overwrite the `-w`/`--workers` cli argument
 ```bash
 export DOTDROP_WORKERS="10"
 ```
+
+`DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT`: comma separated list of mime type to treat as text during templating
+```bash
+export DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT=application/x-wine-extension-ini
+```

dotdrop/templategen.py

@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ LOG = Logger()
 DICT_ENV_NAME = 'env'
 DICT_VARS_NAME = '_vars'
 
+ENV_DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT = 'DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT'
+
 
 class Templategen:
     """dotfile templater"""
 
     def __init__(self, base='.', variables=None,
-                 func_file=None, filter_file=None, debug=False):
+                 func_file=None, filter_file=None,
+                 debug=False):
         """constructor
         @base: directory path where to search for templates
         @variables: dictionary of variables for templates
@@ -51,6 +54,17 @@ class Templategen:
         self.log = Logger(debug=self.debug)
         self.log.dbg('loading templategen')
         self.variables = {}
+        self.mime_text = []
+        if ENV_DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT in os.environ:
+            # retrieve a comma separated list of
+            # mime types to treat as text
+            mimes = os.environ[ENV_DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT]
+            try:
+                mimes = mimes.split(',')
+                self.mime_text = [mime.strip().lower() for mime in mimes]
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.log.warn(f'{ENV_DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT} parsing: {e}')
+                self.mime_text = []
         loader1 = FileSystemLoader(self.base)
         loader2 = FunctionLoader(self._template_loader)
         loader = ChoiceLoader([loader1, loader2])
@@ -221,8 +235,7 @@ class Templategen:
             return self._handle_bin_file(src)
         return self._handle_text_file(src)
 
-    @classmethod
+    def _is_text(self, fileoutput):
-    def _is_text(cls, fileoutput):
         """return if `file -b` output is ascii text"""
         out = fileoutput.lower()
         if out.startswith('text'):
@@ -235,6 +248,10 @@ class Templategen:
             return True
         if 'ecmascript' in out:
             return True
+        if self.mime_text:
+            if out in self.mime_text:
+                self.log.dbg('mime type forced to \"text\" due to type')
+                return True
         return False
 
     def _template_loader(self, relpath):

tests/test_misc.py

@@ -301,12 +301,20 @@ class TestTemplateGen(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_is_text(self):
         """test is_text"""
-        self.assertTrue(Templategen._is_text('empty'))
+        tmpl = Templategen()
-        self.assertTrue(Templategen._is_text('json'))
+        self.assertTrue(tmpl._is_text('empty'))
-        self.assertTrue(Templategen._is_text('javascript'))
+        self.assertTrue(tmpl._is_text('json'))
-        self.assertTrue(Templategen._is_text('ecmascript'))
+        self.assertTrue(tmpl._is_text('javascript'))
-        self.assertTrue(Templategen._is_text('text'))
+        self.assertTrue(tmpl._is_text('ecmascript'))
-        self.assertFalse(Templategen._is_text('binary'))
+        self.assertTrue(tmpl._is_text('text'))
+        self.assertFalse(tmpl._is_text('binary'))
+
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"DOTDROP_MIME_TEXT": "application/x-wine-extension-ini"})
+    def test_is_text_force(self):
+        """test is_text with env var"""
+        tmpl = Templategen()
+        istext = tmpl._is_text("application/x-wine-extension-ini")
+        self.assertTrue(istext)
 
     def test_handle_bin_file(self):
         """test handle binary file"""