repren mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• repren

Projektgeschichte

repren was created by Jonathan Levy as a general-purpose power-renaming and text-refactoring utility. It is implemented as a self-contained Python program with no runtime dependencies.

The project later added explicit coding-agent support while retaining its original command-line workflow for human users.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Distributed through Homebrew and Nix according to source_facts.package-manager; the official project also supports installation through uv and direct execution with uvx.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users can rewrite standard input, edit selected files in place, or recursively process directory trees. Patterns may be provided on the command line or in tab-separated pattern files.

A typical workflow previews a refactor with `--dry-run`, applies it, reviews the resulting diff, and then either restores `.orig` backups with `--undo` or removes them with `--clean-backups`.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

repren combines content replacement and filesystem renaming in one dependency-free Python utility. Dry runs, atomic writes, backups, undo support, simultaneous substitutions, and case-preserving renames make it useful for broad mechanical refactors.

Zeitleiste

• Early project: Developed as a general-purpose Python search-and-replace and renaming utility.
• Later development: Added structured JSON output and coding-agent skill support.

Related projects

• The official comparison discusses classic sed/awk/perl workflows and newer tools including sd, fastmod, ast-grep, comby, and rnr.

Quellen

• Input package coverage: source_facts.package-manager
• Official repository and README: https://github.com/jlevy/repren