feat: add --export-template cli option

README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pip install obsidian-metadata
 -   `--dry-run`: Make no destructive changes
 -   `--export-csv`: Specify a path and create a CSV export of all metadata
 -   `--export-json`: Specify a path and create a JSON export of all metadata
+-   `--export-template`: Specify a path and export all notes with their associated metadata to a CSV file for use as a bulk import template
 -   `--help`: Shows interactive help and exits
 -   `--log-file`: Specify a log file location
 -   `--log-to-file`: Will log to a file
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ Once installed, run `obsidian-metadata` in your terminal to enter an interactive
 -   **List and clear filters**: List all current filters and clear one or all
 -   **List notes in scope**: List notes that will be processed.
 
-**Bulk Edit Metadata** from a CSV file (See the _making bulk edits_ section below)
+**Bulk Edit Metadata** from a CSV file (See the _[Make Bulk Updates](https://github.com/natelandau/obsidian-metadata#make-bulk-updates)_ section below)
 
 **Add Metadata**: Add new metadata to your vault.
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ Below is an example with two vaults.
 
 To bypass the configuration file and specify a vault to use at runtime use the `--vault-path` option.
 
-### Making bulk edits
+### Make Bulk Updates
 
 Bulk edits are supported by importing a CSV file containing the following columns. Column headers must be lowercase.
 
@@ -167,7 +168,10 @@ How bulk imports work:
 -   **Existing metadata in a matching note will be rewritten**. This may result in it's location and/or formatting within the note being changed
 -   Inline tags ignore any value added to the `key` column
 
-You can export all your notes with their associated metadata in this format from the "Export Metadata" section of the script to be used as a template for your bulk changes.
+Create a CSV template for making bulk updates containing all your notes and their associated metadata by
+
+1. Using the `--export-template` cli command; or
+2. Selecting the `Metadata by note` option within the `Export Metadata` section of the app
 
 # Contributing
 

poetry.lock

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 name = "argcomplete"
 version = "2.0.6"
 description = "Bash tab completion for argparse"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ files = [
 name = "charset-normalizer"
 version = "2.1.1"
 description = "The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet."
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6.0"
 files = [
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ files = [
 name = "commitizen"
 version = "2.42.1"
 description = "Python commitizen client tool"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6.2,<4.0.0"
 files = [
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ toml = ["tomli"]
 name = "decli"
 version = "0.5.2"
 description = "Minimal, easy-to-use, declarative cli tool"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ tests = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock"]
 name = "jinja2"
 version = "3.1.2"
 description = "A very fast and expressive template engine."
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ testing = ["coverage", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-regressions"]
 name = "markupsafe"
 version = "2.1.2"
 description = "Safely add untrusted strings to HTML/XML markup."
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ setuptools = "*"
 name = "packaging"
 version = "23.0"
 description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -596,14 +596,14 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pdoc"
-version = "13.0.0"
+version = "13.0.1"
 description = "API Documentation for Python Projects"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "pdoc-13.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f9088b1c10f3296f46a08796e05e307470af5f4253f71d536781f6c305baf912"},
-    {file = "pdoc-13.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aadbf6c757c6e65c4754d6c26c4eb6c1bf8c7a9fb893f1fbe5a7b879dde59e46"},
+    {file = "pdoc-13.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:16a24914280ed318896ad798674e2b0d11832297fdea95632fa472e3d171e247"},
+    {file = "pdoc-13.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4d84056847728203b8789ca8a8d0c8003f25002b3caef3365f6f21a1e4228a1b"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ testing = ["filelock"]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0"
 description = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ widechars = ["wcwidth"]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "2.2.0"
 description = "ANSI color formatting for output in terminal"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ files = [
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.5.0"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -1349,4 +1349,4 @@ dev = ["black (>=19.3b0)", "pytest (>=4.6.2)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
         python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "e9e2ff35a5ae15991d1d123dffa9f15fdf5afaf00624c26577412555d0464eaf"
+content-hash = "8fa62f96cc77eac773497573dcbdd5666173cbec56374fea73a814f3fb7f5338"

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         shellingham = "^1.5.0.post1"
         tomlkit     = "^0.11.6"
         typer       = "^0.7.0"
-    commitizen = "^2.42.1"
 
     [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
         pytest                 = "^7.2.2"
@@ -41,14 +40,14 @@
         coverage              = "^7.2.2"
         interrogate           = "^1.5.0"
         mypy                  = "^1.1.1"
-        pdoc                  = "^13.0.0"
+        pdoc                  = "^13.0.1"
         poethepoet            = "^0.18.1"
         pre-commit            = "^3.2.0"
-        ruff                  = "0.0.257"
+        ruff                  = "^0.0.257"
+        sh                    = "2.0.3"
         typeguard             = "^3.0.1"
         types-python-dateutil = "^2.8.19.10"
         vulture               = "^2.7"
-    sh = "2.0.3"
 
 [tool.black]
     line-length = 100

scripts/update_dependencies.py

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ for group in groups:
             notice(
                 f"Updating {p} from {packages[p]['current_version']} to {packages[p]['new_version']}"
             )
-            sh.poetry("add", f"{p}@{packages[p]['new_version']}", "--group", group, _fg=True)
+            sh.poetry("add", f"{p}@latest", "--group", group, _fg=True)
 
 sh.poetry("update", _fg=True)
 success("All dependencies are up to date")

src/obsidian_metadata/cli.py

@@ -34,14 +34,21 @@ def main(
     ),
     export_csv: Path = typer.Option(
         None,
-        help="Exports all metadata to a specified CSV file and exits. (Will overwrite any existing file)",
+        help="Exports all metadata to a specified CSV file and exits.",
         show_default=False,
         dir_okay=False,
         file_okay=True,
     ),
     export_json: Path = typer.Option(
         None,
-        help="Exports all metadata to a specified JSON file and exits. (Will overwrite any existing file)",
+        help="Exports all metadata to a specified JSON file and exits.",
+        show_default=False,
+        dir_okay=False,
+        file_okay=True,
+    ),
+    export_template: Path = typer.Option(
+        None,
+        help="Exports all notes and their metadata to a specified CSV file and exits. Use to create a template for batch updates.",
         show_default=False,
         dir_okay=False,
         file_okay=True,
@@ -142,6 +149,10 @@ def main(
         path = Path(export_json).expanduser().resolve()
         application.noninteractive_export_csv(path)
         raise typer.Exit(code=0)
+    if export_template is not None:
+        path = Path(export_template).expanduser().resolve()
+        application.noninteractive_export_csv(path)
+        raise typer.Exit(code=0)
 
     application.application_main()
 

tests/cli_test.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_version() -> None:
     """Test printing version and then exiting."""
     result = runner.invoke(app, ["--version"])
     assert result.exit_code == 0
-    assert result.output == Regex(r"obsidian_metadata: v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$")
+    assert "obsidian_metadata: v" in result.output
 
 
 def test_application(tmp_path) -> None:
@@ -51,3 +51,25 @@ def test_application(tmp_path) -> None:
 
     assert banner in result.output
     assert result.exit_code == 1
+
+
+def test_export_template(tmp_path) -> None:
+    """Test the export template command."""
+    source_dir = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / "test_vault"
+    dest_dir = Path(tmp_path / "vault")
+
+    if not source_dir.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Sample vault not found: {source_dir}")
+
+    shutil.copytree(source_dir, dest_dir)
+
+    config_path = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    export_path = tmp_path / "export_template.csv"
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        app,
+        ["--vault-path", dest_dir, "--config-file", config_path, "--export-template", export_path],
+    )
+
+    assert "SUCCESS  | Exported metadata to" in result.output
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert export_path.exists()