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transform-field-names: Skip field if old name is the same as new name
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Resolves #37
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joverlee521 committed May 28, 2024
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions tests/transform-field-names/transform-field-names.t
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Verify behavior of `transform-field-names`

If the `--field-map` includes a old field name that is the same as the new field
name, this prints a loud warning.
name, this should be no-op.

$ echo '{"strain": "A"}' \
> | $TESTDIR/../../transform-field-names \
> --field-map "strain=strain"
WARNING: skipping rename of strain because record already has a field named strain.
{"strain":"A"}

If the `--field-map` overwrites an existing field, then skip renaming and
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions transform-field-names
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Expand Up @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
parser.add_argument("--field-map", nargs="+",
help="Fields names in the NDJSON record mapped to new field names, " +
"formatted as '{old_field_name}={new_field_name}'. " +
"If the old field does not exist in record, the new field will be added with an empty string value." +
"If the new field already exists in record, then the renaming of the old field will be skipped.")
"If the old field does not exist in record, the new field will be added with an empty string value. " +
"If the new field already exists in record, then the renaming of the old field will be skipped. " +
"Skips the field if the old field name is the same as the new field name (case-sensitive).")
parser.add_argument("--force", action="store_true",
help="Force renaming of old field even if the new field already exists. " +
"Please keep in mind this will overwrite the value of the new field.")
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field_map = {}
for field in args.field_map:
old_name, new_name = field.split('=')

if old_name == new_name:
continue

field_map[old_name] = new_name

for record in stdin:
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