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README

Program transforms a series of file paths piped in, one file path per line, into a tree structure, similar to what would Windows' tree command create.

Intent and purpose:

The intended use case for the program is transforming output from hg and git status commands to a tree structure.
When using git status, option -s for 'short' must be used.
Paths can be in either Windows-style or UNIX style (backslash '\' vs slash '/').
Output paths are in UNIX style (using '/').
Command line options can be specified either Windows or UNIX style (slash '/' vs dash '-').

Switches:

-s 		Input contains status flags from hg/git status commands.
-c 		Color the output, which on Windows you must pipe to cmdcolor.exe,
   		found here: https://github.com/jeremejevs/cmdcolor
-i 		Print tree with 'invisible branches', for 'light' view.
-l 		Print a line separator before and after the tree.

How do I use it?

Windows:

• Download the archive from releases.
• Unpack the archive and add the containing folder to your system Path.
• Download cmdcolor and put it on your Path. Otherwise, remove the /c switch and edit the .bat file.
• Call it with PathToTree2.bat.

Other platforms:

• Rebuild the project from source. Use dotnet command, the project is on .NET Core.

Example:

> hg status
? asd\gfgfdg\asdasd\asdasd\ghfg.txt
? asd\gfgfdg\asdasd\erert.txt
? asd\gfgfdg\ggdfg.txt
? asd\gfgfdg\ghfh.txt

becomes:

> hg status | PathToTree2.bat
──────────────────────────────────                   
 asd                                                 
 └─┬ gfgfdg                                          
   │  ? ggdfg.txt                                    
   │  ? ghfh.txt                                     
   └─┬ asdasd                                        
     │  ? erert.txt                                  
     └── asdasd                                      
          ? ghfg.txt                                 
──────────────────────────────────