Convert .hgignore files to a local recoll skipped[Names|Paths] lines

ignore2recall.py

import os
import sys
from collections import defaultdict

def hgignore2skipped(filename):
    localdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(filename)))
    def _iter_skipped():
        with open(filename) as lines:
            for line in (l.strip() for l in lines):
                if line.startswith("syntax:") or line.startswith("#") or not line:
                    continue
                line = line.strip("^$")
                if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(localdir, line)):
                    yield ('Paths', line)
                else:
                    yield ('Names', line)
    skipped = defaultdict(list)
    for key, value in _iter_skipped():
        skipped[key] += [value]
    print "[{0}]".format(localdir)
    if skipped['Paths']:
        print "skippedPaths = {0}".format(" ".join(skipped['Paths']))
    if skipped['Names']:
        print "skippedNames = {0}".format(" ".join(skipped['Names']))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) == 2 and os.path.isfile(sys.argv[1]):
        hgignore2skipped(filename=sys.argv[1])
    else:
        print "Usage: {0} path/to/.hgignore".format(sys.argv[0])
        sys.exit(1)