Turns YAML into a tree of files and directories. Use with fzf, rg, etc.

yamltodir.rb

# usage: ruby yamltodir.rb some.yaml dest_dir

require 'yaml'
require 'fileutils'

def create_files(data, path='')
  if data.is_a? Hash
    FileUtils.mkdir_p path
    data.each do |key, value|
      escaped_key = key.gsub('/', '_')
      create_files(value, "#{path}/#{escaped_key}")
    end
    if data.size == 0
      File.write "#{path}/EMPTY", ""
    end
    return
  end

  if data.is_a? Array
    FileUtils.mkdir_p path
    data.each_with_index do |v, i|
      create_files v, "#{path}/_#{i}"
    end
    return
  end

  File.write(path, data.to_s)
end

yaml_data = YAML.load_file ARGV[0]
dest = ARGV[1] || "."
create_files yaml_data, dest