SoMEF automatically configures to install the necessary packages

Author: Anas-Elhounsri

src/metacheck/cli.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from metacheck.run_somef import run_somef_batch, run_somef_single
+from metacheck.run_somef import run_somef_batch, run_somef_single, configure_somef
 from metacheck.run_analyzer import run_analysis
 
 
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ def cli():
         run_analysis(somef_json_paths, args.pitfalls_output, args.analysis_output, verbose=args.verbose)
 
     else:
+        # Before taking any SoMEF actions, configure it
+        configure_somef()
+
         threshold = args.threshold
         somef_output_dir = args.somef_output
 

src/metacheck/run_somef.py

@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 import json
 import subprocess
 
+def configure_somef():
+    """Automatically run 'somef configure -a' if not already configured."""
+    print("Configuring SoMEF...")
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["somef", "configure", "-a"], check=True)
+        print("SoMEF configured successfully.")
+        return True
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Error configuring SoMEF: {e}")
+        return False
+
 def run_somef(repo_url, output_file, threshold):
     """Run SoMEF on a given repository and save results."""
     try: