Skip to content

README.CORE.IMPROVEMENTS.md

Latest commit

 

History

History
122 lines (96 loc) · 3.31 KB

README.CORE.IMPROVEMENTS.md

File metadata and controls

122 lines (96 loc) · 3.31 KB

Let me test the recur tool to see what's currently working: Now let me test the commands with your actual codebase: Interesting - tree doesn't show children. Let me test more: Now let me test JSON output and color: Now I have a good picture. Let me summarize findings and recommendations:

recur v0.1.0 - Testing Results & Enhancement Recommendations

✅ Working Well

Command Status Notes
files ✅ Excellent Pattern matching works, extensions filter works
related ✅ Works Finds siblings correctly
children ✅ Works Finds hierarchical children
id ✅ Works Finds dot-notation identifiers in content
--json ✅ Works Valid JSON output
--help ✅ Excellent Clear examples, good descriptions

⚠️ Issues Found

Issue Severity Description
find silent failure 🔴 High recur find "async" --scope "..." returns nothing, no error
tree no children 🟡 Medium Shows only base name, not hierarchy tree
related includes self 🟢 Low Returns the input file in results

📋 Recommended Enhancements (Prioritized)

Phase 1: Fix Critical Issues

  1. Fix find command - Currently broken/silent
# Should work but returns nothing
recur find "async" --scope "DynamicGameComponentService" --dir "..."
  1. Fix tree visualization - Should show nested hierarchy
# Expected output:
DynamicGameComponentService
├── .cs (base)
├── Cache.cs
├── Ops
│   ├── .cs
│   ├── Batch.cs
│   ├── Content.cs
│   └── Hierarchy.cs
├── Private.cs
└── SoftDelete.cs

Phase 2: Usability Improvements

  1. Context lines for id - Add -C flag like find
recur id "ulu.executor" -C 2  # Show surrounding lines

  1. Exclude self from related - Add --exclude-self (default on?)

  2. Count flag for files/children

recur files "Controller.*" --count
   # 47 files
  1. Stats command (new)
recur stats "DynamicGameComponentService"
# Files: 12, Depth: 3, Total lines: 4,832

Phase 3: Power Features

  1. .recurignore support - Like .gitignore
obj/
   bin/
   *.Designer.cs
  1. Git-aware mode - Respect .gitignore automatically
recur files "*.cs" --git  # Skip ignored files
  1. Parent command - Find parent in hierarchy
recur parent "Service.Ops.Batch.cs"
# Service.Ops.cs
  1. Multiple separators - Support _ and - as alternatives
recur files "my_module_*" --sep "_"

Phase 4: Integration

  1. Shell completions - Generate for bash/zsh/fish/PowerShell
recur completions powershell > recur.ps1
  1. Config file - ~/.config/recur/config.toml
default_extensions = [".cs", ".js", ".ts"]
ignore_patterns = ["obj/", "bin/", "node_modules/"]
color = true

🎯 Immediate Next Steps

  1. Debug find - This is your killer feature and it's broken
  2. Fix tree - The proposal shows beautiful tree output; current output is just the base name
  3. Add exit codes - Currently can't tell success from failure in scripts

Would you like me to help investigate the find command issue or work on any of these enhancements?