Categories instead of directories. Easy file storage tool

Inspired article

«Категории вместо директорий, или Семантическая файловая система для Linux Vitis»,

I decided to make my own analogue of the utility vitis for PowerShell Core.

Why did I start doing this

First of all, vitis only for Linux.
Secondly, I want to use "pipes" in PowerShell.

Since I wanted to make a cross-platform utility, I chose .Net Core.

prehistory

First there was chaos. Then folders appeared on the disk.
But chaos still reigned. And tags appeared, as well as subtags and tag synonyms. But chaos captured them too. And the categories were invented.

Concept

Files are not stored in a folder hierarchy, but in a "heap", with certain categories. One file can belong to several categories.

If you need to find a file, it is more convenient to enter the categories to which it belongs. This is much easier to remember than what folders it is stored in.

But such a file system is by no means suitable for storing code, sources, etc.
It is designed to store, for example, family photos, music, documents.

Using

Well, let's start the demonstration.

Install Graphile:

# install.ps1 находится в корневой папке с кодом
PS D:SourcereposGraphile> .install.ps1

First we initialize Graphile in the folder:

# Импортируем установленный модуль
PS C:UsersDellGraphileTest> Import-Module GraphilePowerShell
# Инициализируем Graphile в папке
PS C:UsersDellGraphileTest> Init-Graphile
C:UsersDellGraphileTestgraphile.db

So we've got everything set up. Now you can create a new category:

PS C:UsersDellGraphileTest> New-Category -Name "music"
music

Let's add files:

PS C:UsersDellGraphileTest> Get-ChildItem "D:MusicPink Floyd - The Wall" -Recurse -Filter "*.mp3" | foreach { $_.FullName } | foreach {
>> Add-FileToCategory -File $_ -Categories "music"
>> }

For those who don't understand what I did:

1. Got a list of files in a folder Pink Floyd - The Wall
2. Each file is converted to the full path to them
3. Added each file to a category music

Now let's check if we really added files to the category:

PS C:UsersDellGraphileTest> List-Graphiles | Format-Table

The list will be displayed in the format:

CategoriesNames Id Categories Name Extension

Let's add more categories and files:

New-Category -Name "the-wall"
New-Category -Name "alan-parsons"

List-Graphiles -Categories "music" | foreach { Add-GraphileToCategory -Categories "the-wall" -Files $_.Name }

Get-ChildItem "D:MusicThe Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card" -File -Recurse | foreach { $_.FullName } | foreach { Add-FileToCategory -File $_ -Categories "music", "alan-parsons" }

Let's check the files:

List-Graphiles -Categories "alan-parsons" | Format-Table

The command will display all files that belong to the category alan-parsons.

More files for the filesystem god!

New-Category -Name "images"
Get-ChildItem "D:Изображения" -File -Recurse | foreach { $.FullName } | foreach {
    Add-FileToCategory -File $_ -Categories "images"
}

We check:

List-Graphiles -Categories "images" | Format-Table

Everything is working!

But this is only the beginning. Export your regular file system to Graphile and get great file organization.

Where to download Graphile

Here link on GitLab Graphile.

License MITso you can even use it for commercial purposes.

Future project

Since this is PowerShell, and not huh-muhry, you can make a graphical shell for .NET Core.

How to do it:

1. Install Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK
2. Use the PowerShell class and call Graphile.

If you like the project, make commits, merge request's and create discussions.

Thanks for reading! Use and enjoy!

Source: habr.com