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# dupeGuru
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[dupeGuru][dupeguru] is a cross-platform (Linux, OS X, Windows) GUI tool to find duplicate files in
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a system. It's written mostly in Python 3 and has the peculiarity of using
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[multiple GUI toolkits][cross-toolkit], all using the same core Python code. On OS X, the UI layer
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is written in Objective-C and uses Cocoa. On Linux, it's written in Python and uses Qt5.
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The Cocoa UI of dupeGuru is hosted in a separate repo: https://github.com/hsoft/dupeguru-cocoa
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## Current status: Unmaintained
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I haven't worked on dupeGuru for a while and frankly, I don't want to. I never had any duplicate
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problems so I don't even care about the *raison d'être* of this thing.
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I don't want to answer incoming issues and I don't want to let them pile off unanswered either,
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that feels rude. So here I am, being straightforward about it.
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If you're considering using dupeGuru, you might want to give it a try but if it doesn't meet your
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needs I suggest that you use another program because it's unlikely to ever be improved again.
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If you're a developer wanting to pick it up, by all means, do so! Fork it off and release
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something. I will be more than happy to "officially" point to any fork that remotely looks like a
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serious effort. I will also be happy to assist if you have questions about the code.
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Good bye dupeGuru,
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Virgil Dupras
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## Contents of this folder
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This folder contains the source for dupeGuru. Its documentation is in `help`, but is also
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[available online][documentation] in its built form. Here's how this source tree is organised:
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* core: Contains the core logic code for dupeGuru. It's Python code.
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* qt: UI code for the Qt toolkit. It's written in Python and uses PyQt.
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* images: Images used by the different UI codebases.
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* pkg: Skeleton files required to create different packages
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* help: Help document, written for Sphinx.
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* locale: .po files for localisation.
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There are also other sub-folder that comes from external repositories and are part of this repo as
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git submodules:
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* hscommon: A collection of helpers used across HS applications.
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* qtlib: A collection of helpers used across Qt UI codebases of HS applications.
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## How to build dupeGuru from source
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### Windows
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For windows instructions see the [Windows Instructions](Windows.md).
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### Prerequisites
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* [Python 3.4+][python]
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* PyQt5
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### make
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dupeGuru is built with "make":
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$ make
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$ make run
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### Generate Ubuntu packages
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$ bash -c "pyvenv --system-site-packages env && source env/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt && python3 build.py --clean && python3 package.py"
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### Running tests
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The complete test suite is run with [Tox 1.7+][tox]. If you have it installed system-wide, you
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don't even need to set up a virtualenv. Just `cd` into the root project folder and run `tox`.
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If you don't have Tox system-wide, install it in your virtualenv with `pip install tox` and then
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run `tox`.
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You can also run automated tests without Tox. Extra requirements for running tests are in
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`requirements-extra.txt`. So, you can do `pip install -r requirements-extra.txt` inside your
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virtualenv and then `py.test core hscommon`
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[dupeguru]: https://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/
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[cross-toolkit]: http://www.hardcoded.net/articles/cross-toolkit-software
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[documentation]: http://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/help/en/
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[python]: http://www.python.org/
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[pyqt]: http://www.riverbankcomputing.com
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[tox]: https://tox.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
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