Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

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Post by teivah » Wed, Jan 08, 2025, 8:16 AM UTC

Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes
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Re: Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

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Post by transitivebs » Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 3:19 AM UTC

https://github.com/getgrit/gritql is the best large-scale codemod / refactoring tool I've ever used.

Re: Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

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Post by mmastrac » Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 6:33 AM UTC

transitivebs wrote: post #2

https://github.com/getgrit/gritql is the best large-scale codemod / refactoring tool I've ever used.

It's finicky and picky, very dependent on the tree sitter grammar but when it works, it's magical.

Re: Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

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Post by westurner » Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 2:08 PM UTC

From "Show HN: Codemodder – A new codemod library for Java and Python" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39111747 :

> [ codemodder-python, libCST, MOSES and Holman's elegant normal form, singnet/asmoses, Formal Verification, ]

Re: Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

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Post by wcdolphin » Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 1:28 AM UTC

mmastrac wrote: post #3

transitivebs wrote: post #2

https://github.com/getgrit/gritql is the best large-scale codemod / refactoring tool I've ever used.

It's finicky and picky, very dependent on the tree sitter grammar but when it works, it's magical.

Have you found any tools you think are easier/better? I’d love to learn more about the space.

Re: Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

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Post by mmastrac » Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 6:15 AM UTC

wcdolphin wrote: post #5

mmastrac wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's finicky and picky, very dependent on the tree sitter grammar but when it works, it's magical.

Have you found any tools you think are easier/better? I’d love to learn more about the space.

Nope, I'd say it's the best :)