ctags-shim

This is a simple program that bundles a variety of tag generating binaries into one command. It can easily be extended via a config file.

ctags-shim ignores files listed in .gitignore.

Config file

The default ctags-shim config is located at ~/.ctags-shim.yaml and has a format like below:

excludes:
  - dist
  - .git
  - Setup.hs
executables:
  - ctags:
      flags:
        - "-f -"
      extensions:
        - cpp
        - c
        - h
        - hpp
        - py
  - hothasktags:
      extensions:
        - hs

The excludes section is a list of glob patterns to be ignored when ctags-shim recurses through directories.

Installing

You need GHC and cabal for installation.

> git clone https://github.com/tkonolige/ctags-shim.git
> cd ctags-shim
> cabal install

The default install location is ~/.cabal/bin. You probably want to add this to your $PATH.

Adding a tags generator

To add a new generator, add a new entry under the executables section of the config. The format should be:

executables:
  - my_binary
    flags:
      - "-f -"
    extensions:
      - my_filetype

The flags section is passed to the binary everytime it is called. The binary should output to stdout and should not recurse.