config-disassembler

Disassemble configuration files into smaller, version-control–friendly pieces and reassemble the original on demand. Supported formats: XML, JSON, JSON5, and YAML. A file in any one format can be split into files in any other supported format and then reassembled back to any supported format.

XML support is provided by the bundled xml-disassembler crate; the JSON, JSON5, and YAML disassembler is implemented in this crate.

Installation

Cargo

Install the rust toolchain in order to have cargo installed by following this guide.
run cargo install config-disassembler

CLI overview

config-disassembler <subcommand> [args...]

Subcommands:
  xml      Forward to the bundled xml-disassembler CLI.
  json     Disassemble or reassemble a JSON file.
  json5    Disassemble or reassemble a JSON5 file.
  yaml     Disassemble or reassemble a YAML file.
  help     Show top-level help.

XML

Arguments after xml are forwarded directly to xml-disassembler. See its README for the full list of options.

config-disassembler xml disassemble path/to/file.xml --format json
config-disassembler xml reassemble  path/to/file    --postpurge

JSON / JSON5 / YAML

config-disassembler <fmt> disassemble <input> [options]
config-disassembler <fmt> reassemble  <dir>   [options]

Common options:

Option	Applies to	Description
`-o, --output-dir <dir>`	disassemble	Directory for split files. Defaults to `<input-stem>` next to the input.
`--input-format <fmt>`	disassemble	Override input format. Defaults to the file extension or the subcommand.
`--output-format <fmt>`	both	Format used for the split files (disassemble) or rebuilt file (reassemble).
`--unique-id <field>`	disassemble	For array roots, name files by this field on each element.
`--pre-purge`	disassemble	Remove the output directory before writing.
`--post-purge`	both	Delete the input file/directory after the operation succeeds.
`-o, --output <file>`	reassemble	Output file path. Defaults to the original file name from the metadata.

<fmt> is one of json, json5, yaml.

Example: disassemble a JSON file into YAML, then rebuild as JSON

# split config.json into per-key YAML files under ./config/
config-disassembler json disassemble config.json --output-format yaml

# rebuild a config.json from those YAML files
config-disassembler json reassemble config --output-format json

How disassembly works (JSON / JSON5 / YAML)

Object roots – Every top-level key whose value is an object or array is written to its own file (<key>.<ext>). Top-level keys with scalar values (string, number, boolean, null) are bundled together into _main.<ext>.
Array roots – Each array element is written to its own file. With --unique-id <field> the file is named by that field's value on each element; otherwise files are named by zero-padded index.
Metadata – A .config-disassembler.json sidecar is written into the output directory recording the original key order, root type, source format, and the format the split files were written in. Reassembly uses this to rebuild the original document deterministically.

Library

The crate also exposes a library API:

use config_disassembler::disassemble::{disassemble, DisassembleOptions};
use config_disassembler::reassemble::{reassemble, ReassembleOptions};
use config_disassembler::format::Format;

License

MIT

Contribution

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

config-disassembler 0.1.0