README.md

CodebaseAsReference4Chatbot

Simple Tool that enambles you to get whole codebase as reference for chatbots like chatgpt etc. so you dont have to copy all your files and pass them to it

📋 A fast, flexible Rust CLI to recursively list files and copy them to your clipboard (or save to a file). Supports file content copying, filtering, JSON output, .gitignore respect, and more.

🔧 Features

• ✅ Recursively list files and directories
• 📋 Copy file names and contents to clipboard
• 📁 Optional output to file
• 🎯 Filter by file extensions
• 🧾 JSON output support
• 🚫 Skip binary files
• 🛑 Ignore files via .gitignore (by default)
• ⚡ CLI powered by clap

🎛 Options

Option	Description
-d, --dir <DIR>	Start directory (default: current directory)
-o, --output <FILE>	Save output to file instead of clipboard
-v, --verbose	Verbosely list all file paths
--no-content	Do not include file contents in output
--no-gitignore	Disable .gitignore filtering
(--filter <EXT>)	Not working rn Only include files with given extension(s) (e.g. rs, md)
--json	Output data as JSON
-h, --help	Print help information
--version	Show version info

📋 Output Format Default:

file1.txt
dir/file2.rs
...

=== Contents ===

--- file1.txt ---
(content of file1)

--- dir/file2.rs ---
(content of file2)

Json:

{
  "files": [
    {
      "path": "file1.txt",
      "content": "..."
    },
    {
      "path": "dir/file2.rs",
      "content": "..."
    }
  ]
}

Build: -- test:

cargo run

Install:

cargo install --path .