BibSane 0.1.3

Description:

BibSane 0.1.3

BibSane
Sanitize BibTeX files without going insane.
BibSane is comparable to bibexport and checkcites, but has a few important improvements.
Features:

A single new cleaned bib file is written to replace the old ones.

Unused entries are discarded.
Missing entries result in an error.
Duplicates are reported and merged if safe.
Check for BibTeX keys that differ only by case.
Remove redundant braces (not in author, editor and title)
Optional configurable BibTeX database policies:

Drop irrelevant entry types
Remove cruft from BibTeX entries.
One may add a field, such as bibsane = {misc.url} to support multiple policies for one
BibTeX entry
Restrict the types of entries.
Disallow @preamble.
Strip newlines and redundant whitespace in fields.
Normalize DOI (lowercase and strip proxy)
Merge entries based on DOI and/or BibTeX ID.
Normalize page double hyphen
Abbreviated Journals, using abbreviso.
Sort by year + author last name




Hackable: written in Python and built on top of
bibtexparser.
Configurable
Cheerful terminal output
Usable as a pre-commit hook.

Installation as standalone tool
pip install BibSane

Usage
bibsane somefile.aux [-c someconfig.yaml]

The file [exampleconfig.yaml] can be used as a starting point for your configuration.
Usage as a pre-commit hook
Add the following to your .pre-commit-config.yaml
- repo: https://github.com/reproducible-reporting/bibsane
rev: v0.1.0
hooks:
- id: bibsane
# You may want to pass in a config file
args ["-c someconfig.yaml"]

You also need to commit the .aux files to your Git history.
Development
If you would like to contribute, please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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