buffs

A filesystem utility, supporting batch & in-memory operations.

npm install --save buffs

API

Every API works both on the real filesystem and in-memory filesystems created by createFs.

• copy
• createFs
• describe
• describeComparison

---

copy

Copy a file or directory from the source to the target filesystem recursively.

Type: (source: IFS, target: IFS, sourcePath: string, targetPath?: string, options?: CopyOptions) => void

Example

import fs from 'fs'
import process from 'process'
import { copy, createFs } from 'buffs'

// Create files using in-memory filesystem
const { fs: source } = createFs({
  '/a.txt': 'a',
  '/b/b.txt': 'b',
})

// Copy all files from source to your current directory
copy(source, fs, '/', process.cwd())

---

createFs

Create an in-memory filesystem.

This is a wrapper around memfs.

Type: (json: DirectoryJSON = {}, cwd?: string) => { volume: VolumeType; fs: IFS }

import fs from 'fs'
import { createFs } from 'buffs'

// Create files using in-memory filesystem
const { volume, fs } = createFs({
  '/a.txt': 'a',
  '/b/b.txt': 'b',
})

---

describe

Create a description of all files in the source filesystem.

Type: (source: IFS, filePath: string) => string

Example

import { describe, createFs } from 'buffs'

// Create files using in-memory filesystem
const { fs: source } = createFs({
  '/a.txt': 'a',
  '/b/b.txt': 'b',
})

const description = describe(source, '/')

console.log(description)
// ├── a.txt
// └── b / b.txt

---

describeComparison

Create a description of all files in the "updated" source filesystem, relative to the state of the "original" target filesystem.

Type: (source: IFS, target: IFS, filePath: string, { colorize?: boolean }): string

Example

import { describeComparison, createFs } from 'buffs'

const { fs: source } = createFs({
  '/a.txt': 'a',
  '/b/b.txt': 'b',
})

const { fs: target } = createFs({
  '/b/b.txt': 'b',
})

const description = describeComparison(source, target, '/', { colorize: true })

console.log(description)
// ├── a.txt (printed in green, since it was "added")
// └── b / b.txt