From 0ce6af1d453ffe69fbc46790a73c4226169beeb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oSumAtrIX <johan.melkonyan1@web.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:02:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Purge files before generating them

---
 README.md           |  3 ++-
 config.example.json |  5 ++++-
 main.py             | 16 +++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f24057a..05b71b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ The following configuration generates static files using the `contributors` and
 }
 ```
 
-All static files are generated in the output path specified in the configuration.
+All static files are generated in the output path specified in the configuration.  
+The `purge` array in the configuration specifies which files should be deleted before generating the static files.
 
 ## Setup
 
diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index 50d8000..41192e3 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -36,5 +36,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 	],
-	"output": "static"
+	"output": "static",
+	"purge": [
+		"static"
+	]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 6c2e757..ad0d711 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
+from genericpath import isdir, isfile
+import os
+import shutil
 from app.config import load_config
 from app.generator import DefaultGeneratorProvider
 
 config = load_config()
 
-output = config["output"]
-configs = config["configs"]
+output = config["output"] if "output" in config else "static"
+purge = config["purge"] if "purge" in config else []
+generator_configs = config["configs"]
 
 generator_provider = DefaultGeneratorProvider()
 
-for config in configs:
+for path in purge:
+    if isdir(path):
+        shutil.rmtree(path)
+    elif isfile(path):
+        os.remove(path)
+
+for config in generator_configs:
     for generator_name in config["generators"]:
         generator = generator_provider.get(generator_name)
         if generator is None: