Path Validator CLI Tool

A command-line tool that ensures your project paths work not just locally, but also in production deployments.

What Does It Do?

This tool helps developers avoid common path-related issues that can break projects when moving from a local environment to production. It scans your project for path inconsistencies and suggests (or automatically applies) fixes to ensure smooth deployment.

Features

• Scans and validates paths across HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript projects
• Automatically adjusts paths that work locally but would break in deployment
• Detects and fixes issues like:
  • Incorrect relative paths (../, ./, /)
  • Paths that work locally but break when deployed
  • Absolute paths that need to be relative
  • Missing files or incorrect references
• Automatically applies fixes (when not using --check-only)
• Generates a clear report of all detected issues and suggested corrections
• Fast, lightweight & easy to use

Installation

npm install -g path-validator-cli

Usage

There are two main ways to use the path validator:

1. Check and Fix Mode (Default)

path-validator

This will:

• Scan your current directory
• Report any path issues found
• Automatically fix the issues by renaming files/directories

2. Check-Only Mode

path-validator --check-only

This will:

• Scan your current directory
• Report any path issues found
• Not make any changes to your files

Examples

# Check and fix paths in the current directory
path-validator

# Only check paths without making changes
path-validator --check-only

Dependencies

• chalk: Colors and styles text output in the terminal
• commander: Creates and manages command-line interfaces (CLI) and parses arguments
• fast-glob: Quickly finds files and directories using pattern matching
• figlet: Converts text into ASCII art banners
• inquirer: Creates interactive command-line prompts and forms
• ora: Displays elegant loading spinners in the terminal

Output

The tool provides detailed feedback about invalid paths found in your codebase:

Each issue shows:

• The invalid path that was found
• In the file where the path is referenced, you can Ctrl-click (PC) or Command-click (Mac) to open the referenced file.
• The exact line number where the reference occurs
• A helpful suggestion for fixing the issue
• ..and a passive aggressive reality check based on how many issues there are.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.

Roadmap

• Add support for validating/correcting edge cases
• Support for other programming languages and frameworks like C#, React and more
• A path-validator --undo command

Authors

• Max Johansson - maxjvjohansson
• Jesper Skeppstedt - Skjesper