fixes #81

.gitignore

@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ __pycache__/
 # ignore any .tsv or .yml files
 *.tsv
 *.yml
+
+# ignore lock files created by spreadsheet programs
+.~lock*.tsv

README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The following **optional arguments** can be set for further customization:
 ### The packages.tsv file
 The input spreadsheet file needs to have the following columns:
 - `package_name` (the offical name of the package)
-- `version` (specify the version of the package you need, this can include )
+- `version` (specify the version of the package you need by following the [package match specification syntax](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/latest/resources/package-spec.html#package-match-specifications))
 - `installation_command` (the full installation command)
 - `package_manager` (pip, conda, cran)
 - `conda_channel` (which conda channel to install from)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The input spreadsheet file needs to have the following columns:
 - `necessity` ("required": you find that this package should be available for all lab members, "optional": only you need it for your current project but maybe any future lab member might find it also useful in the future)
 - `description` (a short description of what this package does)
 - `comment` (optional comments if something is buggy or if you want to tell other users some useful information)
-- `language` (Python, R, Julia)
+- `language` (python, r, julia)
 - `bug_flag` (can be 'linux','windows' or 'cross_platform')
 
 ### Automatic testing of the datasets.tsv file

tcy.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def run(operating_system,yml_name=None,yml_file_name='environment.yml',pip_requi
         A valid URL to a CRAN-Mirror where packages should be downloaded from.
         The default is 'https://cloud.r-project.org'
     languages: str or list of str, optional
-        Filter for languages. Valid arguments are Python, Julia, R.
+        Filter for languages. Valid arguments are python, julia, r, or all.
         The default is 'all'
     necessity: str or list of str, optional
         Filter for necessity. Valid arguments are optional, required.
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def run(operating_system,yml_name=None,yml_file_name='environment.yml',pip_requi
                         The default is \'https://cloud.r-project.org\'")
     parser.add_argument('--languages',type=str,required=False,default='all',nargs='+',
                         help="Filter for certain programming languages. Valid inputs \
-                        are Python, R, Julia.")
+                        are python, julia, r or all.")
     parser.add_argument('--necessity',type=str,required=False,default='all',nargs='+',
                         help="Filter for necessity. Valid inputs are \'required\', \'optional\', or \'all\'. \
                         The default is \'all\'")

test_configs.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "valid_columns": ["package_name", "version", "installation_command", "package_manager", "conda_channel", "area","link", "necessity", "description", "comment", "language", "bug_flag"],
   "filled_out_columns": ["package_name","language"],
-  "valid_options": {"package_manager":["conda","pip","cran"],"language":["Python","R","Julia"],"bug_flag":["linux","windows","cross-platform"]},
+  "valid_options": {"package_manager":["conda","pip","cran"],"language":["python","r","julia"],"bug_flag":["linux","windows","cross-platform"]},
   "column_dependencies": null,
   "multi_option_columns": null
 }