FIX: write status messages to sys.stderr (#47)

writing only the rendered output to stdout allows piping to files / pbcopy
with minimal editing

Author: minrk

github_activity/cache.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def _cache_data(query_data, path_cache):
         path_cache = DEFAULT_PATH_CACHE
     path_cache = Path(path_cache)
     if not path_cache.exists():
-        print(f"Creating a new cache at {path_cache}")
+        print(f"Creating a new cache at {path_cache}", file=sys.stderr)
         path_cache.mkdir()
 
     for (org, repo), idata in query_data.groupby(["org", "repo"]):

github_activity/cli.py

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 def main():
     if not _git_installed_check():
-        print("git is required to run github-activity")
+        print("git is required to run github-activity", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main():
             os.makedirs(output_dir)
         with open(args.output, "w") as ff:
             ff.write(md)
-        print(f"Finished writing markdown to: {args.output}")
+        print(f"Finished writing markdown to: {args.output}", file=sys.stderr)
     else:
         print(md)
 

github_activity/github_activity.py

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def get_activity(
         search_query += f" type:{kind}"
 
     # Query for both opened and closed issues/PRs in this window
-    print(f"Running search query:\n{search_query}\n\n")
+    print(f"Running search query:\n{search_query}\n\n", file=sys.stderr)
     query_data = []
     for activity_type in ["created", "closed"]:
         ii_search_query = (