Fix the filter for question -a

Reviewed-on: #6

README.md

@@ -37,96 +37,63 @@ cmm [global options] command [command options]
 
 ### Global Options
 
-- `-C`, `--config`: Config file name (defaults to `.config.yaml`).
+- `-c`, `--config`: Config file name (defaults to `.config.yaml`).
+
+### Commands
+
+- `ask`: Ask a question.
+- `hist`: Print chat history.
+- `tag`: Manage tags.
+- `config`: Manage configuration.
+- `print`: Print files.
 
 ### Command Options
 
-#### Question
+#### `ask` Command Options
 
-The `question` command is used to ask, create, and process questions.
+- `-q`, `--question`: Question to ask (required).
+- `-m`, `--max-tokens`: Max tokens to use.
+- `-T`, `--temperature`: Temperature to use.
+- `-M`, `--model`: Model to use.
+- `-n`, `--number`: Number of answers to produce (default is 3).
+- `-s`, `--source`: Add content of a file to the query.
+- `-S`, `--only-source-code`: Add pure source code to the chat history.
+- `-t`, `--tags`: List of tag names.
+- `-e`, `--extags`: List of tag names to exclude.
+- `-o`, `--output-tags`: List of output tag names (default is the input tags).
+- `-a`, `--match-all-tags`: All given tags must match when selecting chat history entries.
 
-```bash
-cmm question [-t OTAGS]... [-k ATAGS]... [-x XTAGS]... [-o OUTTAGS]... [-A AI_ID] [-M MODEL] [-n NUM] [-m MAX] [-T TEMP] (-a QUESTION | -c QUESTION | -r [MESSAGE ...] | -p [MESSAGE ...]) [-O] [-s FILE]... [-S FILE]...
-```
+#### `hist` Command Options
 
-* `-t, --or-tags OTAGS`: List of tags (one must match)
-* `-k, --and-tags ATAGS`: List of tags (all must match)
-* `-x, --exclude-tags XTAGS`: List of tags to exclude
-* `-o, --output-tags OUTTAGS`: List of output tags (default: use input tags)
-* `-A, --AI AI_ID`: AI ID to use
-* `-M, --model MODEL`: Model to use
-* `-n, --num-answers NUM`: Number of answers to request
-* `-m, --max-tokens MAX`: Max. number of tokens
-* `-T, --temperature TEMP`: Temperature value
-* `-a, --ask QUESTION`: Ask a question
-* `-c, --create QUESTION`: Create a question
-* `-r, --repeat [MESSAGE ...]`: Repeat a question
-* `-p, --process [MESSAGE ...]`: Process existing questions
-* `-O, --overwrite`: Overwrite existing messages when repeating them
-* `-s, --source-text FILE`: Add content of a file to the query
-* `-S, --source-code FILE`: Add source code file content to the chat history
+- `-d`, `--dump`: Print chat history as Python structure.
+- `-w`, `--with-tags`: Print chat history with tags.
+- `-W`, `--with-files`: Print chat history with filenames.
+- `-S`, `--only-source-code`: Print only source code.
+- `-t`, `--tags`: List of tag names.
+- `-e`, `--extags`: List of tag names to exclude.
+- `-a`, `--match-all-tags`: All given tags must match when selecting chat history entries.
 
-#### Hist
+#### `tag` Command Options
 
-The `hist` command is used to print the chat history.
+- `-l`, `--list`: List all tags and their frequency.
 
-```bash
-cmm hist [-t OTAGS]... [-k ATAGS]... [-x XTAGS]... [-w] [-W] [-S] [-A SUBSTRING] [-Q SUBSTRING]
-```
+#### `config` Command Options
 
-* `-t, --or-tags OTAGS`: List of tags (one must match)
-* `-k, --and-tags ATAGS`: List of tags (all must match)
-* `-x, --exclude-tags XTAGS`: List of tags to exclude
-* `-w, --with-tags`: Print chat history with tags
-* `-W, --with-files`: Print chat history with filenames
-* `-S, --source-code-only`: Only print embedded source code
-* `-A, --answer SUBSTRING`: Search for answer substring
-* `-Q, --question SUBSTRING`: Search for question substring
+- `-l`, `--list-models`: List all available models.
+- `-m`, `--print-model`: Print the currently configured model.
+- `-M`, `--model`: Set model in the config file.
 
-#### Tags
+#### `print` Command Options
 
-The `tags` command is used to manage tags.
-
-```bash
-cmm tags (-l | -p PREFIX | -c SUBSTRING)
-```
-
-* `-l, --list`: List all tags and their frequency
-* `-p, --prefix PREFIX`: Filter tags by prefix
-* `-c, --contain SUBSTRING`: Filter tags by contained substring
-
-#### Config
-
-The `config` command is used to manage the configuration.
-
-```bash
-cmm config (-l | -m | -c FILE)
-```
-
-* `-l, --list-models`: List all available models
-* `-m, --print-model`: Print the currently configured model
-* `-c, --create FILE`: Create config with default settings in the given file
-
-#### Print
-
-The `print` command is used to print message files.
-
-```bash
-cmm print (-f FILE | -l) [-q | -a | -S]
-```
-
-* `-f, --file FILE`: Print given file
-* `-l, --latest`: Print latest message
-* `-q, --question`: Only print the question
-* `-a, --answer`: Only print the answer
-* `-S, --only-source-code`: Only print embedded source code
+- `-f`, `--file`: File to print (required).
+- `-S`, `--only-source-code`: Print only source code.
 
 ### Examples
 
 1. Ask a question:
 
 ```bash
-cmm question -a "What is the meaning of life?" -t philosophy -x religion
+cmm ask -q "What is the meaning of life?" -t philosophy -e religion
 ```
 
 2. Display the chat history:
@@ -138,19 +105,19 @@ cmm hist
 3. Filter chat history by tags:
 
 ```bash
-cmm hist --or-tags tag1 tag2
+cmm hist -t tag1 tag2
 ```
 
 4. Exclude chat history by tags:
 
 ```bash
-cmm hist --exclude-tags tag3 tag4
+cmm hist -e tag3 tag4
 ```
 
 5. List all tags and their frequency:
 
 ```bash
-cmm tags -l
+cmm tag -l
 ```
 
 6. Print the contents of a file:
@@ -161,27 +128,18 @@ cmm print -f example.yaml
 
 ## Configuration
 
-The default configuration filename is `.config.yaml` (it is searched in the current working directory).
-Use the command `cmm config --create <FILENAME>` to create a default configuration:
+The configuration file (`.config.yaml`) should contain the following fields:
 
-```
-cache: .
-db: ./db/
-ais:
-  myopenai:
-    name: openai
-    model: gpt-3.5-turbo-16k
-    api_key: 0123456789
-    temperature: 1.0
-    max_tokens: 4000
-    top_p: 1.0
-    frequency_penalty: 0.0
-    presence_penalty: 0.0
-    system: You are an assistant
-```
-
-Each AI has its own section and the name of that section is called the 'AI ID' (in the example above it is `myopenai`).
-The AI ID can be any string, as long as it's unique within the `ais` section. The AI ID is used for all commands that support the `AI` parameter and it's also stored within each message file.
+- `openai`:
+  - `api_key`: Your OpenAI API key.
+  - `model`: The name of the OpenAI model to use (e.g. "text-davinci-002").
+  - `temperature`: The temperature value for the model.
+  - `max_tokens`: The maximum number of tokens for the model.
+  - `top_p`: The top P value for the model.
+  - `frequency_penalty`: The frequency penalty value.
+  - `presence_penalty`: The presence penalty value.
+- `system`: The system message used to set the behavior of the AI.
+- `db`: The directory where the question-answer pairs are stored in YAML files.
 
 ## Autocompletion
 
@@ -196,33 +154,33 @@ After adding this line, restart your shell or run `source <your-shell-config-fil
 ## Contributing
 
 ### Enable commit hooks
-```bash
+```
 pip install pre-commit
 pre-commit install
 ```
 ### Execute tests before opening a PR
-```bash
+```
 pytest
 ```
 ### Consider using `pyenv` / `pyenv-virtualenv`
 Short installation instructions:
 * install `pyenv`:
-```bash
+```
 cd ~
 git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv .pyenv
 cd ~/.pyenv && src/configure && make -C src
 ```
-* make sure that `~/.pyenv/shims` and `~/.pyenv/bin` are the first entries in your `PATH`, e.g., by setting it in `~/.bashrc`
+* make sure that `~/.pyenv/shims` and `~/.pyenv/bin` are the first entries in your `PATH`, e. g. by setting it in `~/.bashrc`
 * add the following to your `~/.bashrc` (after setting `PATH`): `eval "$(pyenv init -)"`
-* create a new terminal or source the changes (e.g., `source ~/.bashrc`)
+* create a new terminal or source the changes (e. g. `source ~/.bashrc`)
 * install `virtualenv`
-```bash
+```
 git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv.git $(pyenv root)/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv
 ```
 * add the following to your `~/.bashrc` (after the commands above): `eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)`
-* create a new terminal or source the changes (e.g., `source ~/.bashrc`)
-* go back to the `ChatMasterMind` repo and create a virtual environment with the latest `Python`, e.g., `3.11.4`:
-```bash
+* create a new terminal or source the changes (e. g. `source ~/.bashrc`)
+* go back to the `ChatMasterMind` repo and create a virtual environment with the latest `Python`, e. g. `3.11.4`:
+```
 cd <CMM_REPO_PATH>
 pyenv install 3.11.4
 pyenv virtualenv 3.11.4 py311
@@ -233,3 +191,5 @@ pyenv activate py311
 ## License
 
 This project is licensed under the terms of the WTFPL License.
+
+

chatmastermind/ai.py

@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ class AI(Protocol):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def print_models(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Print all models supported by this AI.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
     def tokens(self, data: Union[Message, Chat]) -> int:
         """
         Computes the nr. of AI language tokens for the given message

chatmastermind/ai_factory.py

@@ -4,39 +4,33 @@ Creates different AI instances, based on the given configuration.
 
 import argparse
 from typing import cast
-from .configuration import Config, AIConfig, OpenAIConfig
+from .configuration import Config, OpenAIConfig, default_ai_ID
 from .ai import AI, AIError
 from .ais.openai import OpenAI
 
 
-def create_ai(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> AI:  # noqa: 11
+def create_ai(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> AI:
     """
     Creates an AI subclass instance from the given arguments
-    and configuration file. If AI has not been set in the
-    arguments, it searches for the ID 'default'. If that
-    is not found, it uses the first AI in the list.
+    and configuration file.
     """
-    ai_conf: AIConfig
-    if hasattr(args, 'AI') and args.AI:
+    if args.AI:
         try:
             ai_conf = config.ais[args.AI]
         except KeyError:
             raise AIError(f"AI ID '{args.AI}' does not exist in this configuration")
-    elif 'default' in config.ais:
-        ai_conf = config.ais['default']
+    elif default_ai_ID in config.ais:
+        ai_conf = config.ais[default_ai_ID]
     else:
-        try:
-            ai_conf = next(iter(config.ais.values()))
-        except StopIteration:
-            raise AIError("No AI found in this configuration")
+        raise AIError("No AI name given and no default exists")
 
     if ai_conf.name == 'openai':
         ai = OpenAI(cast(OpenAIConfig, ai_conf))
-        if hasattr(args, 'model') and args.model:
+        if args.model:
             ai.config.model = args.model
-        if hasattr(args, 'max_tokens') and args.max_tokens:
+        if args.max_tokens:
             ai.config.max_tokens = args.max_tokens
-        if hasattr(args, 'temperature') and args.temperature:
+        if args.temperature:
             ai.config.temperature = args.temperature
         return ai
     else:

chatmastermind/ais/openai.py

@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ class OpenAI(AI):
             presence_penalty=self.config.presence_penalty)
         question.answer = Answer(response['choices'][0]['message']['content'])
         question.tags = otags
-        question.ai = self.ID
+        question.ai = self.name
         question.model = self.config.model
         answers: list[Message] = [question]
         for choice in response['choices'][1:]:  # type: ignore
             answers.append(Message(question=question.question,
                                    answer=Answer(choice['message']['content']),
                                    tags=otags,
-                                   ai=self.ID,
+                                   ai=self.name,
                                    model=self.config.model))
         return AIResponse(answers, Tokens(response['usage']['prompt_tokens'],
                                           response['usage']['completion_tokens'],
@@ -62,12 +62,7 @@ class OpenAI(AI):
         """
         Return all models supported by this AI.
         """
-        ret = []
-        for engine in sorted(openai.Engine.list()['data'], key=lambda x: x['id']):
-            if engine['ready']:
-                ret.append(engine['id'])
-        ret.sort()
-        return ret
+        raise NotImplementedError
 
     def print_models(self) -> None:
         """

chatmastermind/chat.py

@@ -6,18 +6,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from pprint import PrettyPrinter
 from pydoc import pager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TypeVar, Type, Optional, ClassVar, Any, Callable, Literal, Union
-from .configuration import default_config_file
+from typing import TypeVar, Type, Optional, ClassVar, Any, Callable
 from .message import Message, MessageFilter, MessageError, message_in
 from .tags import Tag
 
 ChatInst = TypeVar('ChatInst', bound='Chat')
 ChatDBInst = TypeVar('ChatDBInst', bound='ChatDB')
 
-db_next_file = '.next'
-ignored_files = [db_next_file, default_config_file]
-msg_location = Literal['mem', 'disk', 'cache', 'db', 'all']
-
 
 class ChatError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -50,15 +45,13 @@ def read_dir(dir_path: Path,
     messages: list[Message] = []
     file_iter = dir_path.glob(glob) if glob else dir_path.iterdir()
     for file_path in sorted(file_iter):
-        if (file_path.is_file()
-           and file_path.name not in ignored_files  # noqa: W503
-           and file_path.suffix in Message.file_suffixes):  # noqa: W503
+        if file_path.is_file() and file_path.suffix in Message.file_suffixes:
             try:
                 message = Message.from_file(file_path, mfilter)
                 if message:
                     messages.append(message)
             except MessageError as e:
-                print(f"WARNING: Skipping message in '{file_path}': {str(e)}")
+                print(f"Error processing message in '{file_path}': {str(e)}")
     return messages
 
 
@@ -69,10 +62,7 @@ def make_file_path(dir_path: Path,
     Create a file_path for the given directory using the
     given file_suffix and ID generator function.
     """
-    file_path = dir_path / f"{next_fid():04d}{file_suffix}"
-    while file_path.exists():
-        file_path = dir_path / f"{next_fid():04d}{file_suffix}"
-    return file_path
+    return dir_path / f"{next_fid():04d}{file_suffix}"
 
 
 def write_dir(dir_path: Path,
@@ -107,9 +97,7 @@ def clear_dir(dir_path: Path,
     """
     file_iter = dir_path.glob(glob) if glob else dir_path.iterdir()
     for file_path in file_iter:
-        if (file_path.is_file()
-           and file_path.name not in ignored_files  # noqa: W503
-           and file_path.suffix in Message.file_suffixes):  # noqa: W503
+        if file_path.is_file() and file_path.suffix in Message.file_suffixes:
             file_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
 
@@ -121,43 +109,14 @@ class Chat:
 
     messages: list[Message]
 
-    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        self.validate()
-
-    def validate(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Validate this Chat instance.
-        """
-        def msg_paths(stem: str) -> list[str]:
-            return [str(fp) for fp in file_paths if fp.stem == stem]
-        file_paths: set[Path] = {m.file_path for m in self.messages if m.file_path is not None}
-        file_stems = [m.file_path.stem for m in self.messages if m.file_path is not None]
-        error = False
-        for fp in file_paths:
-            if file_stems.count(fp.stem) > 1:
-                print(f"ERROR: Found multiple copies of message '{fp.stem}': {msg_paths(fp.stem)}")
-                error = True
-        if error:
-            raise ChatError("Validation failed")
-
-    def msg_name_matches(self, file_path: Path, name: str) -> bool:
-        """
-        Return True if the given name matches the given file_path.
-        Matching is True if:
-        * 'name' matches the full 'file_path'
-        * 'name' matches 'file_path.name' (i. e. including the suffix)
-        * 'name' matches 'file_path.stem' (i. e. without a suffix)
-        """
-        return Path(name) == file_path or name == file_path.name or name == file_path.stem
-
-    def msg_filter(self, mfilter: MessageFilter) -> None:
+    def filter(self, mfilter: MessageFilter) -> None:
         """
         Use 'Message.match(mfilter) to remove all messages that
         don't fulfill the filter requirements.
         """
         self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if m.match(mfilter)]
 
-    def msg_sort(self, reverse: bool = False) -> None:
+    def sort(self, reverse: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Sort the messages according to 'Message.msg_id()'.
         """
@@ -167,71 +126,48 @@ class Chat:
         except MessageError:
             pass
 
-    def msg_unique_id(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Remove duplicates from the internal messages, based on the msg_id (i. e. file_path).
-        Messages without a file_path are kept.
-        """
-        old_msgs = self.messages.copy()
-        self.messages = []
-        for m in old_msgs:
-            if not message_in(m, self.messages):
-                self.messages.append(m)
-        self.msg_sort()
-
-    def msg_unique_content(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Remove duplicates from the internal messages, based on the content (i. e. question + answer).
-        """
-        self.messages = list(set(self.messages))
-        self.msg_sort()
-
-    def msg_clear(self) -> None:
+    def clear(self) -> None:
         """
         Delete all messages.
         """
         self.messages = []
 
-    def msg_add(self, messages: list[Message]) -> None:
+    def add_messages(self, messages: list[Message]) -> None:
         """
         Add new messages and sort them if possible.
         """
         self.messages += messages
-        self.msg_sort()
+        self.sort()
 
-    def msg_latest(self, mfilter: Optional[MessageFilter] = None) -> Optional[Message]:
+    def latest_message(self) -> Optional[Message]:
         """
-        Return the last added message (according to the file ID) that matches the given filter.
-        When containing messages without a valid file_path, it returns the latest message in
-        the internal list.
+        Returns the last added message (according to the file ID).
         """
         if len(self.messages) > 0:
-            self.msg_sort()
-            for m in reversed(self.messages):
-                if mfilter is None or m.match(mfilter):
-                    return m
-        return None
+            self.sort()
+            return self.messages[-1]
+        else:
+            return None
 
-    def msg_find(self, msg_names: list[str]) -> list[Message]:
+    def find_messages(self, msg_names: list[str]) -> list[Message]:
         """
         Search and return the messages with the given names. Names can either be filenames
-        (with or without suffix), full paths or Message.msg_id(). Messages that can't be
-        found are ignored (i. e. the caller should check the result if they require all
-        messages).
+        (incl. suffixes) or full paths. Messages that can't be found are ignored (i. e. the
+        caller should check the result if he requires all messages).
         """
         return [m for m in self.messages
-                if any((m.file_path and self.msg_name_matches(m.file_path, mn)) for mn in msg_names)]
+                if any((m.file_path and (m.file_path == Path(mn) or m.file_path.name == mn)) for mn in msg_names)]
 
-    def msg_remove(self, msg_names: list[str]) -> None:
+    def remove_messages(self, msg_names: list[str]) -> None:
         """
         Remove the messages with the given names. Names can either be filenames
-        (with or without suffix), full paths or Message.msg_id().
+        (incl. the suffix) or full paths.
         """
         self.messages = [m for m in self.messages
-                         if not any((m.file_path and self.msg_name_matches(m.file_path, mn)) for mn in msg_names)]
-        self.msg_sort()
+                         if not any((m.file_path and (m.file_path == Path(mn) or m.file_path.name == mn)) for mn in msg_names)]
+        self.sort()
 
-    def msg_tags(self, prefix: Optional[str] = None, contain: Optional[str] = None) -> set[Tag]:
+    def tags(self, prefix: Optional[str] = None, contain: Optional[str] = None) -> set[Tag]:
         """
         Get the tags of all messages, optionally filtered by prefix or substring.
         """
@@ -240,7 +176,7 @@ class Chat:
             tags |= m.filter_tags(prefix, contain)
         return set(sorted(tags))
 
-    def msg_tags_frequency(self, prefix: Optional[str] = None, contain: Optional[str] = None) -> dict[Tag, int]:
+    def tags_frequency(self, prefix: Optional[str] = None, contain: Optional[str] = None) -> dict[Tag, int]:
         """
         Get the frequency of all tags of all messages, optionally filtered by prefix or substring.
         """
@@ -265,6 +201,7 @@ class Chat:
                 output.append(message.to_str(source_code_only=True))
                 continue
             output.append(message.to_str(with_tags, with_files))
+            # output.append('\n' + ('-' * terminal_width()) + '\n')
         if paged:
             print_paged('\n'.join(output))
         else:
@@ -293,11 +230,10 @@ class ChatDB(Chat):
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         # contains the latest message ID
-        self.next_path = self.db_path / db_next_file
+        self.next_fname = self.db_path / '.next'
         # make all paths absolute
         self.cache_path = self.cache_path.absolute()
         self.db_path = self.db_path.absolute()
-        self.validate()
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dir(cls: Type[ChatDBInst],
@@ -333,7 +269,7 @@ class ChatDB(Chat):
 
     def get_next_fid(self) -> int:
         try:
-            with open(self.next_path, 'r') as f:
+            with open(self.next_fname, 'r') as f:
                 next_fid = int(f.read()) + 1
             self.set_next_fid(next_fid)
             return next_fid
@@ -342,255 +278,69 @@ class ChatDB(Chat):
             return 1
 
     def set_next_fid(self, fid: int) -> None:
-        with open(self.next_path, 'w') as f:
+        with open(self.next_fname, 'w') as f:
             f.write(f'{fid}')
 
-    def msg_write(self, messages: Optional[list[Message]] = None) -> None:
+    def read_db(self) -> None:
         """
-        Write either the given messages or the internal ones to their CURRENT file_path.
-        If messages are given, they all must have a valid file_path. When writing the
-        internal messages, the ones with a valid file_path are written, the others
-        are ignored.
-        """
-        if messages and any(m.file_path is None for m in messages):
-            raise ChatError("Can't write files without a valid file_path")
-        msgs = iter(messages if messages else self.messages)
-        while (m := next(msgs, None)):
-            m.to_file()
-
-    def msg_update(self, messages: list[Message], write: bool = True) -> None:
-        """
-        Update EXISTING messages. A message is determined as 'existing' if a message with
+        Reads new messages from the DB directory. New ones are added to the internal list,
+        existing ones are replaced. A message is determined as 'existing' if a message with
         the same base filename (i. e. 'file_path.name') is already in the list.
-        Only accepts existing messages.
-        """
-        if any(not message_in(m, self.messages) for m in messages):
-            raise ChatError("Can't update messages that are not in the internal list")
-        # remove old versions and add new ones
-        self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if not message_in(m, messages)]
-        self.messages += messages
-        self.msg_sort()
-        # write the UPDATED messages if requested
-        if write:
-            self.msg_write(messages)
-
-    def msg_gather(self,
-                   loc: msg_location,
-                   require_file_path: bool = False,
-                   mfilter: Optional[MessageFilter] = None) -> list[Message]:
-        """
-        Gather and return messages from the given locations:
-        * 'mem'  : messages currently in memory
-        * 'disk' : messages on disk (cache + DB directory), but not in memory
-        * 'cache': messages in the cache directory
-        * 'db'   : messages in the DB directory
-        * 'all'  : all messages ('mem' + 'disk')
-
-        If 'require_file_path' is True, return only files with a valid file_path.
-        """
-        loc_messages: list[Message] = []
-        if loc in ['mem', 'all']:
-            if require_file_path:
-                loc_messages += [m for m in self.messages if (m.file_path is not None and (mfilter is None or m.match(mfilter)))]
-            else:
-                loc_messages += [m for m in self.messages if (mfilter is None or m.match(mfilter))]
-        if loc in ['cache', 'disk', 'all']:
-            loc_messages += read_dir(self.cache_path, mfilter=mfilter)
-        if loc in ['db', 'disk', 'all']:
-            loc_messages += read_dir(self.db_path, mfilter=mfilter)
-        # remove_duplicates and sort the list
-        unique_messages: list[Message] = []
-        for m in loc_messages:
-            if not message_in(m, unique_messages):
-                unique_messages.append(m)
-        try:
-            unique_messages.sort(key=lambda m: m.msg_id())
-        # messages in 'mem' can have an empty file_path
-        except MessageError:
-            pass
-        return unique_messages
-
-    def msg_find(self,
-                 msg_names: list[str],
-                 loc: msg_location = 'mem',
-                 ) -> list[Message]:
-        """
-        Search and return the messages with the given names. Names can either be filenames
-        (with or without suffix), full paths or Message.msg_id(). Messages that can't be
-        found are ignored (i. e. the caller should check the result if they require all
-        messages).
-        Searches one of the following locations:
-        * 'mem'  : messages currently in memory
-        * 'disk' : messages on disk (cache + DB directory), but not in memory
-        * 'cache': messages in the cache directory
-        * 'db'   : messages in the DB directory
-        * 'all'  : all messages ('mem' + 'disk')
-        """
-        loc_messages = self.msg_gather(loc, require_file_path=True)
-        return [m for m in loc_messages
-                if any((m.file_path and self.msg_name_matches(m.file_path, mn)) for mn in msg_names)]
-
-    def msg_remove(self, msg_names: list[str], loc: msg_location = 'mem') -> None:
-        """
-        Remove the messages with the given names. Names can either be filenames
-        (with or without suffix), full paths or Message.msg_id(). Also deletes the
-        files of all given messages with a valid file_path.
-        Delete files from one of the following locations:
-        * 'mem'  : messages currently in memory
-        * 'disk' : messages on disk (cache + DB directory), but not in memory
-        * 'cache': messages in the cache directory
-        * 'db'   : messages in the DB directory
-        * 'all'  : all messages ('mem' + 'disk')
-        """
-        if loc != 'mem':
-            # delete the message files first
-            rm_messages = self.msg_find(msg_names, loc=loc)
-            for m in rm_messages:
-                if (m.file_path):
-                    m.file_path.unlink()
-        # then remove them from the internal list
-        super().msg_remove(msg_names)
-
-    def msg_latest(self,
-                   mfilter: Optional[MessageFilter] = None,
-                   loc: msg_location = 'mem') -> Optional[Message]:
-        """
-        Return the last added message (according to the file ID) that matches the given filter.
-        Only consider messages with a valid file_path (except if loc is 'mem').
-        Searches one of the following locations:
-        * 'mem'  : messages currently in memory
-        * 'disk' : messages on disk (cache + DB directory), but not in memory
-        * 'cache': messages in the cache directory
-        * 'db'   : messages in the DB directory
-        * 'all'  : all messages ('mem' + 'disk')
-        """
-        # only consider messages with a valid file_path so they can be sorted
-        loc_messages = self.msg_gather(loc, require_file_path=True)
-        loc_messages.sort(key=lambda m: m.msg_id(), reverse=True)
-        for m in loc_messages:
-            if mfilter is None or m.match(mfilter):
-                return m
-        return None
-
-    def msg_in_cache(self, message: Union[Message, str]) -> bool:
-        """
-        Return true if the given Message (or filename or Message.msg_id())
-        is located in the cache directory. False otherwise.
-        """
-        if isinstance(message, Message):
-            return (message.file_path is not None
-                    and message.file_path.parent.samefile(self.cache_path)  # noqa: W503
-                    and message.file_path.exists())  # noqa: W503
-        else:
-            return len(self.msg_find([message], loc='cache')) > 0
-
-    def msg_in_db(self, message: Union[Message, str]) -> bool:
-        """
-        Return true if the given Message (or filename or Message.msg_id())
-        is located in the DB directory. False otherwise.
-        """
-        if isinstance(message, Message):
-            return (message.file_path is not None
-                    and message.file_path.parent.samefile(self.db_path)  # noqa: W503
-                    and message.file_path.exists())  # noqa: W503
-        else:
-            return len(self.msg_find([message], loc='db')) > 0
-
-    def cache_read(self, glob: Optional[str] = None, mfilter: Optional[MessageFilter] = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Read messages from the cache directory. New ones are added to the internal list,
-        existing ones are replaced. A message is determined as 'existing' if a message
-        with the same base filename (i. e. 'file_path.name') is already in the list.
-        """
-        new_messages = read_dir(self.cache_path, glob, mfilter)
-        # remove all messages from self.messages that are in the new list
-        self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if not message_in(m, new_messages)]
-        # copy the messages from the temporary list to self.messages and sort them
-        self.messages += new_messages
-        self.msg_sort()
-
-    def cache_write(self, messages: Optional[list[Message]] = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Write messages to the cache directory. If a message has no file_path, a new one
-        will be created. If message.file_path exists, it will be modified to point to
-        the cache directory.
-        Does NOT add the messages to the internal list (use 'cache_add()' for that)!
-        """
-        write_dir(self.cache_path,
-                  messages if messages else self.messages,
-                  self.file_suffix,
-                  self.get_next_fid)
-
-    def cache_add(self, messages: list[Message], write: bool = True) -> None:
-        """
-        Add NEW messages and set the file_path to the cache directory.
-        Only accepts messages without a file_path.
-        """
-        if any(m.file_path is not None for m in messages):
-            raise ChatError("Can't add new messages with existing file_path")
-        if write:
-            write_dir(self.cache_path,
-                      messages,
-                      self.file_suffix,
-                      self.get_next_fid)
-        else:
-            for m in messages:
-                m.file_path = make_file_path(self.cache_path, self.default_file_suffix, self.get_next_fid)
-        self.messages += messages
-        self.msg_sort()
-
-    def cache_clear(self, glob: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Delete all message files from the cache dir and remove them from the internal list.
-        """
-        clear_dir(self.cache_path, glob)
-        # only keep messages from DB dir (or those that have not yet been written)
-        self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if not m.file_path or m.file_path.parent.samefile(self.db_path)]
-
-    def cache_move(self, message: Message) -> None:
-        """
-        Moves the given messages to the cache directory.
-        """
-        # remember the old path (if any)
-        old_path: Optional[Path] = None
-        if message.file_path:
-            old_path = message.file_path
-        # write message to the new destination
-        self.cache_write([message])
-        # remove the old one (if any)
-        if old_path:
-            self.msg_remove([str(old_path)], loc='db')
-        # (re)add it to the internal list
-        self.msg_add([message])
-
-    def db_read(self, glob: Optional[str] = None, mfilter: Optional[MessageFilter] = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Read messages from the DB directory. New ones are added to the internal list,
-        existing ones are replaced. A message is determined as 'existing' if a message
-        with the same base filename (i. e. 'file_path.name') is already in the list.
         """
         new_messages = read_dir(self.db_path, self.glob, self.mfilter)
         # remove all messages from self.messages that are in the new list
         self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if not message_in(m, new_messages)]
         # copy the messages from the temporary list to self.messages and sort them
         self.messages += new_messages
-        self.msg_sort()
+        self.sort()
 
-    def db_write(self, messages: Optional[list[Message]] = None) -> None:
+    def read_cache(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Reads new messages from the cache directory. New ones are added to the internal list,
+        existing ones are replaced. A message is determined as 'existing' if a message with
+        the same base filename (i. e. 'file_path.name') is already in the list.
+        """
+        new_messages = read_dir(self.cache_path, self.glob, self.mfilter)
+        # remove all messages from self.messages that are in the new list
+        self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if not message_in(m, new_messages)]
+        # copy the messages from the temporary list to self.messages and sort them
+        self.messages += new_messages
+        self.sort()
+
+    def write_db(self, messages: Optional[list[Message]] = None) -> None:
         """
         Write messages to the DB directory. If a message has no file_path, a new one
         will be created. If message.file_path exists, it will be modified to point
         to the DB directory.
-        Does NOT add the messages to the internal list (use 'db_add()' for that)!
         """
         write_dir(self.db_path,
                   messages if messages else self.messages,
                   self.file_suffix,
                   self.get_next_fid)
 
-    def db_add(self, messages: list[Message], write: bool = True) -> None:
+    def write_cache(self, messages: Optional[list[Message]] = None) -> None:
         """
-        Add NEW messages and set the file_path to the DB directory.
+        Write messages to the cache directory. If a message has no file_path, a new one
+        will be created. If message.file_path exists, it will be modified to point to
+        the cache directory.
+        """
+        write_dir(self.cache_path,
+                  messages if messages else self.messages,
+                  self.file_suffix,
+                  self.get_next_fid)
+
+    def clear_cache(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Deletes all Message files from the cache dir and removes those messages from
+        the internal list.
+        """
+        clear_dir(self.cache_path, self.glob)
+        # only keep messages from DB dir (or those that have not yet been written)
+        self.messages = [m for m in self.messages if not m.file_path or m.file_path.parent.samefile(self.db_path)]
+
+    def add_to_db(self, messages: list[Message], write: bool = True) -> None:
+        """
+        Add the given new messages and set the file_path to the DB directory.
         Only accepts messages without a file_path.
         """
         if any(m.file_path is not None for m in messages):
@@ -604,20 +354,33 @@ class ChatDB(Chat):
             for m in messages:
                 m.file_path = make_file_path(self.db_path, self.default_file_suffix, self.get_next_fid)
         self.messages += messages
-        self.msg_sort()
+        self.sort()
 
-    def db_move(self, message: Message) -> None:
+    def add_to_cache(self, messages: list[Message], write: bool = True) -> None:
         """
-        Moves the given messages to the db directory.
+        Add the given new messages and set the file_path to the cache directory.
+        Only accepts messages without a file_path.
         """
-        # remember the old path (if any)
-        old_path: Optional[Path] = None
-        if message.file_path:
-            old_path = message.file_path
-        # write message to the new destination
-        self.db_write([message])
-        # remove the old one (if any)
-        if old_path:
-            self.msg_remove([str(old_path)], loc='cache')
-        # (re)add it to the internal list
-        self.msg_add([message])
+        if write:
+            write_dir(self.cache_path,
+                      messages,
+                      self.file_suffix,
+                      self.get_next_fid)
+        else:
+            for m in messages:
+                m.file_path = make_file_path(self.cache_path, self.default_file_suffix, self.get_next_fid)
+        self.messages += messages
+        self.sort()
+
+    def write_messages(self, messages: Optional[list[Message]] = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Write either the given messages or the internal ones to their current file_path.
+        If messages are given, they all must have a valid file_path. When writing the
+        internal messages, the ones with a valid file_path are written, the others
+        are ignored.
+        """
+        if messages and any(m.file_path is None for m in messages):
+            raise ChatError("Can't write files without a valid file_path")
+        msgs = iter(messages if messages else self.messages)
+        while (m := next(msgs, None)):
+            m.to_file()

chatmastermind/commands/config.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from ..configuration import Config
-from ..ai import AI
-from ..ai_factory import create_ai
 
 
 def config_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
@@ -11,10 +9,3 @@ def config_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """
     if args.create:
         Config.create_default(Path(args.create))
-    elif args.list_models or args.print_model:
-        config: Config = Config.from_file(args.config)
-        ai: AI = create_ai(args, config)
-        if args.list_models:
-            ai.print_models()
-        else:
-            print(ai.config.model)

chatmastermind/commands/hist.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def hist_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
                             tags_not=args.exclude_tags,
                             question_contains=args.question,
                             answer_contains=args.answer)
-    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(config.cache),
+    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path('.'),
                            Path(config.db),
                            mfilter=mfilter)
     chat.print(args.source_code_only,

chatmastermind/commands/print.py

@@ -3,43 +3,25 @@ import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from ..configuration import Config
 from ..message import Message, MessageError
-from ..chat import ChatDB
-
-
-def print_message(message: Message, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
-    """
-    Print given message according to give arguments.
-    """
-    if args.question:
-        print(message.question)
-    elif args.answer:
-        print(message.answer)
-    elif message.answer and args.only_source_code:
-        for code in message.answer.source_code():
-            print(code)
-    else:
-        print(message.to_str())
 
 
 def print_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
     """
     Handler for the 'print' command.
     """
-    # print given file
-    if args.file is not None:
-        fname = Path(args.file)
-        try:
-            message = Message.from_file(fname)
-            if message:
-                print_message(message, args)
-        except MessageError:
-            print(f"File is not a valid message: {args.file}")
-            sys.exit(1)
-    # print latest message
-    elif args.latest:
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(config.cache), Path(config.db))
-        latest = chat.msg_latest(loc='disk')
-        if not latest:
-            print("No message found!")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        print_message(latest, args)
+    fname = Path(args.file)
+    try:
+        message = Message.from_file(fname)
+        if message:
+            if args.question:
+                print(message.question)
+            elif args.answer:
+                print(message.answer)
+            elif message.answer and args.only_source_code:
+                for code in message.answer.source_code():
+                    print(code)
+            else:
+                print(message.to_str())
+    except MessageError:
+        print(f"File is not a valid message: {args.file}")
+        sys.exit(1)

chatmastermind/commands/question.py

@@ -1,118 +1,61 @@
-import sys
 import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from itertools import zip_longest
 from ..configuration import Config
 from ..chat import ChatDB
-from ..message import Message, MessageFilter, MessageError, Question, source_code
+from ..message import Message, MessageFilter, Question, source_code
 from ..ai_factory import create_ai
 from ..ai import AI, AIResponse
 
 
-def add_file_as_text(question_parts: list[str], file: str) -> None:
-    """
-    Add the given file as plain text to the question part list.
-    If the file is a Message, add the answer.
-    """
-    file_path = Path(file)
-    content: str
-    try:
-        message = Message.from_file(file_path)
-        if message and message.answer:
-            content = message.answer
-    except MessageError:
-        with open(file) as r:
-            content = r.read().strip()
-    if len(content) > 0:
-        question_parts.append(content)
-
-
-def add_file_as_code(question_parts: list[str], file: str) -> None:
-    """
-    Add all source code from the given file. If no code segments can be extracted,
-    the whole content is added as source code segment. If the file is a Message,
-    extract the source code from the answer.
-    """
-    file_path = Path(file)
-    content: str
-    try:
-        message = Message.from_file(file_path)
-        if message and message.answer:
-            content = message.answer
-    except MessageError:
-        with open(file) as r:
-            content = r.read().strip()
-    # extract and add source code
-    code_parts = source_code(content, include_delims=True)
-    if len(code_parts) > 0:
-        question_parts += code_parts
-    else:
-        question_parts.append(f"```\n{content}\n```")
-
-
 def create_message(chat: ChatDB, args: argparse.Namespace) -> Message:
     """
-    Create a new message from the given arguments and write it
-    to the cache directory.
+    Creates (and writes) a new message from the given arguments.
     """
     question_parts = []
     question_list = args.ask if args.ask is not None else []
     text_files = args.source_text if args.source_text is not None else []
     code_files = args.source_code if args.source_code is not None else []
 
-    for question, text_file, code_file in zip_longest(question_list, text_files, code_files, fillvalue=None):
+    for question, source, code in zip_longest(question_list, text_files, code_files, fillvalue=None):
         if question is not None and len(question.strip()) > 0:
             question_parts.append(question)
-        if text_file is not None and len(text_file) > 0:
-            add_file_as_text(question_parts, text_file)
-        if code_file is not None and len(code_file) > 0:
-            add_file_as_code(question_parts, code_file)
+        if source is not None and len(source) > 0:
+            with open(source) as r:
+                content = r.read().strip()
+                if len(content) > 0:
+                    question_parts.append(content)
+        if code is not None and len(code) > 0:
+            with open(code) as r:
+                content = r.read().strip()
+                if len(content) == 0:
+                    continue
+                # try to extract and add source code
+                code_parts = source_code(content, include_delims=True)
+                if len(code_parts) > 0:
+                    question_parts += code_parts
+                # if there's none, add the whole file
+                else:
+                    question_parts.append(f"```\n{content}\n```")
 
     full_question = '\n\n'.join(question_parts)
 
     message = Message(question=Question(full_question),
-                      tags=args.output_tags,
+                      tags=args.output_tags,  # FIXME
                       ai=args.AI,
                       model=args.model)
-    # only write the new message to the cache,
-    # don't add it to the internal list
-    chat.cache_write([message])
+    chat.add_to_cache([message])
     return message
 
 
-def make_request(ai: AI, chat: ChatDB, message: Message, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
-    """
-    Make an AI request with the given AI, chat history, message and arguments.
-    Write the response(s) to the cache directory, without appending it to the
-    given chat history. Then print the response(s).
-    """
-    # print history and message question before making the request
-    ai.print()
-    chat.print(paged=False)
-    print(message.to_str())
-    response: AIResponse = ai.request(message,
-                                      chat,
-                                      args.num_answers,
-                                      args.output_tags)
-    # only write the response messages to the cache,
-    # don't add them to the internal list
-    chat.cache_write(response.messages)
-    for idx, msg in enumerate(response.messages):
-        print(f"=== ANSWER {idx+1} ===")
-        print(msg.answer)
-    if response.tokens:
-        print("===============")
-        print(response.tokens)
-
-
 def question_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
     """
     Handler for the 'question' command.
     """
-    mfilter = MessageFilter(tags_or=args.or_tags if args.or_tags is not None else set(),
-                            tags_and=args.and_tags if args.and_tags is not None else set(),
-                            tags_not=args.exclude_tags if args.exclude_tags is not None else set())
-    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path(config.cache),
+    mfilter = MessageFilter(tags_or=args.or_tags,
+                            tags_and=args.and_tags,
+                            tags_not=args.exclude_tags)
+    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path('.'),
                            db_path=Path(config.db),
                            mfilter=mfilter)
     # if it's a new question, create and store it immediately
@@ -123,29 +66,27 @@ def question_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
 
     # create the correct AI instance
     ai: AI = create_ai(args, config)
-
-    # === ASK ===
     if args.ask:
-        make_request(ai, chat, message, args)
-    # === REPEAT ===
+        ai.print()
+        chat.print(paged=False)
+        response: AIResponse = ai.request(message,
+                                          chat,
+                                          args.num_answers,  # FIXME
+                                          args.output_tags)  # FIXME
+        chat.add_to_cache(response.messages)
+        for idx, msg in enumerate(response.messages):
+            print(f"=== ANSWER {idx+1} ===")
+            print(msg.answer)
+        if response.tokens:
+            print("===============")
+            print(response.tokens)
     elif args.repeat is not None:
-        lmessage = chat.msg_latest(loc='cache')
-        if lmessage is None:
-            print("No message found to repeat!")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        else:
-            print(f"Repeating message '{lmessage.msg_id()}':")
-        # overwrite the latest message if requested or empty
-        if lmessage.answer is None or args.overwrite is True:
-            lmessage.clear_answer()
-            make_request(ai, chat, lmessage, args)
-        # otherwise create a new one
-        else:
-            args.ask = [lmessage.question]
-            message = create_message(chat, args)
-            make_request(ai, chat, message, args)
-
-    # === PROCESS ===
+        lmessage = chat.latest_message()
+        assert lmessage
+        # TODO: repeat either the last question or the
+        # one(s) given in 'args.repeat' (overwrite
+        # existing ones if 'args.overwrite' is True)
+        pass
     elif args.process is not None:
         # TODO: process either all questions without an
         # answer or the one(s) given in 'args.process'

chatmastermind/commands/tags.py

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ def tags_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
     """
     Handler for the 'tags' command.
     """
-    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path(config.cache),
+    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path('.'),
                            db_path=Path(config.db))
     if args.list:
-        tags_freq = chat.msg_tags_frequency(args.prefix, args.contain)
+        tags_freq = chat.tags_frequency(args.prefix, args.contain)
         for tag, freq in tags_freq.items():
             print(f"- {tag}: {freq}")
     # TODO: add renaming

chatmastermind/configuration.py

@@ -9,25 +9,14 @@ OpenAIConfigInst = TypeVar('OpenAIConfigInst', bound='OpenAIConfig')
 
 
 supported_ais: list[str] = ['openai']
-default_config_file = '.config.yaml'
+default_ai_ID: str = 'default'
+default_config_path = '.config.yaml'
 
 
 class ConfigError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-def str_presenter(dumper: yaml.Dumper, data: str) -> yaml.ScalarNode:
-    """
-    Changes the YAML dump style to multiline syntax for multiline strings.
-    """
-    if len(data.splitlines()) > 1:
-        return dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', data, style='|')
-    return dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', data)
-
-
-yaml.add_representer(str, str_presenter)
-
-
 @dataclass
 class AIConfig:
     """
@@ -39,7 +28,6 @@ class AIConfig:
     name: ClassVar[str]
     # a user-defined ID for an AI configuration entry
     ID: str
-    model: str = 'n/a'
 
     # the name must not be changed
     def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: Any) -> None:
@@ -58,15 +46,15 @@ class OpenAIConfig(AIConfig):
 
     # all members have default values, so we can easily create
     # a default configuration
-    ID: str = 'myopenai'
+    ID: str = 'default'
     api_key: str = '0123456789'
+    system: str = 'You are an assistant'
     model: str = 'gpt-3.5-turbo-16k'
     temperature: float = 1.0
     max_tokens: int = 4000
     top_p: float = 1.0
     frequency_penalty: float = 0.0
     presence_penalty: float = 0.0
-    system: str = 'You are an assistant'
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls: Type[OpenAIConfigInst], source: dict[str, Any]) -> OpenAIConfigInst:
@@ -74,14 +62,14 @@ class OpenAIConfig(AIConfig):
         Create OpenAIConfig from a dict.
         """
         res = cls(
+            system=str(source['system']),
             api_key=str(source['api_key']),
             model=str(source['model']),
             max_tokens=int(source['max_tokens']),
             temperature=float(source['temperature']),
             top_p=float(source['top_p']),
             frequency_penalty=float(source['frequency_penalty']),
-            presence_penalty=float(source['presence_penalty']),
-            system=str(source['system'])
+            presence_penalty=float(source['presence_penalty'])
         )
         # overwrite default ID if provided
         if 'ID' in source:
@@ -116,7 +104,6 @@ class Config:
     """
     # all members have default values, so we can easily create
     # a default configuration
-    cache: str = '.'
     db: str = './db/'
     ais: dict[str, AIConfig] = field(default_factory=create_default_ai_configs)
 
@@ -133,7 +120,6 @@ class Config:
             ai_conf = ai_config_instance(conf['name'], conf)
             ais[ID] = ai_conf
         return cls(
-            cache=str(source['cache']) if 'cache' in source else '.',
             db=str(source['db']),
             ais=ais
         )
@@ -162,8 +148,6 @@ class Config:
 
     def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         res = asdict(self)
-        # add the AI name manually (as first element)
-        # (not done by 'asdict' because it's a class variable)
         for ID, conf in res['ais'].items():
-            res['ais'][ID] = {**{'name': self.ais[ID].name}, **conf}
+            conf.update({'name': self.ais[ID].name})
         return res

chatmastermind/main.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import argcomplete
 import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
-from .configuration import Config, default_config_file
+from .configuration import Config, default_config_path
 from .message import Message
 from .commands.question import question_cmd
 from .commands.tags import tags_cmd
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def tags_completer(prefix: str, parsed_args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> list[str]:
 def create_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="ChatMastermind is a Python application that automates conversation with AI")
-    parser.add_argument('-C', '--config', help='Config file name.', default=default_config_file)
+    parser.add_argument('-C', '--config', help='Config file name.', default=default_config_path)
 
     # subcommand-parser
     cmdparser = parser.add_subparsers(dest='command',
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ def create_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
                                        help='List of tags to exclude', metavar='XTAGS')
     etag_arg.completer = tags_completer  # type: ignore
     otag_arg = tag_parser.add_argument('-o', '--output-tags', nargs='+',
-                                       help='List of output tags (default: use input tags)', metavar='OUTAGS')
+                                       help='List of output tags (default: use input tags)', metavar='OUTTAGS')
     otag_arg.completer = tags_completer  # type: ignore
 
     # a parent parser for all commands that support AI configuration
     ai_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
-    ai_parser.add_argument('-A', '--AI', help='AI ID to use', metavar='AI_ID')
-    ai_parser.add_argument('-M', '--model', help='Model to use', metavar='MODEL')
+    ai_parser.add_argument('-A', '--AI', help='AI ID to use')
+    ai_parser.add_argument('-M', '--model', help='Model to use')
     ai_parser.add_argument('-n', '--num-answers', help='Number of answers to request', type=int, default=1)
     ai_parser.add_argument('-m', '--max-tokens', help='Max. nr. of tokens', type=int)
     ai_parser.add_argument('-T', '--temperature', help='Temperature value', type=float)
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ def create_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
                                                aliases=['q'])
     question_cmd_parser.set_defaults(func=question_cmd)
     question_group = question_cmd_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
-    question_group.add_argument('-a', '--ask', nargs='+', help='Ask a question', metavar='QUESTION')
-    question_group.add_argument('-c', '--create', nargs='+', help='Create a question', metavar='QUESTION')
-    question_group.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', nargs='*', help='Repeat a question', metavar='MESSAGE')
-    question_group.add_argument('-p', '--process', nargs='*', help='Process existing questions', metavar='MESSAGE')
+    question_group.add_argument('-a', '--ask', nargs='+', help='Ask a question')
+    question_group.add_argument('-c', '--create', nargs='+', help='Create a question')
+    question_group.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', nargs='*', help='Repeat a question')
+    question_group.add_argument('-p', '--process', nargs='*', help='Process existing questions')
     question_cmd_parser.add_argument('-O', '--overwrite', help='Overwrite existing messages when repeating them',
                                      action='store_true')
-    question_cmd_parser.add_argument('-s', '--source-text', nargs='+', help='Add content of a file to the query', metavar='FILE')
-    question_cmd_parser.add_argument('-S', '--source-code', nargs='+', help='Add source code file content to the chat history',
-                                     metavar='FILE')
+    question_cmd_parser.add_argument('-s', '--source-text', nargs='+', help='Add content of a file to the query')
+    question_cmd_parser.add_argument('-S', '--source-code', nargs='+', help='Add source code file content to the chat history')
 
     # 'hist' command parser
     hist_cmd_parser = cmdparser.add_parser('hist', parents=[tag_parser],
@@ -80,10 +79,10 @@ def create_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
                                  action='store_true')
     hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-W', '--with-files', help="Print chat history with filenames.",
                                  action='store_true')
-    hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-S', '--source-code-only', help='Only print embedded source code',
+    hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-S', '--source-code-only', help='Print only source code',
                                  action='store_true')
-    hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-A', '--answer', help='Search for answer substring', metavar='SUBSTRING')
-    hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-Q', '--question', help='Search for question substring', metavar='SUBSTRING')
+    hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-A', '--answer', help='Search for answer substring')
+    hist_cmd_parser.add_argument('-Q', '--question', help='Search for question substring')
 
     # 'tags' command parser
     tags_cmd_parser = cmdparser.add_parser('tags',
@@ -93,34 +92,31 @@ def create_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     tags_group = tags_cmd_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
     tags_group.add_argument('-l', '--list', help="List all tags and their frequency",
                             action='store_true')
-    tags_cmd_parser.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', help="Filter tags by prefix", metavar='PREFIX')
-    tags_cmd_parser.add_argument('-c', '--contain', help="Filter tags by contained substring", metavar='SUBSTRING')
+    tags_cmd_parser.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', help="Filter tags by prefix")
+    tags_cmd_parser.add_argument('-c', '--contain', help="Filter tags by contained substring")
 
     # 'config' command parser
     config_cmd_parser = cmdparser.add_parser('config',
                                              help="Manage configuration",
                                              aliases=['c'])
     config_cmd_parser.set_defaults(func=config_cmd)
-    config_cmd_parser.add_argument('-A', '--AI', help='AI ID to use')
     config_group = config_cmd_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
     config_group.add_argument('-l', '--list-models', help="List all available models",
                               action='store_true')
     config_group.add_argument('-m', '--print-model', help="Print the currently configured model",
                               action='store_true')
-    config_group.add_argument('-c', '--create', help="Create config with default settings in the given file", metavar='FILE')
+    config_group.add_argument('-c', '--create', help="Create config with default settings in the given file")
 
     # 'print' command parser
     print_cmd_parser = cmdparser.add_parser('print',
                                             help="Print message files.",
                                             aliases=['p'])
     print_cmd_parser.set_defaults(func=print_cmd)
-    print_group = print_cmd_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
-    print_group.add_argument('-f', '--file', help='Print given message file', metavar='FILE')
-    print_group.add_argument('-l', '--latest', help='Print latest message', action='store_true')
+    print_cmd_parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', help='File to print', required=True)
     print_cmd_modes = print_cmd_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
-    print_cmd_modes.add_argument('-q', '--question', help='Only print the question', action='store_true')
-    print_cmd_modes.add_argument('-a', '--answer', help='Only print the answer', action='store_true')
-    print_cmd_modes.add_argument('-S', '--only-source-code', help='Only print embedded source code', action='store_true')
+    print_cmd_modes.add_argument('-q', '--question', help='Print only question', action='store_true')
+    print_cmd_modes.add_argument('-a', '--answer', help='Print only answer', action='store_true')
+    print_cmd_modes.add_argument('-S', '--only-source-code', help='Print only source code', action='store_true')
 
     argcomplete.autocomplete(parser)
     return parser

chatmastermind/message.py

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ Module implementing message related functions and classes.
 """
 import pathlib
 import yaml
-import tempfile
-import shutil
 from typing import Type, TypeVar, ClassVar, Optional, Any, Union, Final, Literal, Iterable
 from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict, field
 from .tags import Tag, TagLine, TagError, match_tags, rename_tags
@@ -222,36 +220,12 @@ class Message():
     ai_yaml_key: ClassVar[str] = 'ai'
     model_yaml_key: ClassVar[str] = 'model'
 
-    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        # convert some types that are often set wrong
-        if self.tags is not None and not isinstance(self.tags, set):
-            self.tags = set(self.tags)
-        if self.file_path is not None and not isinstance(self.file_path, pathlib.Path):
-            self.file_path = pathlib.Path(self.file_path)
-
     def __hash__(self) -> int:
         """
         The hash value is computed based on immutable members.
         """
         return hash((self.question, self.answer))
 
-    def equals(self, other: MessageInst, tags: bool = True, ai: bool = True,
-               model: bool = True, file_path: bool = True, verbose: bool = False) -> bool:
-        """
-        Compare this message with another one, including the metadata.
-        Return True if everything is identical, False otherwise.
-        """
-        equal: bool = ((not tags or (self.tags == other.tags))
-                       and (not ai or (self.ai == other.ai))  # noqa: W503
-                       and (not model or (self.model == other.model))  # noqa: W503
-                       and (not file_path or (self.file_path == other.file_path))  # noqa: W503
-                       and (self == other))  # noqa: W503
-        if not equal and verbose:
-            print("Messages not equal:")
-            print(self)
-            print(other)
-        return equal
-
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls: Type[MessageInst], data: dict[str, Any]) -> MessageInst:
         """
@@ -338,7 +312,7 @@ class Message():
                                           mfilter.tags_not if mfilter else None)
         else:
             message = cls.__from_file_yaml(file_path)
-        if message and (mfilter is None or message.match(mfilter)):
+        if message and (not mfilter or (mfilter and message.match(mfilter))):
             return message
         else:
             return None
@@ -394,7 +368,7 @@ class Message():
             try:
                 question_idx = text.index(Question.txt_header) + 1
             except ValueError:
-                raise MessageError(f"'{file_path}' does not contain a valid message")
+                raise MessageError(f"Question header '{Question.txt_header}' not found in '{file_path}'")
             try:
                 answer_idx = text.index(Answer.txt_header)
                 question = Question.from_list(text[question_idx:answer_idx])
@@ -414,12 +388,9 @@ class Message():
             * Message.model_yaml_key: str [Optional]
         """
         with open(file_path, "r") as fd:
-            try:
-                data = yaml.load(fd, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-                data[cls.file_yaml_key] = file_path
-                return cls.from_dict(data)
-            except Exception:
-                raise MessageError(f"'{file_path}' does not contain a valid message")
+            data = yaml.load(fd, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+            data[cls.file_yaml_key] = file_path
+            return cls.from_dict(data)
 
     def to_str(self, with_tags: bool = False, with_file: bool = False, source_code_only: bool = False) -> str:
         """
@@ -442,6 +413,9 @@ class Message():
             output.append(self.answer)
         return '\n'.join(output)
 
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.to_str(True, True, False)
+
     def to_file(self, file_path: Optional[pathlib.Path]=None) -> None:  # noqa: 11
         """
         Write a Message to the given file. Type is determined based on the suffix.
@@ -471,18 +445,16 @@ class Message():
             * Answer.txt_header
             * Answer
         """
-        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=file_path.parent, prefix=file_path.name, mode="w", delete=False) as temp_fd:
-            temp_file_path = pathlib.Path(temp_fd.name)
+        with open(file_path, "w") as fd:
             if self.tags:
-                temp_fd.write(f'{TagLine.from_set(self.tags)}\n')
+                fd.write(f'{TagLine.from_set(self.tags)}\n')
             if self.ai:
-                temp_fd.write(f'{AILine.from_ai(self.ai)}\n')
+                fd.write(f'{AILine.from_ai(self.ai)}\n')
             if self.model:
-                temp_fd.write(f'{ModelLine.from_model(self.model)}\n')
-            temp_fd.write(f'{Question.txt_header}\n{self.question}\n')
+                fd.write(f'{ModelLine.from_model(self.model)}\n')
+            fd.write(f'{Question.txt_header}\n{self.question}\n')
             if self.answer:
-                temp_fd.write(f'{Answer.txt_header}\n{self.answer}\n')
-        shutil.move(temp_file_path, file_path)
+                fd.write(f'{Answer.txt_header}\n{self.answer}\n')
 
     def __to_file_yaml(self, file_path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
         """
@@ -494,8 +466,7 @@ class Message():
             * Message.ai_yaml_key: str [Optional]
             * Message.model_yaml_key: str [Optional]
         """
-        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=file_path.parent, prefix=file_path.name, mode="w", delete=False) as temp_fd:
-            temp_file_path = pathlib.Path(temp_fd.name)
+        with open(file_path, "w") as fd:
             data: YamlDict = {Question.yaml_key: str(self.question)}
             if self.answer:
                 data[Answer.yaml_key] = str(self.answer)
@@ -505,8 +476,7 @@ class Message():
                 data[self.model_yaml_key] = self.model
             if self.tags:
                 data[self.tags_yaml_key] = sorted([str(tag) for tag in self.tags])
-            yaml.dump(data, temp_fd, sort_keys=False)
-        shutil.move(temp_file_path, file_path)
+            yaml.dump(data, fd, sort_keys=False)
 
     def filter_tags(self, prefix: Optional[str] = None, contain: Optional[str] = None) -> set[Tag]:
         """
@@ -538,7 +508,7 @@ class Message():
         Return True if all attributes match, else False.
         """
         mytags = self.tags or set()
-        if (((mfilter.tags_or is not None or mfilter.tags_and is not None or mfilter.tags_not is not None)
+        if (((mfilter.tags_or or mfilter.tags_and or mfilter.tags_not)
             and not match_tags(mytags, mfilter.tags_or, mfilter.tags_and, mfilter.tags_not))  # noqa: W503
            or (mfilter.ai and (not self.ai or mfilter.ai != self.ai))  # noqa: W503
            or (mfilter.model and (not self.model or mfilter.model != self.model))  # noqa: W503
@@ -561,17 +531,13 @@ class Message():
         if self.tags:
             self.tags = rename_tags(self.tags, tags_rename)
 
-    def clear_answer(self) -> None:
-        self.answer = None
-
     def msg_id(self) -> str:
         """
         Returns an ID that is unique throughout all messages in the same (DB) directory.
-        Currently this is the file name without suffix. The ID is also used for sorting
-        messages.
+        Currently this is the file name. The ID is also used for sorting messages.
         """
         if self.file_path:
-            return self.file_path.stem
+            return self.file_path.name
         else:
             raise MessageError("Can't create file ID without a file path")
 

hooks/gitea_cmm_hook.php

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-$secret_key = '123';
-
-// check for POST request
-if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
-    error_log('FAILED - not POST - '. $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
-    exit();
-}
-
-// get content type
-$content_type = isset($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE']) ? strtolower(trim($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'])) : '';
-
-if ($content_type != 'application/json') {
-    error_log('FAILED - not application/json - '. $content_type);
-    exit();
-}
-
-// get payload
-$payload = trim(file_get_contents("php://input"));
-
-if (empty($payload)) {
-    error_log('FAILED - no payload');
-    exit();
-}
-
-// get header signature
-$header_signature = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_GITEA_SIGNATURE']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_X_GITEA_SIGNATURE'] : '';
-
-if (empty($header_signature)) {
-    error_log('FAILED - header signature missing');
-    exit();
-}
-
-// calculate payload signature
-$payload_signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $payload, $secret_key, false);
-
-// check payload signature against header signature
-if ($header_signature !== $payload_signature) {
-    error_log('FAILED - payload signature');
-    exit();
-}
-
-// convert json to array
-$decoded = json_decode($payload, true);
-
-// check for json decode errors
-if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
-    error_log('FAILED - json decode - '. json_last_error());
-    exit();
-}
-
-// success, do something
-$output = shell_exec('/home/kaizen/repos/ChatMastermind/hooks/push_hook.sh');
-echo "$output";
-?>

hooks/push_hook.sh

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
-
-. /home/kaizen/.bashrc
-set -e
-cd /home/kaizen/repos/ChatMastermind
-git pull
-pre-commit run -a
-pytest

tests/test_ai_factory.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from chatmastermind.ais.openai import OpenAI
 class TestCreateAI(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.args = MagicMock(spec=argparse.Namespace)
-        self.args.AI = 'myopenai'
+        self.args.AI = 'default'
         self.args.model = None
         self.args.max_tokens = None
         self.args.temperature = None
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TestCreateAI(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_create_ai_from_args(self) -> None:
         # Create an AI with the default configuration
         config = Config()
-        self.args.AI = 'myopenai'
+        self.args.AI = 'default'
         ai = create_ai(self.args, config)
         self.assertIsInstance(ai, OpenAI)
 

tests/test_ais_openai.py

@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-import unittest
-from unittest import mock
-from chatmastermind.ais.openai import OpenAI
-from chatmastermind.message import Message, Question, Answer
-from chatmastermind.chat import Chat
-from chatmastermind.ai import AIResponse, Tokens
-from chatmastermind.configuration import OpenAIConfig
-
-
-class OpenAITest(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    @mock.patch('openai.ChatCompletion.create')
-    def test_request(self, mock_create: mock.MagicMock) -> None:
-        # Create a test instance of OpenAI
-        config = OpenAIConfig()
-        openai = OpenAI(config)
-
-        # Set up the mock response from openai.ChatCompletion.create
-        mock_response = {
-            'choices': [
-                {
-                    'message': {
-                        'content': 'Answer 1'
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    'message': {
-                        'content': 'Answer 2'
-                    }
-                }
-            ],
-            'usage': {
-                'prompt_tokens': 10,
-                'completion_tokens': 20,
-                'total_tokens': 30
-            }
-        }
-        mock_create.return_value = mock_response
-
-        # Create test data
-        question = Message(Question('Question'))
-        chat = Chat([
-            Message(Question('Question 1'), answer=Answer('Answer 1')),
-            Message(Question('Question 2'), answer=Answer('Answer 2')),
-            # add message without an answer -> expect to be skipped
-            Message(Question('Question 3'))
-        ])
-
-        # Make the request
-        response = openai.request(question, chat, num_answers=2)
-
-        # Assert the AIResponse
-        self.assertIsInstance(response, AIResponse)
-        self.assertEqual(len(response.messages), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(response.messages[0].answer, 'Answer 1')
-        self.assertEqual(response.messages[1].answer, 'Answer 2')
-        self.assertIsNotNone(response.tokens)
-        self.assertIsInstance(response.tokens, Tokens)
-        assert response.tokens
-        self.assertEqual(response.tokens.prompt, 10)
-        self.assertEqual(response.tokens.completion, 20)
-        self.assertEqual(response.tokens.total, 30)
-
-        # Assert the mock call to openai.ChatCompletion.create
-        mock_create.assert_called_once_with(
-            model=f'{config.model}',
-            messages=[
-                {'role': 'system', 'content': f'{config.system}'},
-                {'role': 'user', 'content': 'Question 1'},
-                {'role': 'assistant', 'content': 'Answer 1'},
-                {'role': 'user', 'content': 'Question 2'},
-                {'role': 'assistant', 'content': 'Answer 2'},
-                {'role': 'user', 'content': 'Question'}
-            ],
-            temperature=config.temperature,
-            max_tokens=config.max_tokens,
-            top_p=config.top_p,
-            n=2,
-            frequency_penalty=config.frequency_penalty,
-            presence_penalty=config.presence_penalty
-        )

tests/test_chat.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import unittest
 import pathlib
 import tempfile
 import time
-import yaml
 from io import StringIO
 from unittest.mock import patch
 from chatmastermind.tags import TagLine
@@ -10,18 +9,7 @@ from chatmastermind.message import Message, Question, Answer, Tag, MessageFilter
 from chatmastermind.chat import Chat, ChatDB, ChatError
 
 
-class TestChatBase(unittest.TestCase):
-    def assert_messages_equal(self, msg1: list[Message], msg2: list[Message]) -> None:
-        """
-        Compare messages using more than just Question and Answer.
-        """
-        self.assertEqual(len(msg1), len(msg2))
-        for m1, m2 in zip(msg1, msg2):
-            # exclude the file_path, compare only Q, A and metadata
-            self.assertTrue(m1.equals(m2, file_path=False, verbose=True))
-
-
-class TestChat(TestChatBase):
+class TestChat(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.chat = Chat([])
         self.message1 = Message(Question('Question 1'),
@@ -32,103 +20,73 @@ class TestChat(TestChatBase):
                                 Answer('Answer 2'),
                                 {Tag('btag2')},
                                 file_path=pathlib.Path('0002.txt'))
-        self.maxDiff = None
-
-    def test_unique_id(self) -> None:
-        # test with two identical messages
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message1])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(self.chat.messages, [self.message1, self.message1])
-        self.chat.msg_unique_id()
-        self.assert_messages_equal(self.chat.messages, [self.message1])
-        # test with two different messages
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message2])
-        self.chat.msg_unique_id()
-        self.assert_messages_equal(self.chat.messages, [self.message1, self.message2])
-
-    def test_unique_content(self) -> None:
-        # test with two identical messages
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message1])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(self.chat.messages, [self.message1, self.message1])
-        self.chat.msg_unique_content()
-        self.assert_messages_equal(self.chat.messages, [self.message1])
-        # test with two different messages
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message2])
-        self.chat.msg_unique_content()
-        self.assert_messages_equal(self.chat.messages, [self.message1, self.message2])
 
     def test_filter(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
-        self.chat.msg_filter(MessageFilter(answer_contains='Answer 1'))
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
+        self.chat.filter(MessageFilter(answer_contains='Answer 1'))
 
         self.assertEqual(len(self.chat.messages), 1)
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[0].question, 'Question 1')
 
     def test_sort(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message2, self.message1])
-        self.chat.msg_sort()
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message2, self.message1])
+        self.chat.sort()
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[0].question, 'Question 1')
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[1].question, 'Question 2')
-        self.chat.msg_sort(reverse=True)
+        self.chat.sort(reverse=True)
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[0].question, 'Question 2')
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[1].question, 'Question 1')
 
     def test_clear(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1])
-        self.chat.msg_clear()
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1])
+        self.chat.clear()
         self.assertEqual(len(self.chat.messages), 0)
 
     def test_add_messages(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
         self.assertEqual(len(self.chat.messages), 2)
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[0].question, 'Question 1')
         self.assertEqual(self.chat.messages[1].question, 'Question 2')
 
     def test_tags(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
-        tags_all = self.chat.msg_tags()
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
+        tags_all = self.chat.tags()
         self.assertSetEqual(tags_all, {Tag('atag1'), Tag('btag2')})
-        tags_pref = self.chat.msg_tags(prefix='a')
+        tags_pref = self.chat.tags(prefix='a')
         self.assertSetEqual(tags_pref, {Tag('atag1')})
-        tags_cont = self.chat.msg_tags(contain='2')
+        tags_cont = self.chat.tags(contain='2')
         self.assertSetEqual(tags_cont, {Tag('btag2')})
 
     def test_tags_frequency(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
-        tags_freq = self.chat.msg_tags_frequency()
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
+        tags_freq = self.chat.tags_frequency()
         self.assertDictEqual(tags_freq, {'atag1': 1, 'btag2': 2})
 
     def test_find_remove_messages(self) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
-        msgs = self.chat.msg_find(['0001.txt'])
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
+        msgs = self.chat.find_messages(['0001.txt'])
         self.assertListEqual(msgs, [self.message1])
-        msgs = self.chat.msg_find(['0001.txt', '0002.txt'])
+        msgs = self.chat.find_messages(['0001.txt', '0002.txt'])
         self.assertListEqual(msgs, [self.message1, self.message2])
         # add new Message with full path
         message3 = Message(Question('Question 2'),
                            Answer('Answer 2'),
                            {Tag('btag2')},
                            file_path=pathlib.Path('/foo/bla/0003.txt'))
-        self.chat.msg_add([message3])
+        self.chat.add_messages([message3])
         # find new Message by full path
-        msgs = self.chat.msg_find(['/foo/bla/0003.txt'])
+        msgs = self.chat.find_messages(['/foo/bla/0003.txt'])
         self.assertListEqual(msgs, [message3])
         # find Message with full path only by filename
-        msgs = self.chat.msg_find(['0003.txt'])
+        msgs = self.chat.find_messages(['0003.txt'])
         self.assertListEqual(msgs, [message3])
         # remove last message
-        self.chat.msg_remove(['0003.txt'])
+        self.chat.remove_messages(['0003.txt'])
         self.assertListEqual(self.chat.messages, [self.message1, self.message2])
 
-    def test_latest_message(self) -> None:
-        self.assertIsNone(self.chat.msg_latest())
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1])
-        self.assertEqual(self.chat.msg_latest(), self.message1)
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message2])
-        self.assertEqual(self.chat.msg_latest(), self.message2)
-
     @patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=StringIO)
     def test_print(self, mock_stdout: StringIO) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
         self.chat.print(paged=False)
         expected_output = f"""{Question.txt_header}
 Question 1
@@ -143,7 +101,7 @@ Answer 2
 
     @patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=StringIO)
     def test_print_with_tags_and_file(self, mock_stdout: StringIO) -> None:
-        self.chat.msg_add([self.message1, self.message2])
+        self.chat.add_messages([self.message1, self.message2])
         self.chat.print(paged=False, with_tags=True, with_files=True)
         expected_output = f"""{TagLine.prefix} atag1 btag2
 FILE: 0001.txt
@@ -161,7 +119,7 @@ Answer 2
         self.assertEqual(mock_stdout.getvalue(), expected_output)
 
 
-class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
+class TestChatDB(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.db_path = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
         self.cache_path = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
@@ -191,41 +149,20 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         next_fname = pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name) / '.next'
         with open(next_fname, 'w') as f:
             f.write('4')
-        # add some "trash" in order to test if it's correctly handled / ignored
-        self.trash_files = ['.config.yaml', 'foo.yaml', 'bla.txt']
-        for file in self.trash_files:
-            with open(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name) / file, 'w') as f:
-                f.write('test trash')
-        # also create a file with actual yaml content
-        with open(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name) / 'content.yaml', 'w') as f:
-            yaml.dump({'key': 'value'}, f)
-        self.trash_files.append('content.yaml')
-        self.maxDiff = None
 
     def message_list(self, tmp_dir: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory) -> list[pathlib.Path]:
         """
         List all Message files in the given TemporaryDirectory.
         """
         # exclude '.next'
-        return [f for f in pathlib.Path(tmp_dir.name).glob('*.[ty]*') if f.name not in self.trash_files]
+        return list(pathlib.Path(tmp_dir.name).glob('*.[ty]*'))
 
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
         self.db_path.cleanup()
         self.cache_path.cleanup()
         pass
 
-    def test_validate(self) -> None:
-        duplicate_message = Message(Question('Question 4'),
-                                    Answer('Answer 4'),
-                                    {Tag('tag4')},
-                                    file_path=pathlib.Path('0004.txt'))
-        duplicate_message.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0004.txt'))
-        with self.assertRaises(ChatError) as cm:
-            ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                            pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), "Validation failed")
-
-    def test_from_dir(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_from_dir(self) -> None:
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
         self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 4)
@@ -241,7 +178,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[3].file_path,
                          pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0004.yaml'))
 
-    def test_from_dir_glob(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_from_dir_glob(self) -> None:
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name),
                                   glob='*.txt')
@@ -253,25 +190,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[1].file_path,
                          pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0003.txt'))
 
-    def test_from_dir_filter_tags(self) -> None:
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name),
-                                  mfilter=MessageFilter(tags_or={Tag('tag1')}))
-        self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.cache_path, pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name))
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.db_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[0].file_path,
-                         pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0001.txt'))
-
-    def test_from_dir_filter_tags_empty(self) -> None:
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name),
-                                  mfilter=MessageFilter(tags_or=set(),
-                                                        tags_and=set(),
-                                                        tags_not=set()))
-        self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 0)
-
-    def test_from_dir_filter_answer(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_filter(self) -> None:
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name),
                                   mfilter=MessageFilter(answer_contains='Answer 2'))
@@ -282,7 +201,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
                          pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0002.yaml'))
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[0].answer, 'Answer 2')
 
-    def test_from_messages(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_from_messges(self) -> None:
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_messages(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                        pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name),
                                        messages=[self.message1, self.message2,
@@ -291,35 +210,16 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.cache_path, pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name))
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.db_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
 
-    def test_fids(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_fids(self) -> None:
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.get_next_fid(), 5)
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.get_next_fid(), 6)
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.get_next_fid(), 7)
-        with open(chat_db.next_path, 'r') as f:
+        with open(chat_db.next_fname, 'r') as f:
             self.assertEqual(f.read(), '7')
 
-    def test_msg_in_db_or_cache(self) -> None:
-        # create a new ChatDB instance
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        self.assertTrue(chat_db.msg_in_db(self.message1))
-        self.assertTrue(chat_db.msg_in_db(str(self.message1.file_path)))
-        self.assertTrue(chat_db.msg_in_db(self.message1.msg_id()))
-        self.assertFalse(chat_db.msg_in_cache(self.message1))
-        self.assertFalse(chat_db.msg_in_cache(str(self.message1.file_path)))
-        self.assertFalse(chat_db.msg_in_cache(self.message1.msg_id()))
-        # add new message to the cache dir
-        cache_message = Message(question=Question("Question 1"),
-                                answer=Answer("Answer 1"))
-        chat_db.cache_add([cache_message])
-        self.assertTrue(chat_db.msg_in_cache(cache_message))
-        self.assertTrue(chat_db.msg_in_cache(cache_message.msg_id()))
-        self.assertFalse(chat_db.msg_in_db(cache_message))
-        self.assertFalse(chat_db.msg_in_db(str(cache_message.file_path)))
-
-    def test_db_write(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_write(self) -> None:
         # create a new ChatDB instance
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
@@ -330,7 +230,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[3].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0004.yaml'))
 
         # write the messages to the cache directory
-        chat_db.cache_write()
+        chat_db.write_cache()
         # check if the written files are in the cache directory
         cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 4)
@@ -350,7 +250,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         old_timestamps = {file: file.stat().st_mtime for file in db_dir_files}
         # overwrite the messages in the db directory
         time.sleep(0.05)
-        chat_db.db_write()
+        chat_db.write_db()
         # check if the written files are in the DB directory
         db_dir_files = self.message_list(self.db_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(db_dir_files), 4)
@@ -367,7 +267,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[2].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0003.txt'))
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[3].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0004.yaml'))
 
-    def test_db_read(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_read(self) -> None:
         # create a new ChatDB instance
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
@@ -383,7 +283,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         new_message1.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0005.txt'))
         new_message2.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0006.yaml'))
         # read and check them
-        chat_db.db_read()
+        chat_db.read_db()
         self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 6)
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[4].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0005.txt'))
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[5].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0006.yaml'))
@@ -398,7 +298,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         new_message3.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name, '0007.txt'))
         new_message4.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name, '0008.yaml'))
         # read and check them
-        chat_db.cache_read()
+        chat_db.read_cache()
         self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 8)
         # check that the new message have the cache dir path
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[6].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name, '0007.txt'))
@@ -413,7 +313,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         new_message1.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0005.txt'))
         new_message2.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0006.yaml'))
         # read from the DB dir and check if the modified messages have been updated
-        chat_db.db_read()
+        chat_db.read_db()
         self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 8)
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[4].question, 'New Question 1')
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[5].question, 'New Question 2')
@@ -424,13 +324,13 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         new_message3.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0007.txt'))
         new_message4.to_file(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0008.yaml'))
         # read and check them
-        chat_db.db_read()
+        chat_db.read_db()
         self.assertEqual(len(chat_db.messages), 8)
         # check that they now have the DB path
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[6].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0007.txt'))
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[7].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0008.yaml'))
 
-    def test_cache_clear(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_clear(self) -> None:
         # create a new ChatDB instance
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
@@ -441,13 +341,13 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[3].file_path, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0004.yaml'))
 
         # write the messages to the cache directory
-        chat_db.cache_write()
+        chat_db.write_cache()
         # check if the written files are in the cache directory
         cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 4)
 
         # now rewrite them to the DB dir and check for modified paths
-        chat_db.db_write()
+        chat_db.write_db()
         db_dir_files = self.message_list(self.db_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(db_dir_files), 4)
         self.assertIn(pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name, '0001.txt'), db_dir_files)
@@ -462,10 +362,10 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         message_cache = Message(question=Question("What the hell am I doing here?"),
                                 answer=Answer("You're a creep!"),
                                 file_path=pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name, '0005.txt'))
-        chat_db.msg_add([message_empty, message_cache])
+        chat_db.add_messages([message_empty, message_cache])
 
         # clear the cache and check the cache dir
-        chat_db.cache_clear()
+        chat_db.clear_cache()
         cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 0)
         # make sure that the DB messages (and the new message) are still there
@@ -475,7 +375,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         # but not the message with the cache dir path
         self.assertFalse(any(m.file_path == message_cache.file_path for m in chat_db.messages))
 
-    def test_add(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_add(self) -> None:
         # create a new ChatDB instance
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
@@ -486,7 +386,7 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         # add new messages to the cache dir
         message1 = Message(question=Question("Question 1"),
                            answer=Answer("Answer 1"))
-        chat_db.cache_add([message1])
+        chat_db.add_to_cache([message1])
         # check if the file_path has been correctly set
         self.assertIsNotNone(message1.file_path)
         self.assertEqual(message1.file_path.parent, pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name))  # type: ignore [union-attr]
@@ -496,17 +396,14 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         # add new messages to the DB dir
         message2 = Message(question=Question("Question 2"),
                            answer=Answer("Answer 2"))
-        chat_db.db_add([message2])
+        chat_db.add_to_db([message2])
         # check if the file_path has been correctly set
         self.assertIsNotNone(message2.file_path)
         self.assertEqual(message2.file_path.parent, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))  # type: ignore [union-attr]
         db_dir_files = self.message_list(self.db_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(db_dir_files), 5)
 
-        with self.assertRaises(ChatError):
-            chat_db.cache_add([Message(Question("?"), file_path=pathlib.Path("foo"))])
-
-    def test_msg_write(self) -> None:
+    def test_chat_db_write_messages(self) -> None:
         # create a new ChatDB instance
         chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
                                   pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
@@ -520,133 +417,11 @@ class TestChatDB(TestChatBase):
         message = Message(question=Question("Question 1"),
                           answer=Answer("Answer 1"))
         with self.assertRaises(ChatError):
-            chat_db.msg_write([message])
+            chat_db.write_messages([message])
 
         # write a message with a valid file_path
         message.file_path = pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name) / '123456.txt'
-        chat_db.msg_write([message])
+        chat_db.write_messages([message])
         cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 1)
         self.assertIn(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name, '123456.txt'), cache_dir_files)
-
-    def test_msg_update(self) -> None:
-        # create a new ChatDB instance
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-
-        db_dir_files = self.message_list(self.db_path)
-        self.assertEqual(len(db_dir_files), 4)
-        cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
-        self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 0)
-
-        message = chat_db.messages[0]
-        message.answer = Answer("New answer")
-        # update message without writing
-        chat_db.msg_update([message], write=False)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[0].answer, Answer("New answer"))
-        # re-read the message and check for old content
-        chat_db.db_read()
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[0].answer, Answer("Answer 1"))
-        # now check with writing (message should be overwritten)
-        chat_db.msg_update([message], write=True)
-        chat_db.db_read()
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.messages[0].answer, Answer("New answer"))
-        # test without file_path -> expect error
-        message1 = Message(question=Question("Question 1"),
-                           answer=Answer("Answer 1"))
-        with self.assertRaises(ChatError):
-            chat_db.msg_update([message1])
-
-    def test_msg_find(self) -> None:
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        # search for a DB file in memory
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find([str(self.message1.file_path)], loc='mem'), [self.message1])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find([self.message1.msg_id()], loc='mem'), [self.message1])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find(['0001.txt'], loc='mem'), [self.message1])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find(['0001'], loc='mem'), [self.message1])
-        # and on disk
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find([str(self.message2.file_path)], loc='db'), [self.message2])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find([self.message2.msg_id()], loc='db'), [self.message2])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find(['0002.yaml'], loc='db'), [self.message2])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find(['0002'], loc='db'), [self.message2])
-        # now search the cache -> expect empty result
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find([str(self.message3.file_path)], loc='cache'), [])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find([self.message3.msg_id()], loc='cache'), [])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find(['0003.txt'], loc='cache'), [])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_find(['0003'], loc='cache'), [])
-        # search for multiple messages
-        # -> search one twice, expect result to be unique
-        search_names = ['0001', '0002.yaml', self.message3.msg_id(), str(self.message3.file_path)]
-        expected_result = [self.message1, self.message2, self.message3]
-        result = chat_db.msg_find(search_names, loc='all')
-        self.assert_messages_equal(result, expected_result)
-
-    def test_msg_latest(self) -> None:
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='mem'), self.message4)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='db'), self.message4)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='disk'), self.message4)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='all'), self.message4)
-        # the cache is currently empty:
-        self.assertIsNone(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='cache'))
-        # add new messages to the cache dir
-        new_message = Message(question=Question("New Question"),
-                              answer=Answer("New Answer"))
-        chat_db.cache_add([new_message])
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='cache'), new_message)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='mem'), new_message)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='disk'), new_message)
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='all'), new_message)
-        # the DB does not contain the new message
-        self.assertEqual(chat_db.msg_latest(loc='db'), self.message4)
-
-    def test_msg_gather(self) -> None:
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        all_messages = [self.message1, self.message2, self.message3, self.message4]
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='all'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='db'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='mem'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='disk'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='cache'), [])
-        # add a new message, but only to the internal list
-        new_message = Message(Question("What?"))
-        all_messages_mem = all_messages + [new_message]
-        chat_db.msg_add([new_message])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='mem'), all_messages_mem)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='all'), all_messages_mem)
-        # the nr. of messages on disk did not change -> expect old result
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='db'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='disk'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='cache'), [])
-        # test with MessageFilter
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='all', mfilter=MessageFilter(tags_or={Tag('tag1')})),
-                                   [self.message1])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='disk', mfilter=MessageFilter(tags_or={Tag('tag2')})),
-                                   [self.message2])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='cache', mfilter=MessageFilter(tags_or={Tag('tag3')})),
-                                   [])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='mem', mfilter=MessageFilter(question_contains="What")),
-                                   [new_message])
-
-    def test_msg_move_and_gather(self) -> None:
-        chat_db = ChatDB.from_dir(pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name),
-                                  pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))
-        all_messages = [self.message1, self.message2, self.message3, self.message4]
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='db'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='cache'), [])
-        # move first message to the cache
-        chat_db.cache_move(self.message1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='cache'), [self.message1])
-        self.assertEqual(self.message1.file_path.parent, pathlib.Path(self.cache_path.name))  # type: ignore [union-attr]
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='db'), [self.message2, self.message3, self.message4])
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='all'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='disk'), all_messages)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='mem'), all_messages)
-        # now move first message back to the DB
-        chat_db.db_move(self.message1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='cache'), [])
-        self.assertEqual(self.message1.file_path.parent, pathlib.Path(self.db_path.name))  # type: ignore [union-attr]
-        self.assert_messages_equal(chat_db.msg_gather(loc='db'), all_messages)

tests/test_configuration.py

@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_from_dict_should_create_config_from_dict(self) -> None:
         source_dict = {
-            'cache': '.',
             'db': './test_db/',
             'ais': {
-                'myopenai': {
+                'default': {
                     'name': 'openai',
                     'system': 'Custom system',
                     'api_key': '9876543210',
@@ -74,13 +73,12 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
             }
         }
         config = Config.from_dict(source_dict)
-        self.assertEqual(config.cache, '.')
         self.assertEqual(config.db, './test_db/')
         self.assertEqual(len(config.ais), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(config.ais['myopenai'].name, 'openai')
-        self.assertEqual(cast(OpenAIConfig, config.ais['myopenai']).system, 'Custom system')
+        self.assertEqual(config.ais['default'].name, 'openai')
+        self.assertEqual(cast(OpenAIConfig, config.ais['default']).system, 'Custom system')
         # check that 'ID' has been added
-        self.assertEqual(config.ais['myopenai'].ID, 'myopenai')
+        self.assertEqual(config.ais['default'].ID, 'default')
 
     def test_create_default_should_create_default_config(self) -> None:
         Config.create_default(Path(self.test_file.name))
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_from_file_should_load_config_from_file(self) -> None:
         source_dict = {
-            'cache': './test_cache/',
             'db': './test_db/',
             'ais': {
                 'default': {
@@ -111,7 +108,6 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
             yaml.dump(source_dict, f)
         config = Config.from_file(self.test_file.name)
         self.assertIsInstance(config, Config)
-        self.assertEqual(config.cache, './test_cache/')
         self.assertEqual(config.db, './test_db/')
         self.assertEqual(len(config.ais), 1)
         self.assertIsInstance(config.ais['default'], AIConfig)
@@ -119,11 +115,10 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_to_file_should_save_config_to_file(self) -> None:
         config = Config(
-            cache='./test_cache/',
             db='./test_db/',
             ais={
-                'myopenai': OpenAIConfig(
-                    ID='myopenai',
+                'default': OpenAIConfig(
+                    ID='default',
                     system='Custom system',
                     api_key='9876543210',
                     model='custom_model',
@@ -138,14 +133,12 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         config.to_file(Path(self.test_file.name))
         with open(self.test_file.name, 'r') as f:
             saved_config = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        self.assertEqual(saved_config['cache'], './test_cache/')
         self.assertEqual(saved_config['db'], './test_db/')
         self.assertEqual(len(saved_config['ais']), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(saved_config['ais']['myopenai']['system'], 'Custom system')
+        self.assertEqual(saved_config['ais']['default']['system'], 'Custom system')
 
     def test_from_file_error_unknown_ai(self) -> None:
         source_dict = {
-            'cache': './test_cache/',
             'db': './test_db/',
             'ais': {
                 'default': {

tests/test_message.py

@@ -300,12 +300,6 @@ This is a question.
                                     MessageFilter(tags_or={Tag('tag1')}))
         self.assertIsNone(message)
 
-    def test_from_file_txt_empty_tags_dont_match(self) -> None:
-        message = Message.from_file(self.file_path_min,
-                                    MessageFilter(tags_or=set(),
-                                                  tags_and=set()))
-        self.assertIsNone(message)
-
     def test_from_file_txt_no_tags_match_tags_not(self) -> None:
         message = Message.from_file(self.file_path_min,
                                     MessageFilter(tags_not={Tag('tag1')}))
@@ -730,7 +724,7 @@ class MessageIDTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.file_path.unlink()
 
     def test_msg_id_txt(self) -> None:
-        self.assertEqual(self.message.msg_id(), self.file_path.stem)
+        self.assertEqual(self.message.msg_id(), self.file_path.name)
 
     def test_msg_id_txt_exception(self) -> None:
         with self.assertRaises(MessageError):

tests/test_question_cmd.py

@@ -3,45 +3,23 @@ import unittest
 import argparse
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
-from unittest import mock
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, ANY
-from typing import Optional
-from chatmastermind.configuration import Config
-from chatmastermind.commands.question import create_message, question_cmd
-from chatmastermind.tags import Tag
-from chatmastermind.message import Message, Question, Answer
-from chatmastermind.chat import Chat, ChatDB
-from chatmastermind.ai import AI, AIResponse, Tokens, AIError
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from chatmastermind.commands.question import create_message
+from chatmastermind.message import Message, Question
+from chatmastermind.chat import ChatDB
 
 
-class TestQuestionCmdBase(unittest.TestCase):
-    def assert_messages_equal(self, msg1: list[Message], msg2: list[Message]) -> None:
-        """
-        Compare messages using more than just Question and Answer.
-        """
-        self.assertEqual(len(msg1), len(msg2))
-        for m1, m2 in zip(msg1, msg2):
-            # exclude the file_path, compare only Q, A and metadata
-            self.assertTrue(m1.equals(m2, file_path=False, verbose=True))
-
-
-class TestMessageCreate(TestQuestionCmdBase):
+class TestMessageCreate(unittest.TestCase):
     """
     Test if messages created by the 'question' command have
     the correct format.
     """
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         # create ChatDB structure
-        self.db_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        self.cache_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        self.chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                                    db_path=Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        # create some messages
-        self.message_text = Message(Question("What is this?"),
-                                    Answer("It is pure text"))
-        self.message_code = Message(Question("What is this?"),
-                                    Answer("Text\n```\nIt is embedded code\n```\ntext"))
-        self.chat.db_add([self.message_text, self.message_code])
+        self.db_path = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.cache_path = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path(self.cache_path.name),
+                                    db_path=Path(self.db_path.name))
         # create arguments mock
         self.args = MagicMock(spec=argparse.Namespace)
         self.args.source_text = None
@@ -90,7 +68,6 @@ Aaaand again some text."""
         os.remove(self.source_file1.name)
         os.remove(self.source_file2.name)
         os.remove(self.source_file3.name)
-        os.remove(self.source_file4.name)
 
     def message_list(self, tmp_dir: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory) -> list[Path]:
         # exclude '.next'
@@ -98,10 +75,10 @@ Aaaand again some text."""
 
     def test_message_file_created(self) -> None:
         self.args.ask = ["What is this?"]
-        cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_dir)
+        cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 0)
         create_message(self.chat, self.args)
-        cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_dir)
+        cache_dir_files = self.message_list(self.cache_path)
         self.assertEqual(len(cache_dir_files), 1)
         message = Message.from_file(cache_dir_files[0])
         self.assertIsInstance(message, Message)
@@ -183,331 +160,3 @@ This is embedded source code.
 This is embedded source code.
 ```
 """))
-
-    def test_single_question_with_text_only_message(self) -> None:
-        self.args.ask = ["What is this?"]
-        self.args.source_text = [f"{self.chat.messages[0].file_path}"]
-        message = create_message(self.chat, self.args)
-        self.assertIsInstance(message, Message)
-        # file contains no source code (only text)
-        # -> don't expect any in the question
-        self.assertEqual(len(message.question.source_code()), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(message.question, Question(f"""What is this?
-
-{self.message_text.answer}"""))
-
-    def test_single_question_with_message_and_embedded_code(self) -> None:
-        self.args.ask = ["What is this?"]
-        self.args.source_code = [f"{self.chat.messages[1].file_path}"]
-        message = create_message(self.chat, self.args)
-        self.assertIsInstance(message, Message)
-        # answer contains 1 source code block
-        # -> expect it in the question
-        self.assertEqual(len(message.question.source_code()), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(message.question, Question("""What is this?
-
-```
-It is embedded code
-```
-"""))
-
-
-class TestQuestionCmd(TestQuestionCmdBase):
-
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        # create DB and cache
-        self.db_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        self.cache_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        # create configuration
-        self.config = Config()
-        self.config.cache = self.cache_dir.name
-        self.config.db = self.db_dir.name
-        # create a mock argparse.Namespace
-        self.args = argparse.Namespace(
-            ask=['What is the meaning of life?'],
-            num_answers=1,
-            output_tags=['science'],
-            AI='openai',
-            model='gpt-3.5-turbo',
-            or_tags=None,
-            and_tags=None,
-            exclude_tags=None,
-            source_text=None,
-            source_code=None,
-            create=None,
-            repeat=None,
-            process=None,
-            overwrite=None
-        )
-        # create a mock AI instance
-        self.ai = MagicMock(spec=AI)
-        self.ai.request.side_effect = self.mock_request
-
-    def input_message(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> Message:
-        """
-        Create the expected input message for a question using the
-        given arguments.
-        """
-        # NOTE: we only use the first question from the "ask" list
-        # -> message creation using "question.create_message()" is
-        #    tested above
-        # the answer is always empty for the input message
-        return Message(Question(args.ask[0]),
-                       tags=args.output_tags,
-                       ai=args.AI,
-                       model=args.model)
-
-    def mock_request(self,
-                     question: Message,
-                     chat: Chat,
-                     num_answers: int = 1,
-                     otags: Optional[set[Tag]] = None) -> AIResponse:
-        """
-        Mock the 'ai.request()' function
-        """
-        question.answer = Answer("Answer 0")
-        question.tags = set(otags) if otags else None
-        question.ai = 'FakeAI'
-        question.model = 'FakeModel'
-        answers: list[Message] = [question]
-        for n in range(1, num_answers):
-            answers.append(Message(question=question.question,
-                                   answer=Answer(f"Answer {n}"),
-                                   tags=otags,
-                                   ai='FakeAI',
-                                   model='FakeModel'))
-        return AIResponse(answers, Tokens(10, 10, 20))
-
-    def message_list(self, tmp_dir: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory) -> list[Path]:
-        # exclude '.next'
-        return sorted([f for f in Path(tmp_dir.name).glob('*.[ty]*')])
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_ask_single_answer(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Test single answer with no errors.
-        """
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        expected_responses = self.mock_request(expected_question,
-                                               Chat([]),
-                                               self.args.num_answers,
-                                               self.args.output_tags).messages
-
-        # execute the command
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-
-        # check for correct request call
-        self.ai.request.assert_called_once_with(expected_question,
-                                                ANY,
-                                                self.args.num_answers,
-                                                self.args.output_tags)
-        # check for the expected message files
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                               Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.ChatDB.from_dir')
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_ask_single_answer_mocked(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock, mock_from_dir: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Test single answer with no errors (mocked ChatDB version).
-        """
-        chat = MagicMock(spec=ChatDB)
-        mock_from_dir.return_value = chat
-
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        expected_responses = self.mock_request(expected_question,
-                                               Chat([]),
-                                               self.args.num_answers,
-                                               self.args.output_tags).messages
-
-        # execute the command
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-
-        # check for correct request call
-        self.ai.request.assert_called_once_with(expected_question,
-                                                chat,
-                                                self.args.num_answers,
-                                                self.args.output_tags)
-
-        # check for the correct ChatDB calls:
-        # - initial question has been written (prior to the actual request)
-        # - responses have been written (after the request)
-        chat.cache_write.assert_has_calls([call([expected_question]),
-                                           call(expected_responses)],
-                                          any_order=False)
-
-        # check that the messages have not been added to the internal message list
-        chat.cache_add.assert_not_called()
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_ask_with_error(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Provoke an error during the AI request and verify that the question
-        has been correctly stored in the cache.
-        """
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        self.ai.request.side_effect = AIError
-
-        # execute the command
-        with self.assertRaises(AIError):
-            question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-
-        # check for correct request call
-        self.ai.request.assert_called_once_with(expected_question,
-                                                ANY,
-                                                self.args.num_answers,
-                                                self.args.output_tags)
-        # check for the expected message files
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                               Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, [expected_question])
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_repeat_single_question(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Repeat a single question.
-        """
-        # 1. ask a question
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        expected_responses = self.mock_request(expected_question,
-                                               Chat([]),
-                                               self.args.num_answers,
-                                               self.args.output_tags).messages
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                               Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-
-        # 2. repeat the last question (without overwriting)
-        # -> expect two identical messages (except for the file_path)
-        self.args.ask = None
-        self.args.repeat = []
-        self.args.overwrite = False
-        expected_responses += expected_responses
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 2)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_repeat_single_question_overwrite(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Repeat a single question and overwrite the old one.
-        """
-        # 1. ask a question
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        expected_responses = self.mock_request(expected_question,
-                                               Chat([]),
-                                               self.args.num_answers,
-                                               self.args.output_tags).messages
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                               Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        assert cached_msg[0].file_path
-        cached_msg_file_id = cached_msg[0].file_path.stem
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-
-        # 2. repeat the last question (WITH overwriting)
-        # -> expect a single message afterwards
-        self.args.ask = None
-        self.args.repeat = []
-        self.args.overwrite = True
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-        # also check that the file ID has not been changed
-        assert cached_msg[0].file_path
-        self.assertEqual(cached_msg_file_id, cached_msg[0].file_path.stem)
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_repeat_single_question_after_error(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Repeat a single question after an error.
-        """
-        # 1. ask a question and provoke an error
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        self.ai.request.side_effect = AIError
-        with self.assertRaises(AIError):
-            question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                               Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        assert cached_msg[0].file_path
-        cached_msg_file_id = cached_msg[0].file_path.stem
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, [expected_question])
-
-        # 2. repeat the last question (without overwriting)
-        # -> expect a single message because if the original has
-        #    no answer, it should be overwritten by default
-        self.args.ask = None
-        self.args.repeat = []
-        self.args.overwrite = False
-        self.ai.request.side_effect = self.mock_request
-        expected_responses = self.mock_request(expected_question,
-                                               Chat([]),
-                                               self.args.num_answers,
-                                               self.args.output_tags).messages
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-        # also check that the file ID has not been changed
-        assert cached_msg[0].file_path
-        self.assertEqual(cached_msg_file_id, cached_msg[0].file_path.stem)
-
-    @mock.patch('chatmastermind.commands.question.create_ai')
-    def test_repeat_single_question_new_args(self, mock_create_ai: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """
-        Repeat a single question with new arguments.
-        """
-        # 1. ask a question
-        mock_create_ai.return_value = self.ai
-        expected_question = self.input_message(self.args)
-        expected_responses = self.mock_request(expected_question,
-                                               Chat([]),
-                                               self.args.num_answers,
-                                               self.args.output_tags).messages
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(self.cache_dir.name),
-                               Path(self.db_dir.name))
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 1)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)
-
-        # 2. repeat the last question with new arguments (without overwriting)
-        # -> expect two messages with identical question and answer, but different metadata
-        self.args.ask = None
-        self.args.repeat = []
-        self.args.overwrite = False
-        self.args.output_tags = ['newtag']
-        self.args.AI = 'newai'
-        self.args.model = 'newmodel'
-        new_expected_question = Message(question=Question(expected_question.question),
-                                        tags=set(self.args.output_tags),
-                                        ai=self.args.AI,
-                                        model=self.args.model)
-        expected_responses += self.mock_request(new_expected_question,
-                                                Chat([]),
-                                                self.args.num_answers,
-                                                set(self.args.output_tags)).messages
-        question_cmd(self.args, self.config)
-        cached_msg = chat.msg_gather(loc='cache')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.message_list(self.cache_dir)), 2)
-        self.assert_messages_equal(cached_msg, expected_responses)