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+# dirganize
+
+Declutter you folders and get peace of mind.
+A command-line tool to organize files into category directories.
+
+[![Tests](https://github.com/aahnik/dirganize/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/aahnik/dirganize/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![Code Quality](https://github.com/aahnik/dirganize/actions/workflows/quality.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/aahnik/dirganize/actions/workflows/quality.yml)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/aahnik/dirganize/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=2SRYMBMAHH)](https://codecov.io/gh/aahnik/dirganize)
+
+## Installation
+
+```shell
+pip install dirganize
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Dirganize has an ultra simple command-line interface.
+Just move into the directory you want to organize, and run `dirganize`.
+
+You can also specify which folder to organize by using the `path` option.
+
+```shell
+dirganize --path ~/Downloads
+```
+
+If no path is specified, dirganize works on the current directory.
+
+## Configuration
+
+By default `dirganize` determines the destination folder for a particular file by
+guessing its type from its extension.
+The
+[`guess_type`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/mimetypes.html#mimetypes.guess_type)
+function of python's inbuilt module
+[`mimetypes`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/mimetypes.html)
+is used for this purpose.
+
+> ***NOTE*** Dotfiles are not affected by dirganize.
+
+You can put a `.dirganize.yml` file ( inside the folder you want to dirganize )
+to provide a custom configuration.
+
+```yaml
+# .dirganize.yml
+# folder: [ext1,ext2, ...]
+Animations: [gif]
+Binaries: [bin,dat]
+```
+
+Basically you have the folder name,
+mapped to the list of file types to put in that folder.
+
+Dirganize will first try to determine the destination directory from the `.dirganize.yml`.
+When the yaml configuration file is absent or
+the folder for an encountered file type is not defined in the configuration,
+`dirganize` will fallback to the default technique.