Convert all relative imports to absolute automatically in python

Question

I am trying to structure my python 2.7 project (which entails several subdirectories) correctly. I have added __init__.py files on every level, and in the cas

Answer 1

You can use abs-imports https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/abs-imports :

Installation

pip install abs-imports

Usage as a pre-commit hook

See pre-commit for instructions

Sample .pre-commit-config.yaml:

-   repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/abs-imports
    rev: v0.1.2
    hooks:
    -   id: abs-imports

Command-line example

$ cat mypackage/myfile.py
from . import __version__
$ abs_imports mypackage/myfile.py
$ cat mypackage/myfile.py
from mypackage import __version__

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Disclaimer: I'm the author of this little package