Introduce Justfile, use uv (#671)

* Introduce Justfile, use uv in CI

* Pin actions

* Set `COVERAGE_PROCESS_START`

* Always cover with sysmon

* Use FAST=1 with Pypy

* Tweaks

* Also run lints

* Remove pdm, tox, migrate to uv

* Tweak .readthedocs.yml

* Tweak

* Tweak

* Use full path for just

* Try making BUILDDIR configurable

* Actually pass the argument

* Tweak some more

* Try pipx?

* Just via asdf

* Fix

* Build docs on 3.13

* Docs

Author: Tinche

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -16,26 +16,22 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy-3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.10"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: "pdm-project/setup-pdm@v4"
-        with:
-          python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-          allow-python-prereleases: true
-          cache: true
-          version: "2.21.0"
+      - uses: extractions/setup-just@e33e0265a09d6d736e2ee1e0eb685ef1de4669ff  # v3.0.0
+      - uses: hynek/setup-cached-uv@757bedc3f972eb7227a1aa657651f15a8527c817  # v2.3.0
 
-      - name: "Run Tox"
+      - name: "Run Tests"
+        env:
+          FAST: ${{ startsWith(matrix.python-version, 'pypy') && '1' || '' }}
         run: |
-          python -Im pip install --upgrade tox tox-gh-actions
-
-          python -Im tox
+          just --set python ${{ startsWith(matrix.python-version, 'pypy') && matrix.python-version || format('python{0}', matrix.python-version) }} cov
 
       - name: Upload coverage data
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -55,33 +51,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
-        with:
-          cache: "pip"
-          python-version: "3.12"
-
-      - run: "python -Im pip install --upgrade coverage[toml]"
-
       - name: Download coverage data
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           pattern: coverage-data-*
           merge-multiple: true
 
+      - uses: hynek/setup-cached-uv@757bedc3f972eb7227a1aa657651f15a8527c817  # v2.3.0
+
       - name: "Combine coverage"
         run: |
-          python -Im coverage combine
-          python -Im coverage html
-          python -Im coverage json
+          uv run --group test coverage combine
+          uv run --group test coverage html
+          uv run --group test coverage json
 
           # Report and write to summary.
-          python -Im coverage report --format=markdown >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          uv run --group test coverage report --format=markdown >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
-          export TOTAL=$(python -c "import json;print(json.load(open('coverage.json'))['totals']['percent_covered_display'])")
+          export TOTAL=$(uv run python -c "import json;print(json.load(open('coverage.json'))['totals']['percent_covered_display'])")
           echo "total=$TOTAL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
           # Report again and fail if under the threshold.
-          python -Im coverage report --fail-under=100
+          uv run --group test coverage report --fail-under=100
 
       - name: "Upload HTML report."
         uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v4"
@@ -90,19 +81,20 @@ jobs:
           path: "htmlcov"
         if: always()
 
-      - name: "Make badge"
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: "schneegans/[email protected]"
+  lint:
+    name: "Run linters"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          # GIST_TOKEN is a GitHub personal access token with scope "gist".
-          auth: ${{ secrets.GIST_TOKEN }}
-          gistID: 22405310d6a663164d894a2beab4d44d
-          filename: covbadge.json
-          label: Coverage
-          message: ${{ env.total }}%
-          minColorRange: 50
-          maxColorRange: 90
-          valColorRange: ${{ env.total }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - uses: extractions/setup-just@e33e0265a09d6d736e2ee1e0eb685ef1de4669ff  # v3.0.0
+      - uses: hynek/setup-cached-uv@757bedc3f972eb7227a1aa657651f15a8527c817  # v2.3.0
+
+      - name: "Run linters"
+        run: |
+          just lint
 
   package:
     name: "Build & verify package"
@@ -112,18 +104,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: "pdm-project/setup-pdm@v4"
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-          version: "2.21.0"
 
-      - name: "Install check-wheel-content and twine"
-        run: "python -m pip install twine check-wheel-contents"
+      - uses: hynek/setup-cached-uv@757bedc3f972eb7227a1aa657651f15a8527c817
+
       - name: "Build package"
-        run: "pdm build"
+        run: "uvx pdm build"
       - name: "List result"
         run: "ls -l dist"
       - name: "Check wheel contents"
-        run: "check-wheel-contents --toplevel cattr,cattrs dist/*.whl"
+        run: "uvx check-wheel-contents --toplevel cattr,cattrs dist/*.whl"
       - name: "Check long_description"
-        run: "python -m twine check dist/*"
+        run: "uvx twine check dist/*"

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,22 @@ sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  os: ubuntu-lts-latest
   tools:
-    # Keep version in sync with tox.ini (docs and gh-actions).
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.13"
   jobs:
-    # Need the tags to calculate the version
-    post_checkout:
-      - git fetch --tags
-    post_create_environment:
-      - "curl -sSL https://github.com/raw/pdm-project/pdm/main/install-pdm.py | python3 -"
+    create_environment:
+      - asdf plugin add uv
+      - asdf plugin add just
+      - asdf install uv latest
+      - asdf global uv latest
+      - asdf install just latest
+      - asdf global just latest
+    install:
+      - UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH uv sync --group docs --all-extras --link-mode=copy
     post_install:
-      - "VIRTUAL_ENV=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH ~/.local/bin/pdm sync -dG :all,docs"
+      # Need the tags to calculate the version
+      - git fetch --tags
+    build:
+      html:
+        - UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH just docs $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -55,38 +55,45 @@ Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up _cattrs_ for local development.
 $ git clone [email protected]:your_name_here/cattrs.git
 ```
 
-3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have [PDM](https://pdm.fming.dev/latest/) installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development::
+3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development::
 
 ```shell
 $ cd cattrs/
-$ pdm install -d -G :all
+$ uv sync --all-groups --all-extras
 ```
 
 4. Create a branch for local development::
 
 ```shell
-$ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
+$ git switch -c name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
 ```
 
 Now you can make your changes locally.
 
-5. When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox::
+5. When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass lints and the tests, including testing other Python versions::
 
 ```shell
-$ make lint
-$ make test
-$ tox
+$ just lint
+$ just test
+$ just --set python python3.9 test  # Test on other versions
 ```
 
-6. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub::
+6. Write any necessary documentation, including updating the changelog (HISTORY.md). The docs can be built like so:
+
+```shell
+$ just docs
+$ just htmllive  # Build the docs, serve then and autoreload on changes
+```
+
+7. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub::
 
 ```shell
 $ git add .
 $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes."
 $ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
 ```
 
-7. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.
+8. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.
 
 ## Pull Request Guidelines
 
@@ -106,5 +113,5 @@ Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:
 To run a subset of tests:
 
 ```shell
-$ pdm run pytest tests.test_unstructure
+$ just test tests/test_unstructure.py
 ```

HISTORY.md

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Our backwards-compatibility policy can be found [here](https://github.com/python
 - The default disambiguation hook factory is now only enabled for converters with `unstructure_strat=AS_DICT` (the default).
   Since the strategy doesn't support tuples, it is skipped for `unstructure_strat=AS_TUPLE` converters.
   ([#673](https://github.com/python-attrs/cattrs/pull/673))
+- Switch to [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) and [`just`](https://just.systems/man/en/) in lieu of PDM, tox and Make.
+  See [the Contributing section](https://catt.rs/en/v25.2.0/contributing.html#get-started) for new workflow instructions.
+  ([#671](https://github.com/python-attrs/cattrs/pull/671))
 
 ## 25.1.1 (2025-06-04)
 

Justfile

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+python := ""
+
+lint:
+	uv run -p python3.13 --group lint ruff check src/ tests bench
+	uv run -p python3.13 --group lint black --check src tests docs/conf.py
+
+test *args="-x --ff -n auto tests":
+    uv run {{ if python != '' { '-p ' + python } else { '' } }} --all-extras --group test pytest {{args}}
+
+cov *args="-x --ff -n auto tests":
+    @uv run {{ if python != '' { '-p ' + python } else { '' } }} python -c 'import pathlib, site; pathlib.Path(f"{site.getsitepackages()[0]}/cov.pth").write_text("import coverage; coverage.process_startup()")'
+    COVERAGE_PROCESS_START={{justfile_directory()}}/pyproject.toml uv run {{ if python != '' { '-p ' + python } else { '' } }} --all-extras --group test coverage run -m pytest {{args}}
+
+bench-cmp:
+	uv run pytest bench --benchmark-compare
+
+bench:
+	uv run pytest bench --benchmark-save base
+
+docs output_dir="_build": ## generate Sphinx HTML documentation, including API docs
+	make -C docs -e BUILDDIR={{output_dir}} clean
+	make -C docs -e BUILDDIR={{output_dir}} doctest
+	make -C docs -e BUILDDIR={{output_dir}} html
+
+htmllive: docs ## compile the docs watching for changes
+	make -C docs htmllive

Makefile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
 SPHINXOPTS    =
-SPHINXBUILD   = pdm run sphinx-build
+SPHINXBUILD   = uv run --all-extras --group docs sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
 
@@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ pseudoxml:
 
 .PHONY: apidoc
 apidoc:
-	pdm run sphinx-apidoc -o . ../src/cattrs/ '../**/converters.py' -f -M
+	uv run sphinx-apidoc -o . ../src/cattrs/ '../**/converters.py' -f -M
 
 ## htmlview       to open the index page built by the html target in your browser
 .PHONY: htmlview
 htmlview: html
-	pdm run python -c "import os, webbrowser; webbrowser.open('file://' + os.path.realpath('$(BUILDDIR)/html/index.html'))"
+	uv run python -c "import os, webbrowser; webbrowser.open('file://' + os.path.realpath('$(BUILDDIR)/html/index.html'))"
 
 ## htmllive       to rebuild and reload HTML files in your browser
 .PHONY: htmllive
-htmllive: SPHINXBUILD = pdm run sphinx-autobuild
+htmllive: SPHINXBUILD = uv run sphinx-autobuild
 htmllive: SPHINXERRORHANDLING = --re-ignore="/\.idea/|/venv/|/pep-0000.rst|/topic/"
 htmllive: html