This is a quick-and-dirty tool for combining multiple .py (or other text) files into a single script, making it easier to distribute/deploy Python scripts along with their dependencies.

Usage example:

breeder.py module1.py directory/ ... main.py >big-snake.py

All Python files (and directories) will be treated as modules, except the last one which will be treated as the 'main' body of the combined script. It is up to the caller to figure out which order to import files in, if there is are dependencies between modules.

To compress modules and embedded data, add the --compress flag.

To include a custom header at the top of the file, use --header FILENAME.

Breeder output scripts have been verified to be compatible as far back as Python 2.2.2 and should work with any Python 2.x release.

Note: If you know you are targetting Python 2.6 or newer, you should probably use Python's native .zip support instead of this hack!

Breeder is (C) Copyright 2011, Bjarni R. Einarsson http://bre.klaki.net/.

TODO: GPLv3