relabelr

Smart label duplication and name conflict resolution with customizable copy formats.

My Label → My Label Copy, My Label Copy (1), My Label (2), etc.

Features

• 🔄 Smart incrementing: Automatically detects existing copy numbers and increments them
• 🎨 Multiple formats: Support for different copy suffix styles
• 📁 File extension aware: Preserves file extensions when incrementing
• 🛡️ Type safe: Full TypeScript support with proper type definitions
• ⚡ Performance: Efficient collision detection using Set for O(1) lookups
• 🌐 Universal: Works in browser and Node.js
• 📦 Lightweight: Zero dependencies

Install

npm install @piadina/relabelr
# or
yarn add @piadina/relabelr

Quick Start

import { relabelr, incrementFileName, COPY_FORMATS } from '@piadina/relabelr';

// Basic usage
const uniqueLabel = relabelr('My Document', ['My Document', 'My Document copy']);
// Result: "My Document copy 2"

// With custom format
const uniqueLabel2 = relabelr('My Document', ['My Document'], COPY_FORMATS.PARENTHESES);
// Result: "My Document Copy (1)"

Copy Formats

Predefined Formats

// Default: "copy", "copy 2", "copy 3"
COPY_FORMATS.DEFAULT

// Capitalized: "Copy", "Copy 2", "Copy 3"  
COPY_FORMATS.CAPITALIZED

// Start with one: "copy 1", "copy 2", "copy 3"
COPY_FORMATS.START_WITH_ONE

// Parentheses: "Copy (1)", "Copy (2)", "Copy (3)"
COPY_FORMATS.PARENTHESES

// Numbers only: "(1)", "(2)", "(3)"
COPY_FORMATS.NUMBERS_ONLY

Custom Formats

const customFormat: CopyFormat = {
  copyWord: 'duplicate',
  firstCopyFormat: '{copyWord}',           // "duplicate" 
  numberedCopyFormat: '{copyWord}-{number}', // "duplicate-2", "duplicate-3"
};

incrementFileName('Document', customFormat);
// Result: "Document duplicate"

API Reference

relabelr(proposedLabel, existingLabels, copyFormat?)

Generates a unique label by checking against existing labels and appending copy suffixes as needed.

Parameters:

• proposedLabel: string - The desired label name
• existingLabels: string[] - Array of existing labels to check against
• copyFormat?: CopyFormat - Optional copy format (defaults to COPY_FORMATS.DEFAULT)

Returns: string - A unique label that doesn't conflict with existing labels

incrementFileName(name, copyFormat?)

Increments a file name by adding or incrementing a copy suffix.

Parameters:

• name: string - The file name to increment
• copyFormat?: CopyFormat - Optional copy format (defaults to COPY_FORMATS.DEFAULT)

Returns: string - The incremented file name

Examples

File Name Incrementing

import { incrementFileName, COPY_FORMATS } from '@piadina/relabelr';

// Default format
incrementFileName('document.pdf');        // "document copy.pdf"
incrementFileName('document copy.pdf');   // "document copy 2.pdf" 
incrementFileName('document copy 5.pdf'); // "document copy 6.pdf"

// Parentheses format
incrementFileName('document.pdf', COPY_FORMATS.PARENTHESES);     // "document Copy (1).pdf"
incrementFileName('document Copy (1).pdf', COPY_FORMATS.PARENTHESES); // "document Copy (2).pdf"

Label Generation with Collision Detection

import { relabelr, COPY_FORMATS } from '@piadina/relabelr';

const existingLabels = ['Report', 'Report copy', 'Report copy 3'];

// Find next available name  
relabelr('Report', existingLabels);
// Result: "Report copy 2" (fills the gap)

// Use different format
relabelr('Report', ['Report'], COPY_FORMATS.PARENTHESES);
// Result: "Report Copy (1)"