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From: LavissaWoW <lavissawow@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:07:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [REPO] Add plugin inventree-ipn-generator

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+short_name: LavissaWoW
+name: Nichlas W.
+github: LavissaWoW
+website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nfnw/
+---
+Yes, WoW is for World of Warcraft
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+---
+name: inventree-ipn-generator
+author: LavissaWoW
+license: MIT
+open_source: true                                                                 
+stable: true
+maintained: true
+pypi: true
+package_name: inventree-ipn-generator
+github: https://github.com/LavissaWoW/inventree-ipn-generator
+issue_tracker: https://github.com/LavissaWoW/inventree-ipn-generator/issues
+categories:
+    - Event
+tags:
+    - Part
+    - IPN
+    - Generator
+---
+
+## Introduction
+Installing this plugin enables the automatic generation if Internal Part Numbers (IPN) for parts.
+
+## Installation
+To automatically install the plugin when running `invoke install`:
+Add `inventree-ipn-generator` to your plugins.txt file.
+
+Or, install the plugin manually:
+
+```
+pip install inventree-ipn-generator
+```
+
+For the plugin to be listed as available, you need to enable "Event Integration" in your plugin settings.
+This setting is located with the Plugin Settings on the settings page.
+
+## Settings
+
+- Active - Enables toggling of plugin without having to disable it
+- On Create - If on, the plugin will assign IPNs to newly created parts
+- On Change - If on, the plugin will assign IPNs to parts after a change has been made.
+Enabling this setting will remove the ability to have parts without IPNs.
+
+## Pattern
+Part Number patterns follow three basic groups. Literals, Numerics, and characters.
+When incrementing a part number, the rightmost group that is mutable will be incremented.
+All groups can be combined in any order.
+
+A pattern cannot consist of _only_ Literals.
+
+For any pattern, only the rightmost non-literal group will be incremented.
+When this group rolls over its max, the next non-literal group to the left will be incremented.
+Example: Given the groups (named for demo): L1C1N1C2L2
+Incrementing follows this order: C2, N1, C1.
+
+> **_NOTE:_** When C1 in the above example rolls over, the plugin will loop back to the first IPN.
+> This will cause duplicate IPNs if your InvenTree allows duplicate IPNs.
+> If your InvenTree does not allow duplicate IPNs, this will cause an error at the moment!
+> This will be addressed in an upcoming update.
+
+### Literals (Immutable)
+Anything encased in `()` will be rendered as-is. no change will be made to anything within.
+
+Example: `(A6C)` will _always_ render as "A6C", regardless of other groups
+
+### Numeric
+Numbers that should change over time should be encased in `{}`
+- `{5}` respresents a number with max 5 digits
+- `{25+}` represents a number 25-99
+
+Example: `{5+}{3}` will result in this range: 5000-9999
+
+### Characters
+Characters that change should be encased in `[]`
+- `[abc]` represents looping through the letters `a`, `b`, `c` in order.
+- `[a-f]` represents looping through the letters from `a` to `f` alphabetaically
+
+These two directives can be combined.
+- `[aQc-f]` represents:
+- - `a`, `Q`, `c-f`
+
+### Examples
+1. `(AB){3}[ab]` -> AB001a, AB001b, AB002a, AB021b, AB032a, etc
+2. `{2}[Aq](BD)` -> 01ABD, 01qBD, 02ABD, 02qBD, etc
+3. `{1}[a-d]{8+}` -> 1a8, 1a9, 1b8, 1b9, 1c8, 1c9, 1d8, 1d9, 2a8, etc