Resolved ZIP extraction error and improved Git workflow

📅 2025-09-10 — Session: Resolved ZIP extraction error and improved Git workflow

🕒 18:10–18:40
🏷️ Labels: Zip Extraction, Git Workflow, Python, Documentation, Cli Tool
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to resolve a ZIP extraction error in a Python script, improve the version control workflow, and enhance documentation for a data extraction project.

Key Activities

• ZIP Extraction Error Fix: Addressed a ZIP extraction error by updating the local_archive variable after renaming a downloaded file to ensure correct file handling.
• Git Workflow Enhancement: Developed a detailed commit plan to correct errors, improve data extraction, and clean the repository using Git commands. This plan was articulated in Spanish.
• .gitignore Template Creation: Proposed a comprehensive .gitignore template for Python projects, covering exclusions for byte-compiled files, virtual environments, IDE settings, and temporary data folders.
• README Structuring: Conceptualized the structure for a README file for a CLI tool in Python designed for downloading and standardizing microdata from the EPH by INDEC.
• CLI Tool Documentation: Documented the microdatos-EPH-INDEC CLI tool, detailing its functionality in downloading, extracting, and converting microdata into TXT/CSV formats.
• Git Repository Cleanup: Outlined a plan to remove the .venv directory from a Git repository, including updating .gitignore and cleaning up the remote history using BFG Repo-Cleaner or git filter-repo.

Achievements

• Successfully resolved the ZIP extraction error, ensuring correct file handling in the Python script.
• Enhanced the Git workflow with a structured commit plan and cleanup strategy.
• Improved project documentation with a detailed .gitignore template and structured README.

Pending Tasks

• Implement the proposed .gitignore and README changes in the project repository.
• Complete the Git repository cleanup process as per the outlined plan.