do not clear output by default

spip2md/config.py

@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ def config_file() -> Optional[str]:
 
 
 class Configuration:
-    db = "spip"
-    db_host = "localhost"
-    db_user = "spip"
-    db_pass = "password"
-    output_dir = "output"
-    default_export_max = 1000
-    data_dir = "data"
+    db: str = "spip"
+    db_host: str = "localhost"
+    db_user: str = "spip"
+    db_pass: str = "password"
+    output_dir: str = "output"
+    default_export_max: int = 1000
+    data_dir: str = "data"
+    clear_output: bool = False
 
     def __init__(self, config_file: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         if config_file is not None:
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ class Configuration:
                 self.default_export_max = config["default_export_max"]
             if "data_dir" in config:
                 self.data_dir = config["data_dir"]
+            if "clear_output" in config:
+                self.clear_output = config["clear_output"]
 
 
 config = Configuration(config_file())

spip2md/main.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!python
 # pyright: strict
-from os import makedirs, mkdir
+from os import makedirs
 from os.path import expanduser
 from shutil import copyfile, rmtree
 from sys import argv
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":  # Only if script is directly executed
     else:
         toexport = config.default_export_max
 
-    # Clear the output dir & create a new
-    rmtree(config.output_dir, True)
-    mkdir(config.output_dir)
+    if config.clear_output:
+        # Clear the output dir & create a new
+        rmtree(config.output_dir, True)
+    makedirs(config.output_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     # Articles that contains unknown chars
     unknown_chars_articles: list[Article] = []