jan-kuechler / plotv

A plot versioning tool in python for ROOT

The plotv module/command for saving multiple versions of ROOT plots.

Module

Use the plot_version class from this module to save versioned plots.

from plotv import plot_version
pv = plot_version()

to use the default file name or use

pv = plot_version("filename.root")

to specify a file name.

Then you create your ROOT plots and save them using

pv.save(canvas)
pv.save(canv2, "NewName")

You should add an comment using

pv.comment("Fixed plot style issues")

If your version is special, you can tag it with a message

pv.tag("This seems to be good!")

At the end, close the root file using

pv.close()

Tool

You can use plotv as a tool to list plots in a versioned file and to get plots of a specific version.

Use

$ plotv.py --help

to display the help message.