Move code into a separate Python module

Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 default: update
 
-update: update-readme update-latest
+update: compile update-readme update-latest
 
 update-latest:
 	./youtube-dl --version > LATEST_VERSION
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ update-readme:
 		echo -e '\n## FAQ' >> README.md && \
 		echo "$${footer}" >> README.md
 
+compile:
+	cp youtube_dl/__init__.py youtube-dl
 
-
-.PHONY: default update update-latest update-readme
+.PHONY: default compile update update-latest update-readme

youtube-dl

@@ -4045,7 +4045,7 @@ def gen_extractors():
 		GenericIE()
 	]
 
-def main():
+def _real_main():
 	parser, opts, args = parseOpts()
 
 	# Open appropriate CookieJar
@@ -4205,15 +4205,17 @@ def main():
 
 	sys.exit(retcode)
 
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+def main():
 	try:
-		main()
+		_real_main()
 	except DownloadError:
 		sys.exit(1)
 	except SameFileError:
 		sys.exit(u'ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download')
 	except KeyboardInterrupt:
 		sys.exit(u'\nERROR: Interrupted by user')
 
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main()
+
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 noet ai si filetype=python:

youtube-dl.dev

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import youtube_dl
+
+youtube_dl.main()