csv_metadata_quality/fix.py: fix thin spaces

Replace thin spaces with normal spaces. Sometimes I see these get
mis handled on Windows machines and they end up as "?" or so.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
 ## [0.5.0] - 2021-12-08
 ### Added
 - Ability to check for, and fix, "mojibake" characters using [ftfy](https://github.com/LuminosoInsight/python-ftfy)

csv_metadata_quality/fix.py

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def unnecessary_unicode(field):
     Replaces unnecessary Unicode characters like:
         - Soft hyphen (U+00AD) → hyphen
         - No-break space (U+00A0) → space
+        - Thin space (U+2009) → space
 
     Return string with characters removed or replaced.
     """
@@ -148,6 +149,16 @@ def unnecessary_unicode(field):
         )
         field = re.sub(pattern, "-", field)
 
+    # Check for thin spaces (U+2009)
+    pattern = re.compile(r"\u2009")
+    match = re.findall(pattern, field)
+
+    if match:
+        print(
+            f"{Fore.GREEN}Replacing unnecessary Unicode (U+2009): {Fore.RESET}{field}"
+        )
+        field = re.sub(pattern, " ", field)
+
     return field
 
 

csv_metadata_quality/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
-VERSION = "0.5.0"
+VERSION = "0.6.0-dev"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "csv-metadata-quality"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0-dev"
 description="A simple, but opinionated CSV quality checking and fixing pipeline for CSVs in the DSpace ecosystem."
 authors = ["Alan Orth <alan.orth@gmail.com>"]
 license="GPL-3.0-only"

setup.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ install_requires = [
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="csv-metadata-quality",
-    version="0.5.0",
+    version="0.6.0-dev",
     author="Alan Orth",
     author_email="aorth@mjanja.ch",
     description="A simple, but opinionated CSV quality checking and fixing pipeline for CSVs in the DSpace ecosystem.",