unlink clones: add option wether resulting paths should be grouped or not

lib/extensions/unlink_clone.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class UnlinkClone(InkstitchExtension):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         InkstitchExtension.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self.arg_parser.add_argument("--notebook")
+        self.arg_parser.add_argument("-g", "--add-group", dest="add_group", type=Boolean, default=True)
         self.arg_parser.add_argument("-r", "--recursive", dest="recursive", type=Boolean, default=True)
 
     def effect(self) -> None:
@@ -36,11 +37,14 @@ class UnlinkClone(InkstitchExtension):
             if isinstance(element, Clone):
                 resolved = element.resolve_clone(recursive=recursive)
                 if resolved[0].tag in SVG_SYMBOL_TAG:
-                    group = Group()
+                    parent = cast(BaseElement, resolved[0].getparent())  # Safe assumption that this has a parent.
+                    group = self.get_group(parent)
                     for child in resolved[0]:
                         group.append(child)
-                    parent = cast(BaseElement, resolved[0].getparent())  # Safe assumption that this has a parent.
-                    parent.replace(resolved[0], group)
+                    if self.options.add_group:
+                        parent.replace(resolved[0], group)
+                    else:
+                        resolved[0].delete()
                 clones_resolved.append((element.node, resolved[0]))
 
         for (clone, resolved_clone) in clones_resolved:
@@ -52,3 +56,8 @@ class UnlinkClone(InkstitchExtension):
                 backlink_attrib = CONNECTION_START if command.connector.get(CONNECTION_START) == ("#"+orig_id) else CONNECTION_END
                 command.connector.set(backlink_attrib, "#"+new_id)
             resolved_clone.set_id(new_id)
+
+    def get_group(self, parent):
+        if self.options.add_group:
+            return Group()
+        return parent

templates/unlink_clone.xml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         <page name="options" gui-text="Options">
             <param name="extension" type="string" gui-hidden="true">unlink_clone</param>
             <param name="recursive" type="boolean" gui-text="Recursive">true</param>
+            <param name="add-group" type="boolean" gui-text="Group unlinked elements">true</param>
         </page>
         <page name="info" gui-text="Help">
             <label>Unlink clones and apply the fill stitch angle.</label>