Should Rector be able to move files?

[canvural]

Hello 👋🏽

We were discussing some refactoring project to do with Rector, but found out Rector does not have any API to move files.

Can (or should) Rector be able to move files? I think it'd be good addition, if it's possible technically.

[samsonasik]

I think you can use native php function for that, for printing content, you can use BetterStandardPrinter::prettyPrintFile() for given stmts for its file content.

https://github.com/rectorphp/rector/blob/62a3cdc00af34a0f2cf4ee7dc2f0a05bef0d3051/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php#L99C21-L104

$content = $this->betterStandardPrinter->prettyPrintFile($stmts);
file_put_content('/path/to/file.php', $content);