Adding dedupe

intune.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def parse_key_value_table(table_tag):
 
     return data
 
-def write_single_csv(policies, output_csv='policies.csv'):
+def write_single_csv(policies, output_csv='policies.csv', dedupe=False):
     """
     Writes a single CSV with columns in this order:
       1) PolicyName
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def write_single_csv(policies, output_csv='policies.csv'):
       8) Last modified
 
     Each row corresponds to one Setting.
+    If dedupe=True, exact duplicate rows (across all policies) are skipped.
     """
     # The exact order we want:
     columns = [
@@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ def write_single_csv(policies, output_csv='policies.csv'):
         "Last modified"
     ]
 
+    # De-duplication support (across the entire file)
+    seen_rows = set() if dedupe else None
+    rows_written = 0
+
     with open(output_csv, 'w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f:
         writer = csv.writer(f)
         # Write header
@@ -143,7 +148,13 @@ def write_single_csv(policies, output_csv='policies.csv'):
                     created,
                     last_modified
                 ]
+                if seen_rows is not None:
+                    key = tuple(row)
+                    if key in seen_rows:
+                        continue
+                    seen_rows.add(key)
                 writer.writerow(row)
+                rows_written += 1
                 continue
 
             # Otherwise, write one row per setting
@@ -158,8 +169,15 @@ def write_single_csv(policies, output_csv='policies.csv'):
                     created,
                     last_modified
                 ]
+                if seen_rows is not None:
+                    key = tuple(row)
+                    if key in seen_rows:
+                        continue
+                    seen_rows.add(key)
                 writer.writerow(row)
+                rows_written += 1
 
+    return rows_written
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -182,6 +200,14 @@ def main():
         ),
         default=None,
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dedupe",
+        action="store_true",
+        help=(
+            "Drop exact duplicate rows in the output (by the full row: PolicyName, Description, "
+            "SettingKey, SettingValue, Policy type, Platform supported, Created, Last modified)."
+        ),
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -200,17 +226,12 @@ def main():
 
     policies = parse_tables_from_markdown(input_path)
 
-    # Count rows that will be written (one per setting, or one if no settings)
+    rows_written = write_single_csv(policies, output_csv, dedupe=args.dedupe)
-    row_count = 0
-    for p in policies:
-        settings = p.get("settings") or {}
-        row_count += max(len(settings), 1)
 
-    write_single_csv(policies, output_csv)
+    msg = f"Done! Parsed {len(policies)} policies and wrote {rows_written} rows to '{output_csv}'."
-
+    if args.dedupe:
-    print(
+        msg += " (duplicates removed)"
-        f"Done! Parsed {len(policies)} policies and wrote {row_count} rows to '{output_csv}'."
+    print(msg)
-    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()