LZW Compressor

This project implements a basic LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression algorithm. Below are the instructions to set up and run the project.

Setting Up the Project

1. Clone the repository and initialize submodules:

   git clone https://github.com/ThuanLebk/cpp-compressor.git
   cd cpp-compressor

2. Update the googletest entry in .gitmodules file to change the URL for the googletest submodule:

   [submodule "googletest"]
       path = googletest
       url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git

3. Update the submodule with the new URL:

   git submodule sync
   git submodule update --init --recursive

Building the Project

1. Navigate to the googletest directory and build the project:

   cd googletest
   cmake .
   make

2. Go back to the build directory at top-level:

   cd ..
   cd build

3. Run CMake to generate the build files and then build the project:

   cmake ..
   make

Running the Tests and the Compressor

1. To run the tests:

   ./bin/LZWTests

2. To compress a file:

   ./bin/LZWCompressor [input-file-path] [output-file-path]

Replace [input-file-path] and [output-file-path] with the actual file paths.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any changes or additions.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.