deprecate filename and include_filename

Author: NxNiki

neo/io/neuralynxio.py

@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ class NeuralynxIO(NeuralynxRawIO, BaseFromRaw):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        dirname="",
+        dirname,
         use_cache=False,
         cache_path="same_as_resource",
         include_filenames=None,
         exclude_filenames=None,
         keep_original_times=False,
+        filename=None,
+        exclude_filename=None,
     ):
         """
         Initialise IO instance
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ def __init__(
         """
 
         NeuralynxRawIO.__init__(
-            self, dirname=dirname,
+            self,
+            dirname=dirname,
             include_filenames=include_filenames,
             exclude_filenames=exclude_filenames,
             keep_original_times=keep_original_times,

neo/rawio/neuralynxrawio/neuralynxrawio.py

@@ -136,14 +136,24 @@ class NeuralynxRawIO(BaseRawIO):
 
     def __init__(
             self,
-            dirname="",
+            dirname,
             include_filenames=None,
             exclude_filenames=None,
             keep_original_times=False,
             strict_gap_mode=True,
+            filename=None,
+            exclude_filename=None,
             **kargs
     ):
 
+        if filename:
+            include_filenames = filename
+            raise DeprecationWarning("`filename` is deprecated and will be removed. Please use `include_filenames` instead")
+
+        if exclude_filename:
+            exclude_filenames = exclude_filename
+            raise DeprecationWarning("`exclude_filename` is deprecated and will be removed. Please use `exclude_filenames` instead")
+
         if include_filenames is None:
             include_filenames = []
         elif not isinstance(include_filenames, (list, set, np.ndarray)):
@@ -159,9 +169,6 @@ def __init__(
             if len(include_filepath) > 1:
                 raise ValueError("Files in include_filename must be in a single path!")
 
-        if (include_filenames is None) and (dirname == ""):
-            raise ValueError("One of dirname or include_filenames must be provided.")
-
         if dirname and include_filenames:
             dirname = os.path.join(dirname, os.path.dirname(include_filenames[0]))
             include_filenames = [os.path.basename(f) for f in include_filenames]