Templace CLI (tcli)

A locally installed CLI package for starting projects the quick way.

Currently this project only supports the use of npm, support for yarn is on the way

Install

1. In your terminal of choice clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/garrett-huggins/tcli

2. cd to the newly created tcli directory

cd tcli

3. Install dependencies

npm install

4. Create a local build

npm run build

5. Install globaly to use anywhere on your machine

npm install -g

Usage

After installing, you now have access to your local tcli package that can be used to jump-start any project and help you get straight to the fun part.

To start using the package, run tcli

tcli

You will then be prompted to select any of the template projects found in the packages templates directory

After that you will be able to give your new project a name, wait for the templates dependencies to be installed, and your new project is ready.

Adding A New Project Template

Why not publish tcli as an npm package? The key to cloning the package and installing it from your local directory is you can now easily make changes to any of the template files and have access to them everywhere with just a simple re-build.

Adding a new template project

1. In your tcli directory, create a new folder under templates and give it the name of the template project you are creating. This is the name you will see when selecting the project template from your cli
2. Add any of the files you wish to start your new projects with
3. Use npm run build to add your new project template
4. Re-install your new build with npm install -g

You will now see your new project template as an option the next time you run tcli

Package.json template name

If your new project contains a package.json then you may also want to run npm run dev-package which will change the name in each of the templates' package.json to instead be a template variable that is set to the project name you provide when using tcli