File-gen-cli NPM

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A CLI that generate files for your application

Getting started

install globaly with
npm i file-gen-cli@latest -g
Add a folder to hold your templates and gencli.json files
files templates examples here see bellow for gencli configuration here
Register your cli config with
file-gen-cli register
Use your cli with
file-gen-cli myCliName
List clis with
`file-gen-cli list tag1 ...
Deduce templates from a folder
file-gen-cli deduce <instanceName> [<prefix> <instanceNamePlural>]

How it works

When you use the register parameters, file-gen-cli will lookup in the folder it's being executed for a gencli.json file. It will then save in the cloud this config associeted with the cliName parameters. It will then look each file configs of each entity configs then will look for each of the templates files name in the folder it's being executed. It will then store those file in the cloud associated with the cli name.

You can rewrite the config the same way

When the register is done, and you use file-gen-cli with you cli name as parameter, it will then generate the files.

File gen cli use an heroku hosted server app to manage the configs, see how it works here https://github.com/guignol1981/file-gen-cli-server

Documentation (gencli.json)

General config

Param	definition	default	required	possible values
cliName	name of your cli		true	a string with no spaces
description	desc of your config (for public list)		true
token	a jwt to generate new config		true	contact me to get a token
fileNameCase	the case of the files name	kebab	false	kebab, camel, pascal, constant, snake
folderNameCase	the case of the folders name	kebab	false	kebab, camel, pascal, constant, snake
entityConfigs	an array of entity configs		true	see Entity config bellow

Entity config

Param	definition	default	required
name	the entity name		true
prefix	the entity prefix that can occur in different files template		false
fileConfigs	an array of file configs		true
singularOnly	if there is only singular name occurence in templates	false	false
flat	determine if the cli should create a folder for the instance	false	false

File config

Param	definition	default	required
name	the file name (the `*` symbole is replaced by the entity instance name)		true
template	the template name for the file (no template will generate an empty file)		false
path	path to create the file relative to the instance path	./	false

Templates

keywords (* = supported cases)	replaced with
{{SINGULAR_*}}	instance name with specified case
{{PLURAL_*}}	instance plural name with specified case
{{PREFIXEDSINGULAR*}}	instance prefixed name with specified case
{{PREFIXEDPLURAL*}}	instance prefixed plural name with specified case