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FO - T

Also known as "folder-template," fot is a simple tool that lets you start a project without the hassle of creating the same folders over and over again. Create once... and never again.

Installation

Open your command line/terminal and type the following:

npm install fot -g

Setup

To let FO - T know where to look for, when cloning templates.

To setup your installation of FO - T do the following:

Create a folder containing all of the templates you would like to use and navigate into that folder using your cmd/terminal.
Type the following in your cmd/terminal: fot here
Alternatively: You could use fot set {{arg}} Here - 'arg' is the absolute path to inside your templates folder.
That's it, You're all set! Mom's gonna be really proud...

Note: You can change your templates directory by doing the steps above with another path or you can clear the path(more about that in the next section.)

Commands

fot here: Set the templates directory to the working directory.
fot get: Get the template directory's absolute path.
fot set {abs-path}: Set the templates directory to the absolute path {abs-path}
fot clone {template} {OPTIONAL new filename}: Clone a template into the working directory.
fot clear: Forgets your templates dir.
fot list: Lists all the templates in your templates dir.

Usage

To clone a template simply:

Navigate into your project folders parent directory.
Type
fot clone {{template name(inside your templates folder)}} {{OPTIONAL new foldername}}

EXAMPLE

Billy is a developer. And with every project, Billy needs to create a lot of folders, files and most of the time needs to write the same boiler plate code over and over again UGH... Billy doesn't like this.

Trying to combat this problem, Billy stumbles upon FO - T: the easiest tool to use for folder-templates.

Now Billy can just move all of his boiler plate folders and files(with the code) to one directory and clone the templates from there whenever he wants to start a new project! Billy loves this!

Billy does the following:

He creates a 'templates' folder in his documents because he finds that convenient.

you

better

In his command prompt, he goes inside the templates folder and does the following to set his templates directory.

appreciate

this

He then creates a template which he knows he will be using a lot in the future.

elaborate

INSIDE:

documentation

Now he can clone any folder/file from inside the 'templates' folder to anywhere he wants, with ease.

He goes inside his 'projects' folder which is in his documents folder and types just ONE command to clone all of his files into the projects folder. Oh and he also renames it.

BEFORE:

cuz