• Decouple Codependent Config Files: manage codependent config files like .eslintrc, tsconfig.json, .prettierrc, .editorconfig, and .vscode files in a separate directory or module.
• Decouple devDependencies: Create your final package.json from composable pieces of package.json. This allows you manage devDependencies as a separate repository.
• Compose Your Dev Environment: Compose elements of your dev environment and infrastructure from smaller pieces. esops uses user-defined explicit merge rules and enforces the use of git tags for immutable version management for infrastructure components.
• Provide Reference Implementations and Design Docs: Create reference implementations that can be installed without polluting your git or npm publishes.

Packs To Try

| package | description | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | | "github:sartaj/typescript-node-stack" | Have typescript with node tests ready to go. |

Install

Install globally or locally

Global

npm install -g esops
yarn global add esops

Local

npm install -save-dev esops
yarn add esops --dev`

Setup

Config esops in esops.json

esops.json

["github:sartaj/typescript-node-stack#master"]

Resolution Types

• Filesystem: ['./infrastructure']
• GitHub: ['github:user/repo#tag|branch']

Running

If global, just run esops. If local, use npx esops. Files will be generated, and if you have a .gitignore, it will be updated to include the generated files.

To Clean Files

To refresh your codebase, if you had a .gitignore and esops generated an ignore list there, you can remove files all .gitignore'd files using a git command or a module like remove-git-ignored.

Why

There are so many developer tools out there, like eslint, prettier, and typescript, that have codependent config files that have to be available at the root level of project to enable features like code editor integration. The management of these files can be considered a separate concern from your project goal.

By separating these files, and adding them as auto-ignored template files, you can update and manage your infrastructure separately from your client code.

New eslint settings? Need to support prettier now? Someone on the team wants better vscode integration? With esops, generated files don't pollute git or npm, thus not having to deal with rebasing or codgen issues that happen with other template generators.

Credits

• Logo: Gilbert Baker Font