sprout-cli
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command-line interface for sprout
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sprout-cli
A command-line interface for sprout.
Installation
$ npm install sprout-cli --global
Try 'er out
Try the sprout-express template for generating a boilerplate express app:
$ sprout add express [email protected]:carrot/sprout-express
$ sprout init express ~/Projects/sprout-express-instance
Commands
Sprout can be used directly through the command line to initialize projects. Once installed, it exposes the sprout
command, which you can use to add, remove, and/or use your templates. The command line interface stores templates in a user folder, typically ~/.config/sprout
. The commands are more or less what you would expect, and are listed below.
sprout add
$ sprout add <name> <src>
Description: Adds a template to your repertoire from src
as name
. Name represents how you would like the template to be named within sprout. You are required to add a template which can be either a clone url or a path to a local template. If no name is provided, sprout will use the last piece of the template as the name.
Options:
-v, --verbose
: Verbose mode.
sprout remove
$ sprout remove <name>
Description: Removes the template with the specified name
from sprout.
Options:
-v, --verbose
: Verbose mode.
Aliases: rm
, delete
sprout list
$ sprout list
Description: Lists all templates that you have added to sprout.
Aliases: ls
, all
sprout init
$ sprout init <name> <target>
Description: Initializes the template with the given name
at the given target
.
Options:
-l [LOCALS [LOCALS ...]]
,--locals [LOCALS [LOCALS ...]]
: Pass locals as options which will override the prompts set in your templates. Locals are passed to the CLI like so:-l key1=value1 key2='value2'
-t TAG
,--tag TAG
: Pass a git tag to generate the template from.-b BRANCH
,--branch BRANCH
: Pass a git branch to generate the template from.-c CONFIG
,--config CONFIG
: Pass a JSON or yaml file to pre-define a large set of values, like so:{ "key1": "value1", "key2": true, "key3": 200 }
Aliases: new
, create
sprout run
$ sprout run <name> <generator>
Description: Run a generator named generator
, provided in a template with the given name
, on a template instance in the current working directory.
Options:
-t TARGET
,--target TARGET
Optionally pass the path to the template instance (relative to the current working directory).[args, [args ...]]
Pass arguments to the generator, like so:$ sprout run mvc model User name:string age:integer
License & Contributing
- Details on the license can be found here
- Details on running tests and contributing can be found here