CLTemplate

Small commandline tool to create and use templates quickly

Installation

Simply run cargo install cltemplate to install the tool.

Using Templates

To use a template, do the following:

1. CD into the folder of the template (your terminal should be running at path/to/template)
2. Run template path/to/output and check the directory you provided

Optionally, you can use the --template-path param (-t for short) instead of CDing to the the template folder

Writing Templates

To write a template that others can use with this tool, you must:

1. Create a folder for the template

2. In the root directory of the folder, create a template.txt file. In this file, there should be the name of each replaceable item, separated by newlines (ex:

   foo
   bar
   buz
   qux
   quux
   corge
   grault
   garply
   waldo
   fred
   plugh
   xyzzy
   thud
   

   )

3. Fill in the rest of the folder with the files provided in the template. Anything defined in template.txt that has {% %} around it (ex: {% foo %}) will be replaced by whatever the user inputs. Anything surrounded by {% %} that is not included in template.txt will remain unchanged.

4. Share your template and usage instructions via your preferred method.

License

This tool is licensed under the MIT license.

Roadmap

• Initial prototype
• Complete rework
• Asynchronous file IO
• Indicatif task indicators
• Optionally providing template args in cli
• Dynamic filepaths
• Use TOML structure for manifest (for input types, etc.)