ffizer is a files and folders initializer / generator. It creates or updates any kind (or part) of project from template(s).

keywords: file generator, project template, project scaffolding, quick start, project bootstrap, project skeleton

• Features
• Usages
  • Install
    • via homebrew (MacOs & Linux)
    • via cargo
  • Run
    • Self upgrade the executable
    • Apply a template (to create or update)
  • Authoring a template
• Few templates
• Build

Features

• Create or update files and folder from one (or several) template(s).
• A native executable (cli)
  • Install via download a standalone single file on system (no requirements like python, ruby, nodejs, java, ...).
  • Run as fast enough project generator.
  • Run with dry mode (useful to test).
  • Support self-upgrade.
• A rust library
  • Can be included into other tool
• Templates Authoring
  • Can be used for any file & folder generation (no specialization to one ecosystem).
  • Can start as simple as a folder to copy "as is".
  • Can use the Handlebars template syntax for file content, extended with functions:
    • To transform strings (toUpperCase, toLowerCase, Capitalize,...)
    • To retrieve content via http get (like .gitignore from gitignore.io, license from spdx)
    • ...
  • Can replace variables part in file and folder's name
  • Can be composed of other templates (applied as layer)
  • Can ignore file / folder under conditions
  • Can store the content at the root of the folder or under the sub-folder template
• Templates Hosting
  • On a local folder
  • On a hosted git repository (public / private, github / bitbucket/ gitlab / ...)
    • At the root of the repository
    • In a sub-folder of the repository
    • In any revision (branch, tag, commit)

Suggestions are welcomes ;-)

A list of alternatives is available on the wiki, feel free to complete / correct.

Usages

Install

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffizer/ffizer/master/scripts/getLatest.sh | bash

Or download the binary for your platform from github releases, then un-archive it and place it your PATH.

via homebrew (MacOs & Linux)

brew install ffizer/ffizer/ffizer-bin
ffizer upgrade

via cargo

cargo install ffizer --force --features cli

Run

❯ ffizer --help
ffizer 2.5.0
https://ffizer.github.io/ffizer/book/
ffizer is a files and folders initializer / generator.
It creates or updates any kind (or part) of project from template(s)

USAGE:
    ffizer [OPTIONS] <SUBCOMMAND>

OPTIONS:
    -h, --help       Print help information
    -v, --verbose    Verbose mode (-v, -vv (very verbose / level debug), -vvv) print on stderr
    -V, --version    Print version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    apply               Apply a template into a target directory
    help                Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    inspect             Inspect configuration, caches,... (wip)
    show-json-schema    Show the json schema of the .ffizer.yaml files
    test-samples        test a template against its samples
    upgrade             Self upgrade ffizer executable

Self upgrade the executable

➜  ffizer upgrade

Apply a template (to create or update)

❯ ffizer apply --help
ffizer-apply 2.5.0
https://ffizer.github.io/ffizer/book/
Apply a template into a target directory

USAGE:
    ffizer apply [OPTIONS] --source <URI> --destination <DST_FOLDER>

OPTIONS:
        --confirm <CONFIRM>
            ask for plan confirmation [default: Never] [possible values: auto, always, never]

    -d, --destination <DST_FOLDER>
            destination folder (created if doesn't exist)

    -h, --help
            Print help information

        --offline
            in offline, only local templates or cached templates are used

        --rev <REV>
            git revision of the template [default: master]

    -s, --source <URI>
            uri / path of the template

        --source-subfolder <SUBFOLDER>
            path of the folder under the source uri to use for template

        --update-mode <UPDATE_MODE>
            mode to update existing file [default: Ask] [possible values: ask, keep, override,
            update-as-remote, current-as-local, show-diff, merge]

    -v, --variables <KEY_VALUE>
            set variable's value from cli ("key=value")

    -V, --version
            Print version information

    -y, --no-interaction
            should not ask for confirmation (to use default value, to apply plan, to override, to
            run script,...)

• use a local folder as template

  ffizer apply --source $HOME/my_templates/tmpl0 --destination my_project
  

• use a remote git repository as template

  ffizer apply --source https://github.com/ffizer/template_sample.git --destination my_project
  

  output

    Configure variables
  
    ✔ project_name · my-project
    ✔ package_name · my_project
  
  
    Plan to execute
  
      - make dir        my_project
      - make dir         ├─dir_1
      - add file         │  └─file_1_1.txt
      - make dir         ├─dir_2_my-project
      - add file         │  └─file_1_2.txt
      - add file         ├─file_1.txt
      - add file         ├─file_2.txt
      - add file         ├─file_3.txt
      - add file         ├─file_4_my_project.txt
      - add file         ├─file_5_my-project.txt
      - add file         └─file_6.hbs
  

Authoring a template

Start with Template Authoring Tutorial

Few templates

• Any git repositories (in this case ffizer is like git clone ... && cd ... && rm -Rf .git)
• Any local folder (in this case ffizer is like cp -R ... ...)
• Parametrized (with variables) templates:
  • ffizer/templates_default: the default collections of templates for ffizer (WIP)
  • davidB31 / cg-starter-multi-rust · GitLab Project template for Multi-Bot in Rust on CodinGame.
  • davidB/templates: repository to host the my collections of templates to used with ffizer.
  • github repo tagged ffizer-template
  • samples (used for test, demo) templates_default)
    • ffizer/template_sample: a simple template for ffizer used for demo and test
    • ffizer/tests/data at master · ffizer/ffizer

Build

cargo install cargo-make --force
cargo make ci-flow

Update CHANGELOG.md

cargo make update-changelog
git add CHANGELOG.md
git commit -m ':memo: (CHANGELOG) update'

Release a new version by bump patch (or minoror major)

cargo make publish --execute patch --dry-run
cargo make publish --execute patch