'project' directory does not get generated

[Philippus]

using the g8 command (0.10.0 version) on a template with a project directory generates all the files and directories except the project directory. Renaming the directory to f.e. projectt works, and using the sbt new command instead also works.

[Philippus]

this seems to be related to the .gitignore file I have in my template under /src/main/g8/. I have the following entries in it: project/activator-sbt* - result: 'project'-directory does not get generated - looks to be #382 data/* - result: 'data'-directory does not get generated .env - result: '.env'-file does not get generated

Somehow the /src/main/g8/.gitignore seems to be taken into account during generation using the g8 command. This is not what I expected, additionally the sbt new command behaves differently.

[Philippus]

Solved for now by adding some exclusion rules in a .g8ignore file in the project root.

[chrisbenincasa]

@Philippus does the .g8ignore file take precedence over the .gitignore when present?

[Philippus]

yes, I found this out reading the test cases: https://github.com/foundweekends/giter8/blob/7be0a57af0b1f9d6dd4f43258b66fd4ea0af32fd/library/src/test/scala/giter8/IntegrationTest.scala#L148

[nicopap]

Workaround

For posterity, here is an example on how to add a file ignored by .gitignore to the giter8 template.

Suppose this is you project structure:

.
├── build.sbt
└── src
    └── main
        └── g8
            ├── credentials.secrets
            └── .gitignore

and your .gitignore contains the following:

credentials.secrets

When using sbt new, the generated project will be:

.
└── .gitignore

Without containing the credentials.secrets.

Now, if you want the credentials.secrets to be present in the generated directory, while still being ignored in the .gitignore, you need to add a .g8ignore to the root of the g8 project that explicitly "not ignore" credentials.secrets. Such as you will end up with the following:

.
├── build.sbt
├── .g8ignore
└── src
    └── main
        └── g8
            ├── credentials.secrets
            └── .gitignore

Where .g8ignore contrains (in our case:)

!credentials.secrets

Now the generated project structure should be:

.
├── credentials.secrets
└── .gitignore

[TonioGela]

@nicopap your comment should be treated as documentation

[fmv1992]

This is unnecessarily complex to be honest. It took a while to figure this out and this is barely documented.