/ggen

Generate entire projects from CLI with power of Go Templates.

Primary LanguageGo

ggen

Project to provide a alternative for Cookiecutter for define project generation.

Install

curl -LO https://github.com/sergsoares/ggen/releases/download/v0.3.0/ggen

Usage

Create a new folder and use:

./ggen -init

# It will create ggen.yml and a template folder with simple example.

Then you can use Go templates Tutorial for create scaffolds for your project.

Roadmap next steps

  • Simple cli with go templates for create one file.
  • Add ggen init to generate basic configuration (air inspired)
  • Implement safe manipulation of paths.
  • Add parameters or config file.
  • Add tests
  • Pre-Build
  • Strict mode to avoid "" appear inside templates
  • Validate output based on extension (JSON/YAML/HCL)
  • Verify if folder is empty in init
  • Open templates from URL