basic templater

Tool that allows you to store commonly used files and spawn them on demand in desired location (think sample configs, new projects etc.). Currently tested only on OSX.

Installation

Download binary or compile from source.
Place in /usr/local/bin. You are set to go.

Usage

bts 0.1.0
   Automatic template file generator.
   
   USAGE:
       bts [config-location] <SUBCOMMAND>
   
   FLAGS:
       -h, --help       Prints help information
       -V, --version    Prints version information
   
   ARGS:
       <config-location>     [env: BT_HOME=]  [default: /Users/lukaszbiel/.bts]
   
   SUBCOMMANDS:
       help        Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
       new
       register

bts new

To instantiate prepared template:

bts new template_name

To instantiate prepared template at desired location:

bts new template_name tests/acceptance/new_test

Additional flags

new command allows to specify --max-depth parameter when templates are folders with deep files tree.
--with-parent flag controls if you want to keep folder structure of template when copying files; think - it will add template_name/file.txt instead of file.txt

Templates can be stored in sub folders, eg:
bts new cargo/web_app .

bts register

To create template from all files in current directory:

bts register template_name .
or
bts register template_name file.txt
to create template from given file.
This command removes anything that existed previously as template_name

To append a file to an existing template:

bts register template_name . -a

Additional flags

register command allows to specify --max-depth same as new.