create-express-ts-boilerplate/bin/cli.js

Express TypeScript Template

#!/usr/bin/env node

const { execSync } = require('child_process');

const runCommand = (command) => {
  try {
    execSync(`${command}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(`Failed to execute ${command}`, err);
    return false;
  }

  return true;
};

const repoName = process.argv[2];
const gitCheckoutCommand = `git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/duterte/create-express-typescript ${repoName}`;
const installDepsCommand = `cd ${repoName} && npm install`;

console.log(`Cloning the repository with the name ${repoName}`);
const checkedOut = runCommand(gitCheckoutCommand);
if (!checkedOut) process.exit(-1);

console.log(`Installing dependencies for ${repoName}`);
const installedDeps = runCommand(installDepsCommand);
if (!installedDeps) process.exit(-1);

console.log(`You are ready!`);
console.log(`cd ${repoName}`);