netcore-blueprint/create.js

A custom .NET Core project blueprint

#!/usr/bin/env node

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const { execSync } = require('child_process'); // ✅ Fix: Import execSync

// Get the project name from command-line arguments
const projectName = process.argv[2];
if (!projectName) {
  console.error("❌ Please specify the project name.");
  process.exit(1);
}

const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, "BlueprintTemplate"); // Copy from BlueprintTemplate
const destinationPath = path.join(process.cwd(), projectName);

// Function to copy and rename files
function copyAndRenameFiles(src, dest, oldName, newName) {
  if (fs.lstatSync(src).isDirectory()) {
    fs.mkdirSync(dest, { recursive: true });
    const entries = fs.readdirSync(src, { withFileTypes: true });

    for (let entry of entries) {
      let srcPath = path.join(src, entry.name);
      let destPath = path.join(dest, entry.name.replace(new RegExp(oldName, 'g'), newName));
      copyAndRenameFiles(srcPath, destPath, oldName, newName);
    }
  } else {
    let content = fs.readFileSync(src, 'utf8');
    content = content.replace(new RegExp(oldName, 'g'), newName); // Replace occurrences of Blueprint
    fs.writeFileSync(dest, content, 'utf8');
  }
}

// Ensure the destination folder doesn't already exist
if (fs.existsSync(destinationPath)) {
  console.error(`❌ Project directory "${projectName}" already exists.`);
  process.exit(1);
}

fs.mkdirSync(destinationPath, { recursive: true });

// Copy and rename all files
fs.readdirSync(templatePath).forEach(item => {
  const srcPath = path.join(templatePath, item);
  let destPath = path.join(destinationPath, item.replace(/Blueprint/g, projectName));

  if (item === "gitignore") {
    destPath = path.join(destinationPath, ".gitignore"); // Rename gitignore
  }

  console.log(`✅ Copying and renaming ${item}...`);
  copyAndRenameFiles(srcPath, destPath, "Blueprint", projectName);
});

console.log(`🎉 Project "${projectName}" created successfully at ${destinationPath}`);
console.log(`📌 Open "${projectName}.sln" in Visual Studio to get started!`);

// Initialize Git and commit the first commit
try {
  process.chdir(destinationPath); // Move into project directory

  console.log("🚀 Initializing Git repository...");
  execSync('git init', { stdio: 'inherit' });

  console.log("📂 Adding all files...");
  execSync('git add .', { stdio: 'inherit' });

  console.log("✅ Creating first commit...");
  execSync('git commit -m "Initial commit from netcore-blueprint"', { stdio: 'inherit' });

  console.log("🎉 Git repository initialized successfully!");
} catch (error) {
  console.error("❌ Failed to initialize Git:", error);
}