autobot 0.0.0+6

A command line tool for automating common developer tasks like generate files, manage environment, configure projects and setup CI.

autobot

A command line tool for automating common development tasks like generate files, manage environment, configure projects or setup for CI.

Installation

1. Install Dart following this instructions.

2. Activate autobot running the following command:

$ dart pub global activate autobot  

Usage

Build in commands

version

Prints the autobot version.

init

Initializes a autobot_config.yaml in the working directory. Use init -g to initialize a global config file in your home directory.

run

The run command has the -t(template) option. Use run -t <template_file_name_without_yaml_extension> to run a template. Make sure that you have either initialized a directory specific autobot_config.yaml or a global .autobot_config.yaml using the init command. The template file must be places inside the templateDirectory which can be definid in the autobot_config.yaml file.

Templates

A autobot template is a yaml file. It describes what autobot has to do.

inputs

Add a list of inputs to tell autobot that you need some information from the user.

inputs:
  - key: userName
    prompt: What is your name?
  - key: userAge
    prompt: How old are you?

Running this template, autobot will print the two prompts to the user and assign the input values to the keys.

outputs

Add a list of outputs to tell autobot that you what to write some files.

inputs:
  - key: userName
    prompt: What is your name?
  - key: userAge
    prompt: How old are you?

outputs:
  - path: some/relative/path.txt
    write: true
    content: Hi {{ userName }}
  - path: /some/non_relative/path.txt
    write: true
    content: |
      Hi {{ userName }},
      is it true that you are {{ userAge }} years old?

Autobot uses mustache to redner the output fields. This means that you can use the input keys to render dynamic values in path, write or content field of a output definiton.

autobot_config

The autobot_config.yaml is necessary for some commands like run. Currently it support only the templateDirectory field. This allows for defining in which directory autobot should search for templates.