tmplr

tmplr

Quickly create new files from templates.

Usage

Assuming we are in an empty directory:

$ tmplr src/index.php

This will create the directory "src" and an empty index.php file because we have not created a template just yet.

Lets create one!

First lets go into our template directory:

$ cd $(tmplr --template-dir)

next lets create a template file for PHP classes and PHP enums

$ hx [class].php

---
name: PHP Class Template
vars:
  - name: namespace
    prompt: Namespace for this class
---
<?php

namespace {{.namespace}};

class {{.class}} {
    public function __constructor() {
    }
}

and...

$ hx [enum].php

---
name: PHP Enum Template
vars:
  - name: namespace
    prompt: Namespace for this class
---
<?php

namespace {{.namespace}};

enum {{.enum}} {
}

Short explanation of the template syntax:

There is a frontmatter where you can define a name and variables the user has to enter when they are creating the template. And after that there is the actual template that will be later parsed by Gos template/text templating engine.

lets get back to the project dir and create a new file:

$ cd ~/to/my/project-dir
$ tmplr src/controller/IndexController.php

tmplr matches the filename against all files in its template directory in this case "IndexController.php" matches "[class].php" and "[enum].php"

The [...] part is variable and will as you can see above also be exported to the template.

You could also create a template like this "[controllerName]Controller.php" which would also match for "IndexController" to make even more precise templates

Meta template variables

tmplr also has some extra template variables that you don't have to specify like:

• _cwd - The current working directory
• _path - The absolute path of your new file, e.g. pkg/cli/test.go will use "/home/YOURNAME/dev/tmplr/pkg/cli/test.go" here
• _dirname - The name of the directory the new file is in, e.g. pkg/cli/test.go will use "cli" here
• _filename - The name of the file, e.g. pkg/cli/test.go will use "test.go" here

Name

tmplr comes from a mixture of template and Templar and is also supposed to be pronounced "Templar".

License

GNU General Public License v3