Add `--template` flag to `init` command
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Description
As mentioned in this comment on Discourse it would be really nice if Spago could have templates.
Examples from the post for how this could look like:
spago init --template halogen
spago init --template react-basic-hooks
spago init --template cli
... etc.
Opening this issue to track this, I don't have an opinion on how this should be implemented, but looking at previous art (e.g. Stack templates), I feel we could:
- have each template as a git submodule in the
templatesfolder - ..and include all templates in the binary (this is so that you can still make a project if you're offline)
- ..and optionally try to fetch them if we are online and they have been updated
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing spago init command and reviewing the proposed templates folder and git-submodule approach. Clarify how named templates are selected, bundled for offline use, and optionally updated online; done means --template supports the documented examples without breaking ordinary initialization.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100