project cloner

make_copy_of_dir_and_rename_certain_files.py

import shutil
import os
from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree



def make_new_project(new_project_name):
    """
    start new empty C++ folder + structure
    """
    template_folder = r"C:\2020\empty_project_template"
    main_dir = os.path.dirname(template_folder)
    destination_folder = os.path.join(main_dir, new_project_name)
    os.mkdir(destination_folder)

    copy_tree(template_folder, destination_folder)
    empty = "empty_project_template"
    empty_project_file = f"{empty}.sublime-project"
    empty_workspace_file = f"{empty}.sublime-workspace"
    new_project_file = f"{new_project_name}.sublime-project"
    new_workspace_file = f"{new_project_name}.sublime-workspace"

    file_path = lambda a: os.path.join(destination_folder, a)
    os.rename(file_path(empty_project_file), file_path(new_project_file))
    os.rename(file_path(empty_workspace_file), file_path(new_workspace_file))

make_new_project("wolfenstain_002")