Use a git repo as a template for new projects

README.md

Setup Instructions

Create ~/bin directory

mkdir ~/bin

Add ~/bin to $PATH

sudo zsh -c "if ! grep '^/Users/`whoami`/bin$' /etc/paths > /dev/null; then echo '/Users/`whoami`/bin' >> /etc/paths; fi"

Download Script

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jisaacks/8ebf1e594da71b2fe8ec/raw/newapp --retry 5 > ~/bin/newapp

Make Script Exacutable

chmod +x ~/bin/newapp

Usage

specify 2 arguments:

• github user/repo to use as template
• new project name

newapp jisaacks/app_template my_new_app

newapp

#!/bin/zsh

local  RED='\033[1;31m'
local BLUE='\033[1;34m'
local   NC='\033[0m' # No Color

local REPO=$1
local PROJ=$2

local ORG='tiy-atl-js-feb-2016'

# CHECK FOR ARGUMENTS
if [ -z $REPO ] || [ -z $PROJ ]; then
  echo "${RED}usage:${BLUE} $(basename $0) user/repo new_project_name${NC}"
  exit 1
fi

# CHECK REPO FOR OWNER
if ! echo $REPO | grep "/" > /dev/null
  then
    REPO="$ORG/$REPO"
fi

# MAKE SURE NEW PROJECT NAME DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST
if [ -e $PROJ ]; then
  echo "${RED}$PROJ aleady exists"
  exit 1
fi

# CLONE GIT REPO
git clone "git@github.com:$REPO.git" $PROJ

# CD TO NEW PROJECT
cd $PROJ

# REMOVE REPO DATA
rm -rf "./.git"

# RUN `npm install` IF package.json IS PRESENT
if [ -e "./package.json" ]
  then npm install
fi

# RUN `bower install` IF bower.json IS PRESENT
if [ -e "./bower.json" ]
  then bower install
fi