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Writing a 'project setup script' in PHP

For the test we'd like you to write a command-line tool that sets up a new, modern, PHP project.

Use PHP to execute commands in the user's shell.

The API should look something like, if not exactly:

php ~/scripts/create-project.php [project-name]

Running the script would produce:

cd ~/projects
php ~/scripts/create-project.php new-shortlist-project
// Script executes
"Project: new-shortlist-project created"

You script should do the following:

• Create a new folder with the supplied project-name argument
• Create a new git repository
• Prompt the user for their github username, and then create a new repo on github, with the same project-name (Use Github API V3)
• Create a new composer file in the root
• It should then add the following default files to the project
  • .gitignore
  • .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
  • .editorconfig
  • readme.md
• These basic files should then all be pushed to the remote repo in a commit called "Init"

The resulting project directory structure should look like this:

new-shortlist-project
 - .gitignore (This should include the _latest_ node, macOS, vim, subl, and composer references from gitignore.io)
 - .git
 - composer.json (This should include references to the name and repo)
 - readme.md
 - .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE (this should include the _latest_ markdown from https://github.com/shortlist-digital/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/blob/master/pull-request-template.md
 - .editorconfig Should include the _latest_ from the PHP Slim framework (https://github.com/slimphp)

Where possible template files should GET requested from the web, rather than copied in blank.

You may assume that composer, git , curl, and php are installed globally on the developer's machine.

Commit your script work to a respository with a readme.md file, and ensure that you "commit small and commit often."

You may spend upto 4 hours on your script.

If necessary, split the test into two sessions. Please email jon.sherrard@shortlist.com "Started technical test", when you start each session, and "Finished technical test" with a link to the repo. If you do not want to use a public repo, please feedback that you would like a private repo.