tmpl

Jacob's Project Templating Tool.

Features

• Make a template from a directory
• Use a template in a directory
• List all templates
• Peek the file structure and variables of a template
• Import a template from a remote git repository
• Template variables
• Composability of multiple templates

Installation

pnpm i -g @jacoblincool/tmpl

CLI Usage

It is intended to be an interactive tool, but it can be used in a non-interactive way.

Use tmpl --help / tmpl <command> --help to see all the options.

Make new template

cd into the directory you want to make a template of, and run:

tmpl make

It will prompt you for a name and do the rest for you.

Template variables

You can use variables in your template.

Use $#VAR#$ to mark a variable of name VAR.

Template variables are case-insensitive.

Character range: A-Z (a-z), 0-9, _, ., and -.

Use template

cd into the directory you want to use the template in, and run:

tmpl use

It will give you a list of templates to choose from and do the rest for you.

If there are any files that already exist, it will prompt you to overwrite them or not.

List templates

It will give you a list of existing templates.

tmpl list

Peek template

Sometimes you want to see what a template is before using it. You can do that with:

tmpl list

It will show you the file structure and variables of the template.

Import template

This tool uses git under the hood to manage templates.

By leveraging the power of git, you can import templates from any remote repository.

tmpl import

It will prompt you for a remote repository URL and a (local) name for the template.

API Usage

It can also be used as a library.

See the documentation for more information.