This repo contains our foundation-cli tool for rapid code scaffolding that adheres to best practices.

Seeds can optionally define tasks in .genx/tasks.json.

A task contains one or more steps, which can execute various commands.

{
  "tasks": {
    "hello": {
      "name": "hello",
      "description": "Sample task",
      "steps": [
        {
          "say": "hello"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run foundation-cli app to see available tasks:

$ foundation-cli app

  $ foundation-cli app <task>

Apps: Apps are seed instances. Tasks are commands provided by a seed.

  $ foundation-cli app List all tasks
  $ foundation-cli app hello Sample task

Run foundation-cli app hello:

$ foundation-cli app hello
hello | hello

You can execute commands in a step as follows:

• "exec": "gradle assemble" runs a program or a script
• "spawn": "taskname" runs another task (see below)
• "builtin": "hello" runs a builtin task provided by CLI. Available tasks are in tasks folder.
• "say": "text" prints output

When using exec check that your command works on different platforms (Windows, Linux, OS X).

You can provide cwd option to set the working directory for a task or for an invidual task step.

{
  "tasks": {
    "build": {
      "name": "build",
      "description": "Build project",
      "cwd": ".genx/generated",
      "steps": [
        {
          "exec": "gradle assemble"
        },
        {
          "exec": "npm run build"
        },
        {
          "say": "all done"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

You can set environment variables for a task or for an individual step.

You can add requiredEnv array to a task to specify environment variables which must be set for it to run.

Note: in this example we could have simply done "exec": "git branch --show-current" instead - it just illustrates environment variable use.

{
  "tasks": {
    "env": {
      "name": "env",
      "description": "Print current branch",
      "env": {
        "BRANCH": "$(git branch --show-current)"
      },
      "steps": [
        {
          "exec": "node -e \"console.log(process.env.BRANCH)\""
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

$ foundation-cli app env
env | node -e "console.log(process.env.BRANCH)"
master

You can define a condition to determine whether a task should be executed. If it returns a zero exit code, steps will be executed, otherwise skipped.

{
  "tasks": {
    "diff": {
      "name": "diff",
      "description": "Detect changes",
      "steps": [
        {
          "exec": "echo 'working tree contains changes'"
        }
      ],
      "condition": "git diff --exit-code"
    }
  }
}

Note: we could have done git diff --exit-code > /dev/null to turn off Git output on Linux/OS X, but that's not supported on Windows.

Assuming we have some changes in the working directory, which haven't beedn added to Git yet:

$ foundation-cli app diff
diff | condition: git diff --exit-code
# ... git diff output
diff | condition exited with non-zero - skipping

After running Git add command:

$ foundation-cli app diff
diff | condition: git diff --exit-code
diff | echo 'working tree contains changes'
working tree contains changes

You can define dependent tasks:

{
  "tasks": {
    "first": {
      "name": "first",
      "description": "First task",
      "steps": [
        {
          "say": "first"
        }
      ]
    },
    "second": {
      "name": "second",
      "description": "Second task",
      "steps": [
        {
          "spawn": "first"
        },
        {
          "say": "second"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

$ foundation-cli app second
second » first | first
second | second

To enable this module in your application, follow the steps below.

1. Add @genesislcap/foundation-cli as a dependency in your package.json file. Whenever you change the dependencies of your project, ensure you run the $ npm run bootstrap command again. You can find more information in the package.json basics page.

{
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    ...
    "@genesislcap/foundation-cli": "latest"
    ...
  },
  ...
}

Note: this project provides front-end dependencies and uses licensed components listed in the next section; thus, licenses for those components are required during development. Contact Genesis Global for more details.

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