create-gen-app 0.3.6 → 0.4.0

package/README.md

@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ export const author = "____fullName____";
 
 ### Custom Questions
 
-Create a `.questions.json`:
+Create a `.boilerplate.json`:
 
 ```json
 {
+  "type": "module",
   "questions": [
     {
       "name": "____fullName____",
@@ -135,7 +136,9 @@ Create a `.questions.json`:
 }
 ```
 
-Or `.questions.js` for dynamic logic. Question names can use `____var____` or plain `VAR`; they'll be normalized automatically.
+Or `.boilerplate.js` for dynamic logic. Question names can use `____var____` or plain `VAR`; they'll be normalized automatically.
+
+Note: `.boilerplate.json`, `.boilerplate.js`, and `.boilerplates.json` files are automatically excluded from the generated output.
 
 ### License Templates
 

package/esm/template/extract.js

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ export async function extractVariables(templateDir) {
     const projectQuestions = await loadProjectQuestions(templateDir);
     await walkDirectory(templateDir, async (filePath) => {
         const relativePath = path.relative(templateDir, filePath);
-        if (relativePath === '.questions.json' ||
-            relativePath === '.questions.js') {
+        // Skip boilerplate configuration files from variable extraction
+        if (relativePath === '.boilerplate.json' ||
+            relativePath === '.boilerplate.js' ||
+            relativePath === '.boilerplates.json') {
             return;
         }
         const matches = relativePath.matchAll(VARIABLE_PATTERN);
@@ -101,33 +103,37 @@ async function walkDirectory(dir, callback) {
     }
 }
 /**
- * Load project questions from .questions.json or .questions.js
+ * Load project questions from .boilerplate.json or .boilerplate.js
  * @param templateDir - Path to the template directory
  * @returns Questions object or null if not found
  */
 async function loadProjectQuestions(templateDir) {
-    const jsonPath = path.join(templateDir, '.questions.json');
+    const jsonPath = path.join(templateDir, '.boilerplate.json');
     if (fs.existsSync(jsonPath)) {
         try {
             const content = fs.readFileSync(jsonPath, 'utf8');
-            const questions = JSON.parse(content);
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(content);
+            // .boilerplate.json has { questions: [...] } structure
+            const questions = parsed.questions ? { questions: parsed.questions } : parsed;
             return validateQuestions(questions) ? normalizeQuestions(questions) : null;
         }
         catch (error) {
             const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-            console.warn(`Failed to parse .questions.json: ${errorMessage}`);
+            console.warn(`Failed to parse .boilerplate.json: ${errorMessage}`);
         }
     }
-    const jsPath = path.join(templateDir, '.questions.js');
+    const jsPath = path.join(templateDir, '.boilerplate.js');
     if (fs.existsSync(jsPath)) {
         try {
             const module = require(jsPath);
-            const questions = module.default || module;
+            const exported = module.default || module;
+            // .boilerplate.js can export { questions: [...] } or just the questions array
+            const questions = exported.questions ? { questions: exported.questions } : exported;
             return validateQuestions(questions) ? normalizeQuestions(questions) : null;
         }
         catch (error) {
             const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-            console.warn(`Failed to load .questions.js: ${errorMessage}`);
+            console.warn(`Failed to load .boilerplate.js: ${errorMessage}`);
         }
     }
     return null;

package/esm/template/replace.js

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ async function walkAndReplace(sourceDir, destDir, extractedVariables, answers, s
     const entries = fs.readdirSync(currentSource, { withFileTypes: true });
     for (const entry of entries) {
         const sourceEntryPath = path.join(currentSource, entry.name);
-        if (entry.name === '.questions.json' || entry.name === '.questions.js') {
+        // Skip template configuration files - they should not be copied to output
+        if (entry.name === '.boilerplate.json' ||
+            entry.name === '.boilerplate.js' ||
+            entry.name === '.boilerplates.json') {
             continue;
         }
         let newName = entry.name;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-gen-app",
-  "version": "0.3.6",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "author": "Constructive <developers@constructive.io>",
   "description": "Clone and customize template repositories with variable replacement",
   "main": "index.js",
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
     "makage": "0.1.8"
   },
   "keywords": [],
-  "gitHead": "64ad2e12049b05169df7dc7e3bcc401da6f42842"
+  "gitHead": "9aac458b3809f4f800af22120337291041fe2144"
 }

package/template/extract.js

@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ async function extractVariables(templateDir) {
     const projectQuestions = await loadProjectQuestions(templateDir);
     await walkDirectory(templateDir, async (filePath) => {
         const relativePath = path.relative(templateDir, filePath);
-        if (relativePath === '.questions.json' ||
-            relativePath === '.questions.js') {
+        // Skip boilerplate configuration files from variable extraction
+        if (relativePath === '.boilerplate.json' ||
+            relativePath === '.boilerplate.js' ||
+            relativePath === '.boilerplates.json') {
             return;
         }
         const matches = relativePath.matchAll(VARIABLE_PATTERN);
@@ -137,33 +139,37 @@ async function walkDirectory(dir, callback) {
     }
 }
 /**
- * Load project questions from .questions.json or .questions.js
+ * Load project questions from .boilerplate.json or .boilerplate.js
  * @param templateDir - Path to the template directory
  * @returns Questions object or null if not found
  */
 async function loadProjectQuestions(templateDir) {
-    const jsonPath = path.join(templateDir, '.questions.json');
+    const jsonPath = path.join(templateDir, '.boilerplate.json');
     if (fs.existsSync(jsonPath)) {
         try {
             const content = fs.readFileSync(jsonPath, 'utf8');
-            const questions = JSON.parse(content);
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(content);
+            // .boilerplate.json has { questions: [...] } structure
+            const questions = parsed.questions ? { questions: parsed.questions } : parsed;
             return validateQuestions(questions) ? normalizeQuestions(questions) : null;
         }
         catch (error) {
             const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-            console.warn(`Failed to parse .questions.json: ${errorMessage}`);
+            console.warn(`Failed to parse .boilerplate.json: ${errorMessage}`);
         }
     }
-    const jsPath = path.join(templateDir, '.questions.js');
+    const jsPath = path.join(templateDir, '.boilerplate.js');
     if (fs.existsSync(jsPath)) {
         try {
             const module = require(jsPath);
-            const questions = module.default || module;
+            const exported = module.default || module;
+            // .boilerplate.js can export { questions: [...] } or just the questions array
+            const questions = exported.questions ? { questions: exported.questions } : exported;
             return validateQuestions(questions) ? normalizeQuestions(questions) : null;
         }
         catch (error) {
             const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-            console.warn(`Failed to load .questions.js: ${errorMessage}`);
+            console.warn(`Failed to load .boilerplate.js: ${errorMessage}`);
         }
     }
     return null;

package/template/replace.js

@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ async function walkAndReplace(sourceDir, destDir, extractedVariables, answers, s
     const entries = fs.readdirSync(currentSource, { withFileTypes: true });
     for (const entry of entries) {
         const sourceEntryPath = path.join(currentSource, entry.name);
-        if (entry.name === '.questions.json' || entry.name === '.questions.js') {
+        // Skip template configuration files - they should not be copied to output
+        if (entry.name === '.boilerplate.json' ||
+            entry.name === '.boilerplate.js' ||
+            entry.name === '.boilerplates.json') {
             continue;
         }
         let newName = entry.name;

package/types.d.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Question } from 'inquirerer';
 /**
- * Questions configuration that can be loaded from .questions.json or .questions.js
+ * Questions configuration that can be loaded from .boilerplate.json or .boilerplate.js
  * @typedef {Object} Questions
  * @property {Question[]} questions - Array of inquirerer questions
  */