create_structure

Contents

• Description
• Required
• Setup/ Update
• Directories structure
• Execution examples
• How to create your own template
• Changelog

Description

This is the magic :octocat: bot :octocat: by Castellani Davide With this programm you can easily create a repository on GitHub :octocat: with a basic template, personalized for your use.

Required

• required python3 (>=3.8)
• pip3
• Internet connection
• GitHub account
  • GitHub Token with repo and organization permission

Setup

Attention: replace <SOME_WORDS> with your values

• Debian/ Ubuntu using apt:
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:castellanidavide/createstructure; sudo apt update; sudo apt install createstructure
• Windows (using choco):
  • choco install createstructure
  • createstrucure.exe -l <- for the login
• All OS using pypi:
  • pip install createstructure
  • Made an alias of use
    • Value of the alias: python3 -c "exec(\"from create_structure import create_structure;create_structure()\")" -t=<TOCKEN> -s=<(optional)_ARRAY_OF_TEMPLATE_SOURCES> -o=<(optional)_ORGANIZATION> -i=<(optional)_FOLDERS_AND_FILES_TO_BE_IGNORED_BY_TEMPLATE>
    • Eg. ubuntu/debian (after this reload the terminal): echo alias createstructure='python3 -c "exec(\"from create_structure import create_structure;create_structure()\")" -t=<TOCKEN> -s=<(optional)_ARRAY_OF_TEMPLATE_SOURCES> -o=<(optional)_ORGANIZATION> -i=<(optional)_FOLDERS_AND_FILES_TO_BE_IGNORED_BY_TEMPLATE>' >> ~/.bash_aliases
    • Example of use: echo "alias createstructure='python3 -c \"exec(\\\"from create_structure import create_structure;create_structure()\\\")\" -t=abcb1234 -s=[CastellaniDavide] -o=CastellaniDavideTest -i=[.vs,.vscode]'" >> ~/.bash_aliases
• Manual by source:
  • install git
  • download the repo git clone https://github.com/CastellaniDavide/create_structure.git
  • install python3
  • install pip3
  • install requirements.txt (in core of the project): pip3 install -r requirements/requirements.txt
  • create an alias
    • name: create_structure
    • attribute: python3 <ABSOLUTE_PATH_OF_REPO>/bin/create_structure.py -t= -s=<ARRAY_OF_SOURCES> -o=<(optional)_ORGANIZATION> -i=<(optional)_FOLDERS_TO_BE_IGNORED_FROM_TEMPLATE>

Update

• With pypi method: pip3 install [package_name] --upgrade

Directories structure

• .github
  • ISSUE_TEMPLATE
    • *.md
  • workflows
    • *.yml
• choco
• create_structure
  • __init __.py
• debian
• doc
  • _config.yml
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
• requirements
  • requirements.txt
• setup.py
• .gitignore

Execution examples

• create_structure

How to create your own template

1. Open father template

• https://github.com/CastellaniDavide/default-template

2. Clone the templete into your GitHub account

• Press "Use this template" bottom
• Compile the form that you see, take attention to the owner and make sure the visibity to "Public"

3. Modify it

• You can clone on your PC and choose what and how to change (it's not a problem if you want to change all the structure 😄)
• Take attention to che .castellanidavide\change.json file
  • You can see some change examples => ... "from": "to", ...
  • Make attention to this special alias
    • sol<question_tag>sol -> the result of your answer in the form you made at the beginning
    • time__now -> Datetime (format yyyy-mm-dd)
    • time_now -> Datetime (format yyyymmdd)
    • (Do you have any idea? You can say me on the help email help@castellanidavide.it and I could add it to newer versions)
• Rememper to push your changes

4. Add your account into research

• Add your Own name into SOUCES_OF_TEMPLATES, keep attention to the order (i sugge

5. Try it

• Try to execute this programm and check correct use

Changelog

• 7.1_2021-02-13
• 7.0_2021-01-11
• 6.2_2021-01-04
• 6.1_2021-01-03
• 6.0_2020-12-16
• 5.5_2020-12-13
• 5.4_2020-12-12
• 5.3_2020-11-29
• 5.2_2020-11-28
• 5.1_2020-11-28
• 5.0_2020-11-21
• 4.0_2020-09-25
• 3.1_2020-08-18
• 3.0_2020-08-15
• 2.0_2020-03-24
• 1.0_2020-03-24

7.1_2021-02_13

• Change internal team variable (team pointer => team name)
• Adjust emoji
• Add a parameter to create a template eg. -temp --template
• Optimized multithreading on push

7.0_2021-01-11

• Added Debian package
• Added Choco package
• Automate Choco package publishing

6.2_2021-01-04

• Added emoji 😄 to the output

6.1_2021-01-03

• Fixed a bug
• Adjusted variable names
• Added a method to understand when an answer is positive, this for a more centralized control
• Added developer/ verbose setting
• Update .gitignore
• Added the possibility to add automatically the answers
• Optimized README.md
• Now the workflows file are loaded at the end
• Update workflows

5.5_2020-12-13

• Add first version of GitHub Actions

5.4_2020-12-12

• Fixed some bugs
• Changed the README.md
• Create a setup method <= easier to use
• Changed the way to give the tocken, ... => now by CLI

5.3_2020-11-29

• removed some untils lines
• accelerated the code
• parametrized the folder to be ignored
• start to use multitreading (41 sec. -> 10 sec.) (I made this test using this template)
• optimized imports
• optimised variables

5.2_2020-11-28

• Added the website documentation
• Fixed a bug

5.1_2020-11-28

• Fixed a bug
• Add team selection in runtime execution

5.0_2020-11-21

• Fixed a bug
• Made a better documentation
• Optimized the question structure
• Optimized the questions
• Added some variables
  • Template sources list
  • Organization name (if you want to save into an Organization)
• Removed some ununtil variables

4.0_2020-09-25

Changes

• Fixed a bug
• Remove the necessity of insert credentials any time
• Download in any case, before only if public repo
• removed unused files

3.1_2020-08-18

Changes

• optimized the code
• added requirements.txt

3.0_2020-08-15

Changes

• add GitHub support with a lot of options (eg. repo private or public)

2.0_2020-03-24

Changes

• adjusted some bugs
• improved the program

1.0_2020-03-24

• Initial version

Made by Castellani Davide If you have any problem or ask please contact me:

• help@castellanidavide.it
• Discussion
• Issue