scold-cli 0.1.2

Scaffolding generation CLI

Scold

About

scold is a CLI tool for reducing manual copy-pasting of boilerplate/scaffolding code, it let's developers define custom templates for different kinds of objects (services, database entities, etc) that scold will render when running scold new <object_type>, while prompting for questions in the template.

Usage

We first define a scold.toml file at the root of our project:

[project]
root_dir = "./src/scold/"  # object dirs get this value prepended
# how files get named by default, is overrided by some `file_naming` scoped prop.
# so `SampleRepository` -> `sample_repository` automatically
default_file_naming = "snake_case"

[objects.repository]
dir = "services/repositories/"
# vars get converted into a form that will be prompted when running cli
vars = [
  { field = "object_name", desc = "Name", type = "text", default = "SampleRepository" },  # required for all objects
  { field = "feature_toggles", desc = "Feature Toggles", group = [
    { field = "allow_deletion", desc = "Allow deletion", type = "bool", default = true },
    { field = "allow_extinction", desc = "Allow extinction", type = "bool", default = false },
  ] },
]

Then, in the directory for our object 'repository', we must have a __template folder (whole folder will be copied) OR a __template.* file (only file will be copied). Then you can use Mako's syntax in the template, benefitting from the variables declared in the scold.toml file.

When running scold new repository, we get a form prompting for our inputs:

Installation

The easiest way to install the scold cli is with uv. You can do the following to install it in your system:

uv tool install scold-cli