Adds a new capability to choose how to handle already existing target files when using a generator. See #17925 Co-authored-by: Michael Monerau <micmo@qontrol.io>
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Function: generateFiles
▸ generateFiles(tree, srcFolder, target, substitutions, options?): void
Generates a folder of files based on provided templates.
While doing so it performs two substitutions:
- Substitutes segments of file names surrounded by __
- Uses ejs to substitute values in templates
Examples:
generateFiles(tree, path.join(__dirname, 'files'), './tools/scripts', {
tmpl: '',
name: 'myscript',
});
This command will take all the files from the files directory next to the place where the command is invoked from.
It will replace all __tmpl__ with '' and all __name__ with 'myscript' in the file names, and will replace all
<%= name %> with myscript in the files themselves.
tmpl: '' is a common pattern. With it you can name files like this: index.ts__tmpl__, so your editor
doesn't get confused about incorrect TypeScript files.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
tree |
Tree |
the file system tree |
srcFolder |
string |
the source folder of files (absolute path) |
target |
string |
the target folder (relative to the tree root) |
substitutions |
Object |
an object of key-value pairs |
options? |
GenerateFilesOptions |
See GenerateFilesOptions |
Returns
void