cookiebaker - Use cookiecutter with existing code and git integration

cookiebaker is a simple wrapper for cookiecutter which attempts to:

• Set full_name and email in the cookiecutter config from your Git config
• Use existing folders or files as the initial project source
• Initialize a Git repository in the newly created project folder
• Commit the initial set of files to the Git repository

src layout is assumed, and the cookiecutter is expected not to contain a src/ folder. An empty src/ folder will be created in the template, and files and folders will be copied under that directory.

Because of the high probability that the project shares a name with a source folder, the cookiecutter is assembled in a local temporary directory first. Upon successful assembly, the original source is removed, the new project folder is moved out to the current level, and the temporary directory is removed.

A simple compatible cookiecutter is also included, and will be used by default. It assumes you are the sole author of the project, so it does not attempt to provide a code of conduct, contributor license agreement, guidelines for contributors etc. It does, however, attempt to adapt the project contents to your choice of license, and assumes the project will be a pure Python project following modern packaging standards.

Installation

With pipx (recommended)

If you already have cookiecutter installed via pipx:

pipx inject --include-apps cookiecutter cookiebaker

This will add cookiebaker to your existing cookiecutter installation, so you don't need a second copy of cookiecutter as a dependency.

If you don't have cookiecutter, but you have pipx:

pipx install --include-deps cookiebaker

This will download and install cookiecutter as a dependency of cookiebaker, and make its command-line tools available as well.

If you don't have pipx, get it first.

With pip

If you don't want to use pipx, you can install cookiebaker with pip instead. Please keep in mind that cookiebaker is an application, and does not provide any meaningful API or library. No particular guidance is provided here, as users who have a good reason to do it this way should know what they're doing already.

Documentation

Run the program with new-project, specifying a name for the new project and then the files and/or folders to use as the initial project source.

For example, from a single file:

new-project "My Awesome Project" example.py

The new project will be created in my_awesome_project, and example.py will be moved directly under src.

To choose a license for the project, specify its SPDX id when prompted.

Currently these licenses are supported:

• the MIT license (MIT)
• The Unlicense (Unlicense)

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Copyright © 2024 Karl Knechtel

This project is open source software, distributed under the terms of The Unlicense. Please see LICENSE.txt for details.