A command-line interface for sprout.

$ npm install sprout-cli --global

Try the sprout-express template for generating a boilerplate express app:

$ sprout add express git@github.com:carrot/sprout-express
$ sprout init express ~/Projects/sprout-express-instance

Sprout can be used directly through the command line to initialize projects. Once installed, it exposes the sprout command, which you can use to add, remove, and/or use your templates. The command line interface stores templates in a user folder, typically ~/.config/sprout. The commands are more or less what you would expect, and are listed below.

$ sprout add <name> <src>

Description: Adds a template to your repertoire from src as name. Name represents how you would like the template to be named within sprout. You are required to add a template which can be either a clone url or a path to a local template. If no name is provided, sprout will use the last piece of the template as the name.

Options:

• -v, --verbose: Verbose mode.

$ sprout remove <name>

Description: Removes the template with the specified name from sprout.

Options:

• -v, --verbose: Verbose mode.

Aliases: rm, delete

$ sprout list

Description: Lists all templates that you have added to sprout.

Aliases: ls, all

$ sprout init <name> <target>

Description: Initializes the template with the given name at the given target.

Options:

• -l [LOCALS [LOCALS ...]], --locals [LOCALS [LOCALS ...]]: Pass locals as options which will override the prompts set in your templates. Locals are passed to the CLI like so: -l key1=value1 key2='value2'

• -t TAG, --tag TAG: Pass a git tag to generate the template from.

• -b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH: Pass a git branch to generate the template from.

• -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG: Pass a JSON or yaml file to pre-define a large set of values, like so:

  {
    "key1": "value1",
    "key2": true,
    "key3": 200
  }

Aliases: new, create

$ sprout run <name> <generator>

Description: Run a generator named generator, provided in a template with the given name, on a template instance in the current working directory.

Options:

• -t TARGET, --target TARGET Optionally pass the path to the template instance (relative to the current working directory).

• [args, [args ...]] Pass arguments to the generator, like so:

  $ sprout run mvc model User name:string age:integer

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