devs-from-matrix/app-generator

An app generator for scaffolding

app-generator's Issues

[New Feature]: create repository in github from template repository

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently the app-generator creates the scaffolded code in generated directory locally. It would be nice if this is in source control management like GitHub.

Describe the solution you'd like

• Step 1: Create a new repository from devs-from-matrix/basic-template-repository
• Step 2: Generate\scaffold code (this is already taken care)
• Step 3: Initialize the generated code to the new repository and commit and push the changes. You may require a token hence pass it as an argument to the gulp task

Additional context
The token passed as an argument is a temporary solution. We need to me use of GitHub App

[New Feature] template code must refer from GitHub repository

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Today we have created a templates folder where all the templates are defined. This is hard to maintain and add multiple templates. Instead we need to refer the templates from the GitHub which makes it easy to maintain and loosely coupled.

Describe the solution you'd like

• Step 1: Need to know where the template is defined in GitHub
• Step 2: Checkout the code from the above
• Step 3: Delete .github (otherwise this will get copied too). Maybe you may have to delete others too like README etc. I would suggest to keep this configurable.

Additional context
You would need to modify the task gulp.task('generate')

[New Feature] change from packageName to packagename

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When we have `packageName' as the name of a package then its not a java standard because it should essentially be all lower case however we have used camelCase.

Describe the solution you'd like

Step 1: change from packageName to packagename. Reference

Step 2: Update the templates

• hexagonal-spring-boot-java
• hexagonal-spring-boot-kotlin

Additional context
Don't forgot to update the documentation in the templates repositories

[New Feature] create a new GitHub App for the app generator

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Once the feature request #12 is incorporated user would have to pass GitHub token every time.

Describe the solution you'd like
This can be avoided by making this as an GitHub App to gain access in order to create repository, commit and push the files

Additional context
https://developer.github.com/apps/building-github-apps/