I like the idea and believe it should be pursued.
However, like most other major frameworks that implement something like
this, the cli should be separate from the main rails repo.
On Monday, June 4, 2018 at 4:37:48 AM UTC-5, Viktor Fonic wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Every time I run `rails new`, I need to pull out the command I use (and
> maybe even the template as well). The command I currently use looks like
> this:
> $ rails new magic --database=postgresql --skip-coffee --skip-turbolinks
> --skip-test --skip-system-test --webpack=react
>
> On the other hand (and I know I'm comparing apples and oranges here),
> here's what happens when I run `npm init`:
>
> $ npm init
> This utility will walk you through creating a package.json file.
> It only covers the most common items, and tries to guess sensible defaults.
>
> See `npm help json` for definitive documentation on these fields
> and exactly what they do.
>
> Use `npm install <pkg>` afterwards to install a package and
> save it as a dependency in the package.json file.
>
> Press ^C at any time to quit.
> *package name: (asd)*
> *version: (1.0.0)*
> *description:*
> *entry point: (index.js)*
> *test command:*
> *git repository:*
> *keywords:*
> *author:*
> *license: (ISC)*
> About to write to /Users/vfonic/Developer/javascript/asd/package.json:
>
> {
> "name": "asd",
> "version": "1.0.0",
> "description": "",
> "main": "index.js",
> "scripts": {
> "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
> },
> "author": "",
> "license": "ISC"
> }
>
>
> *Is this OK? (yes)*
>
>
>
> Bold are prompts, with sensible defaults in the (brackets).
>
> Wouldn't it be great if rails had something similar? Imagine gems
> attaching directly to the `rails new` and immediately installing and
> setting up even before you `cd` to your app! If not, at least I'll be able
> to skip all the flags I want to skip, by going through the interactive
> `rails new`.
>
> If you prefer the simplicity of `rails new` and would like to keep it, we
> could add a single "Y/n" prompt before all the others:
> Create new app with sensible defaults Y/n:
>
> What do you think?
>
>
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