I was brainstorming about this a week ago. Specifically, there is also an issue to support "git clone" as the source for an application template, and that one gets tricky with the current way we link/copy.
An app consists of (and we should import all of) the following: - www - config.xml - hooks - merges So, talking with Mark about what the CLI does during "cordova create" (not much), the only thing stopping us from supporting a workflow using actual cp -r, ln -s, or git clone is that there must exist a platforms/ and plugins/ folder. Thats it. After we fix that problem, the workflow would be: - Create a new cordova workspace with, Option 1: cordova create. Option 2: cp -r/ln -s/git clone an existing/boilerplate project - cordova prepare (will auto-create platforms/ and plugins/ and auto-install the necessary versions after Gorken finishes his work) I think that is a better workflow than passing arguments to cordova create to do the imports by copy/link/clone/etc. -Michal On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > working only for www makes sense to me. if I'm creating a wholesale copy > why not just cp -r? changing the namespace? > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There's an outstanding bug that --copy-from and --link-to work only for > > www/. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5833. Would be great if > > anyone wanted to take it on :) > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Wargo, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I was relying upon the docs. The CLI help is pretty unreadable in a > > > terminal window on Windows as it's written for a 120 character wide > > screen > > > for some reason and Windows terminal by default is 80 characters wide. > I > > > guess we need to get the docs updated to reflect these parameters. I'll > > > submit a ticket and perhaps fix this. > > > > > > What about hooks though? It seems that the copyfrom option is for the > www > > > folder contents, but what about merges and hooks? Shouldn't a > 'complete' > > > project template include both as well? It seems to me that the copyto > > > option should copy to the root project level which would then allow > > > developers to include stuff in hooks and merges as well as www when > > copying > > > over a project template. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > John M. Wargo > > > SCN Blog: http://scn.sap.com/blogs/johnwargo > > > Twitter: @johnwargo > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shazron [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 1:29 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Hooks > > > > > > In the help for cordova create in 3.4, there is the --copy-from and > > > --link-to options. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:22 AM, John Wargo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Regarding hooks, is there an easy way to deploy them to your project? > > For > > > > example, with the ability to specify a project template to use with > the > > > CLI > > > > create command, can that include hooks? > > > > > > > > I thought the template option was added to the CLI, but the 3.4 CLI > > docs > > > > don't mention it: > > > http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.4.0/guide_cli_index. > > > > md.html#The%20Command-Line%20Interface. Is it in there? > > > > > > > > > >
