Add function Pkg.create_project(project_name="", packages=[])

[ufechner7]

Feature request

It should be easier to create new user projects. Currently you need to do:

mkdir new_project
cd new_project
julia --project="."
using Pkg
pkg"add LinearAlgebra"
prg"add StaticArrays"

This is just an example.
After this new feature is implemented you should be able to do:

julia
using Pkg
Pkg.create_project("new_project", ["LinearAlgebra","StaticArrays"])

This would make it easier to explain to new students how to create a user project.
Perhaps even an interactive dialog could be started if the parameters are missing.

[KristofferC]

shell> mkdir NewProj

(@v1.8) pkg> activate NewProj
  Activating new project at `~/JuliaTests/NewProj`

(NewProj) pkg> add LinearAlgebra StaticArrays

This would make it easier to explain to new students how to create a user project.

Instead of having a "magic" command that does this, I think it is more instructive for students to see these three steps.

• The first one shows that a project is just a folder.
• The second one shows that you activate a project by just activating the folder.
• The third one adds packages to the activated project.

If you have Pkg.create_project("new_project", ["LinearAlgebra","StaticArrays"]) who knows what is going on?