Support for "stagehand <github repo>"

[seenickcode]

This tool would really rock if it can be used for Flutter or Aqueduct projects with anyone's own template, much like Golang's "go get "

(context: from this thread with @DanTup: https://twitter.com/DanTup/status/1096736856815923201)

1. Repo would require to have some kind of spec file
2. "stagehand " would ensure that spec file exists and generate the template found in the repo.

This would be a major value add for Flutter especially, since creating projects vary so widely regarding base requirements and the out of the box "flutter create" creates too trivial / not realistic of a project.

Would love your thoughts.

[kwalrath]

Related: #192, #394

[sassman]

a very similar thing that exists in the py eco system is cookiecutter. It's very nice becuase the whole structure of the project is as a regular project, just that the things that shall be replace are wrapped by the {{ }} template syntax.

I wonder if it would make sense to add one new generator template to stagehand that would accept an additional parameter like a github repo url, and it will checkout this repo as the template and will do the scanning for replacement needs and interactively replace all the variables.

The major benefit IMO is that users could use stagehand with their own templates hosted on e.g. github very easily.

@seenickcode does this goes int your direction?

[ibrahim-mubarak]

It would be a great benefit to be able to generate a project from a repo. I suppose we should also consider creating them from a specific version, such as a branch or tag. Also should we be doing this discussion in this issue or #192, as both seem to try to achieve the same thing.

[felangel]

fwiw I’ve been working on mason which allows you to create your own custom templates using mustache which can be hosted either locally or on git.