create-this 🚀

This project is a convenience wrapper for invoking starter kits from sources other than public packages named create-<X>.

It is most useful for conveniently invoking starter kits in private repositories, from scoped packages, private packages or private registries.

# With npm
npx create-this git+ssh://git@github.com/user/repo.git
npx create-this my-private-package
npx create-this @myorg/some-package
npx create-this ./path/to/my/package

# With yarn
yarn create this git+ssh://git@github.com/user/repo.git
yarn create this my-private-package
yarn create this @myorg/some-package
yarn create this ./path/to/my/package

# With pnpm
pnpm create this git+ssh://git@github.com/user/repo.git
pnpm create this my-private-package
pnpm create this @myorg/some-package
pnpm create this ./path/to/my/package

Usage

# With NPM
npx create-this <options for create-this> <package-identifier> <options-and-arguments-for-the-invoked-starter-kit>

# With Yarn
yarn create this <options for create-this> <package-identifier> <options-and-arguments-for-the-invoked-starter-kit>

# With pnpm
pnpm create this <options for create-this> <package-identifier> <options-and-arguments-for-the-invoked-starter-kit>
# or
pnpx create-this <options for create-this> <package-identifier> <options-and-arguments-for-the-invoked-starter-kit>

create-this will try to automatically infer which package manager you're using. If this fails or if you want to use another package manager, then you can specify it using --use (npm|yarn|pnpm).

Any options and arguments passed to create-this after the package identifier are passed to the invoked starter kit.

This tool is most convenient for invoking unpublished starter kits in private (or public) git repositories, e.g

yarn create this git+ssh://git@github.com/user/repo.git -a -b --some-option --another-option 42 ./some-dir

You can also use it to invoke private packages or scoped packages

yarn create this my-private-package -a -b --some-option --another-option 42 ./some-dir

yarn create this @myorg/some-package -a -b --some-option --another-option 42 ./some-dir

Finally, you can also use a local directory as the source.

yarn create this ./path/to/my/package -a -b --some-option --another-option 42 ./some-dir

License

MIT