create-with-generator

use pnpm create / yarn create / npm init with yeoman generator

Install

$ pnpm add create-with-generator

API

require('create-with-generator').runGenerator({ __dirname })

options

key	type	required	description
__dirname	string	true	your __dirname, used to detect who is calling runGenerator, if running in a symlinked environment, you need pass __dirname explicitly
name	string	false	generator name, can be bareName(like augular or @scope/augular ) or fullname name(like generator-angular or @scope/generator-angular)
subname	string	false	generator subname, defaults empty, stands for yo <name>:app

Usage Guide

example we have generator-angular, and we want to build the create-angular package

• init package.json via npm init
• install deps: pnpm add create-with-generator 'generator-angular@*'
• add index.js with contents below
• add main & bin field of package.json to index.js
• tweak your package.json as you want, then run npm publish
• start create using pnpm create angular

index.js

require('create-with-generator').runGenerator({ __dirname })

package.json

{
  "main": "index.js",
  "bin": "index.js"
}

Changelog

CHANGELOG.md

License

the MIT License http://magicdawn.mit-license.org