ConfigFactory

.NET Core application for managing configuration files across multiple projects, based on templates.

Helpful, when you have configuration files in different projects that differ only in some small passages or configuration values

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Download the .net SDK (https://www.microsoft.com/net/core)
• Clone this project
• Open terminal and navigate to the folder where the ConfigFactory.csproj file is
• Run dotnet run

If everything is ok so far, you should see the output:

Usage: 
  dotnet ConfigFactory.dll <options>
 Options:
   -p=path Path to the master data (required, this is where your cf.json lives)

Configuration

• Now look at the test_master directory
• Here you will find a file called cf.json. Open it.
• This is the file where the main configuration takes place:
  • What projects have to be processed (projects: [ ... ] )
  • Where are these projects (BaseDir: ...)
  • What are the replacements (Replacements: [ ... ] )
  • Where are the templates (TemplateMappings: [ ... ] )
  • How should the templates be mapped

The example says:

• I have two projects test1 and test2
• I want to replace webserverPort, mockserverPort and livereloadPort for both projects and additionalCodeLine only for test1
• I have one file where these replacements should take place (masterFile.js, the From)
• Destination of the "instance" (the To) is: some/deep/dir/file.js. This path is prefixed by BaseDir of each project.

Building

• Run dotnet build
• The Application is now built and can be found in: ./bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/

Process the template and generate output

• Run dotnet ./bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/ConfigFactory.dll -p=test_master
• You will find the output according to the cf.json in ../test1 and ../test2