A plop helper for renaming multiple files via a glob pattern
npm install plop-pack-rename-many> plop helper for renaming multiple files via a glob pattern
My main issue was that I didn't want hidden/dot files (ex: .gitignore, .npmrc, .babelrc, .eslintrc, .gitlab-ci.yml, etc.) in my templates folder because they actually change how my repository functions in that directory.
Here's some examples:
1. My templates/.eslintrc file now causes many of my javascript files in my templates directory to have linting errors because they have handlebars syntax for injecting data.
2. My templates/.gitignore file now ignores some of the template files that I actually don't want ignored any more.
So, I wrote this custom renameMany action (plop-pack-rename-many).
Not only that, but the renaming action can be used for things other than just hidden/dot files.
``javascript
// plopfile.js
module.exports = (plop) => {
plop.load('plop-pack-rename-many')
plop.setGenerator('generatory-name-here', {
actions: [
{
type: 'addMany',
destination: process.cwd(),
templateFiles: './templates/*/',
globOptions: { dot: true },
base: './templates',
force: true
},
{ // converts filenames starting with an underscore to dot files.
type: 'renameMany', // <-- the plop-pack-rename-many action!
templateFiles: ${process.cwd()}/*/_, // glob pattern to select all files starting with an underscore..${name.slice(1)}
renamer: name => // rename by removing the underscore and add the period.``
}
]
})
}