ru-cpj

A Rust-based command-line tool for creating new projects from templates. This tool helps you quickly set up new projects by downloading and extracting templates from URLs, while handling all the necessary initialization steps.

Features

• Creates new project directories with specified names
• Initializes Git repositories
• Downloads and extracts project templates from URLs (supports .zip and .tar.gz formats)
• Automatically flattens directory structures
• Updates Cargo.toml with the new project name
• Runs initial cargo build to verify the setup

Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust and Cargo (Rust's package manager)
• Git
• unzip (for .zip files)
• tar (for .tar.gz files)

Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ru-cpj.git
cd ru-cpj

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# The binary will be available at target/release/ru-cpj

Usage

ru-cpj <project_name> <template_url>

Arguments

• project_name: The name of your new project
• template_url: URL to the template archive (supports .zip and .tar.gz formats)

Example

# Create a new project named "my-project" from a template
ru-cpj my-project https://example.com/templates/rust-web-template.zip

This will:

1. Create a new directory named "my-project"
2. Initialize a Git repository
3. Download and extract the template
4. Update the project configuration
5. Run an initial build

Supported Template Formats

• ZIP (.zip)
• TAR.GZ (.tar.gz, .tgz)

Error Handling

The tool includes comprehensive error handling and will provide clear error messages if something goes wrong during the process.

License

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.