recake 🍰

RECord and remAKE. A CLI tool for creating your own project templates and code snipits.

Usage

Install recake using pyinstaller and saving it to a destination tracked by $Path. Otherwise, use py recake.py instead of recake(.exe).

# cache a source
recake add C:/source/project -n 'template'

# copy to a new destination.
recake copy 'template' C:/source/new-project

Commands

• add: Cache code files and directories for later.
• clip: Add the contents of a stored file to the clipboard.
• copy: Copy a cached source to a new destination.
• ls: List added code sources.
• open: Open a source in file explorer or the default editor.
• rm: Delete an existing source.
• update: cache code files and directories for later.

Contributing

Feel free to tackle one of the items below, or suggest your own additions!

Wishlist / TODO

recake is still in early stages of development. Here are some things that could make it better:

• Templating with variable injection.
• Install-script and environment configuration for multi-platform support (currently only tested on Windows).
• Separate command like add to accept user input from the terminal.
• list source/clip command to see all cached items. implemented as ls command.
• Ability to add internet/github sources.
• recake script files to run on copy and select senarios.
• update/delete source/clip commands. implemented as update and rm.
• Better console messages (maybe add some color?)
• Configure defaults (ls --truncate, open --cached, etc.)

Installation

Recomended: use pyinstaller to create an executable:

1. pip install pyinstaller
2. pyinstaller recake.py --distpath C:\PATH\aware\directory
3. Create a batch file pointing to the executable
4. recake --version