Generate an appveyor.yml file to the cwd or specified directory. Install globally and run with generate's CLI, or use as a component in your own generator.

generate-appveyor

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Install generate

To use generate from the command line, it must first be installed globally with npm:

$ npm install --global generate

Install generate-appveyor

Next, install this generator:

$ npm install --global generate-appveyor

Run

You should now be able to run this generator with the following command:

$ gen appveyor

Tasks

appveyor:appveyor

Generates an appveyor.yml file in the current working directory.

Example

$ gen appveyor:appveyor

appveyor:default

Alias to enable running the appveyor task with the following command:

Example

$ gen appveyor

What is "Generate"?

Generate is a command line tool and developer framework for scaffolding out new GitHub projects using generators and tasks.

Answers to prompts and the user's environment can be used to determine the templates, directories, files and contents to build. Support for gulp, base and assemble plugins, and much more.

For more information:

• Visit the generate project
• Visit the generate documentation
• Find generators on npm (help us author generators)

Getting started

Install

Installing the CLI

To run the appveyor generator from the command line, you'll need to install Generate globally first. You can do that now with the following command:

$ npm install --global generate

This adds the gen command to your system path, allowing it to be run from any directory.

Install generate-appveyor

Install this module with the following command:

$ npm install --global generate-appveyor

Usage

Run this generator's default task with the following command:

$ gen appveyor

What you should see in the terminal

If completed successfully, you should see both starting and finished events in the terminal, like the following:

[00:44:21] starting ...
...
[00:44:22] finished ✔

If you do not see one or both of those events, please let us know about it.

Help

To see a general help menu and available commands for Generate's CLI, run:

$ gen help

Tasks

All available tasks.

appveyor:appveyor

Generates an appveyor.yml file in the current working directory.

Example

$ gen appveyor:appveyor

appveyor:default

Alias to enable running the appveyor task with the following command:

Example

$ gen appveyor

Visit Generate's documentation for tasks.

Next steps

Running unit tests

It's never too early to begin running unit tests. When you're ready to get started, the following command will ensure the project's dependencies are installed then run all of the unit tests:

$ npm install && test

Publishing your generator

If you're tests are passing and you're ready to publish your generator to npm, you can do that now with the following command:

Are you sure you're ready?!

Let's go!

$ npm publish

About

Related projects

• generate-file: Generator for generating a single file from a template. | homepage
• generate-git: Generator for initializing a git repository and adding first commit. | homepage
• generate-travis: Generate a .travis.yml file to the cwd or specified directory. Install globally and run with… more | homepage
• generate: Command line tool and developer framework for scaffolding out new GitHub projects. Generate offers the… more | homepage

Community

Are you using Generate in your project? Have you published a generator and want to share your project with the world?

Here are some suggestions!

• If you get like Generate and want to tweet about it, please feel free to mention @generatejs or use the #generatejs hashtag
• Show your love by starring Generate and generate-appveyor
• Get implementation help on StackOverflow (please use the generatejs tag in questions)
• Gitter Discuss Generate with us on Gitter
• If you publish an generator, thank you! To make your project as discoverable as possible, please add the keyword generategenerator to package.json.

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

License

Copyright © 2016, Brian Woodward. Released under the MIT license.

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