mnp

mnp aka My New Package is a Node.JS CLI binary that allows to quickly create new Node.js (or any other language) packages from GitHub templates and with a GitHub repository.

MNP provides a number of modern essential templates for package and web development with default structures (src, test, package.json, etc).

📦 Package Template: the most essential Node.JS package structure with automated documentation and wiki pages, context and mask testing, 0-dependency import/export transpiler and Closure Compiler integration to properly compile Node.JS packages.
🥝 Splendid Template: vital static website generator that utilises Closure Stylesheets to minify CSS, supports JSX syntax for Preact components and statically rendered HTML.

But in addition to the provided templates, you can point to your own GitHub template, which will contain the installation script. The installation script receives access to the API and allows to ask additional questions, e.g.,

// mnp/index.js
export default {
  questions: {
    website: {
      text: 'Website',
      getDefault({ org, name }) {
        return `https://${org}.github.io/${name}`
      },
      async afterQuestions({ github }, answer, { org, name }) {
        await github.pages.enable(org, name, {
          branch: 'master',
          path: '/docs',
        })
      }
    }
  }
}

Table Of Contents
CLI: mnp my-new-package
Templates
- Writing Scripts
Copyright

CLI: `mnp my-new-package`

The default mode is to start creating a package. If package-name is not passed, the program will run in interactive mode and ask to enter details.

To use the binary, enter mnp cool-package-name, or just mnp to be asked for the name. mnp will check if the directory name is not taken and that the current working directory ins not in a git path, generate a new Github repository from the template, star it and clone it to the local filesystem.

The default template used is mnpjs/package however it can be either overridden in settings during initialisation, or via the -t org/template flat.

Creating Packages

`-I`, `--init`: Configure

When launched for the first time, mnp will ask to complete the set-up process and create a .mnprc file in the directory from which it was called. It is possible to create a default .mnprc in the HOME directory to remember the token and other standard settings, and then initialise mnp in other directories, then MNP will reuse the settings from the HOME config, but ask for more details for the current folder. This way, it is easy to manage different organisations and scopes, while reusing the access token.

Settings

Name	Type & Description	Default
token*	string	-

	The `GitHub` personal access token.
org*	string	-

	The `GitHub` organisation name to create repositories for. For personal accounts, the username should be used.
scope*	string	-

	The NPM scope with which to create packages.
template	string	`mnpjs/package`

	The default template.
name*	string	-

	The author's name to set in the `package.json` file, and in the project directory's git config (default is looked up in global git config).
email*	string	-

	The author's email to set in the `package.json` file, and in the project directory's git config (default is looked up in global git config).
website*	string	-

	The link location in the copyright section of the README file.
trademark*	string	-

	The display text for the website link in the README.
legalName*	string	-

	The official legal name for placement in the LICENSE file.
manager*	string	-

	Package manager, such as `yarn` or `npm`.

Initialising configuration: mnp -I.

`-h`, `--help`: Show Help

MNP: create My New Package.
 If no package name is given as the first argument, the program will ask
 for it in the CLI. A GitHub repository for each new package will be
 created automatically, and a GitHub token can be generated at:
 https://github.com/settings/tokens for the use in this application.
 The token is saved in the CWD/.mnprc file along with other configuration,
 including organisation name etc. Different types of packages, with a
 modern Node.JS library by default are available, including:

package:	a modern Node.JS package to publish on npm (default)
        https://github.com/mnpjs/package
splendid:	a static website using Splendid
        https://github.com/mnpjs/splendid

  mnp [name] [-t template] [-D description] [-@ scope|-n] [-pcId] [-hv]

    name          	The name of the new package.
    --template, -t	The template to generate from.
    --private, -p 	Create a private repository.
    --desc, -D    	The description to add.
    --check, -c   	Just query NPM registry to see if the package exists.
    --delete, -d  	Remove the repository from GitHub.
    --init, -I    	Initialise MNP config in this directory, creating `.mnprc`.
    --no-scope, -n	Don't use a scope for this package.
    --scope, -@   	Use this specific scope for the package.
    --repo, -r    	The name of the repository. By default, the package
                  	name is used, but can be overridden.
    --help, -h    	Print the help information and exit.
    --version, -v 	Show the version's number and exit.

  Example:

    mnp my-new-package -t org/template

`-c`, `--check`: Check Exists

Check if the package name is already taken or not.

Command	Output
`mnp taken -c`
`mnp isfree -c`

`-d`, `--delete`: Delete Repository

Delete specified repository from GitHub. Useful when a package was created for testing. The organisation name will be read from the configuration.

mnp package -d

`-@`, `--scope`: Set Scope

When a particular scope needs to be specified for the package, the -@ option can be used.

mnp package -@ superscope

`-n`, `--no-scope`: Disable Scope

If the settings read from .mnprc contained an NPM scope, but it is not needed for the particular package, it can be disabled with this option.

mnp package -n

Templates

When the structure is passed as org/name, MNP will use that template to create a new package. This means you can use your own templates and exploit the functionality of MNP. Everything that is published on GitHub, will be present in the new repository.

Writing Scripts

The installation scripts are essential to update the newly created structure to the correct values. Upon installation, mnp will create a list of all files in the project directory, so that any transformations will be run on them. A braces {{ repo }} templating notation is used in files for the replacement of settings. By default, the following files are added:

files: ['LICENSE', '.gitignore', '.eslintrc']
extensions: ['js', 'jsx', 'md', 'html', 'json', 'css', 'xml']

But this can be overriden by scripts:

// mnp.js
export default {
  files: {
    extensions: ['txt'], // override
    extensions(ext) {
      return [...ext, 'txt']
    }, // extend
    filenames: ['COPYING'], // override
    filenames(fn) {
      return [...fn, 'COPYING']
    }, // extend
  },
}

script structure

The script should be placed in the mnp/index.js or mnp.js file in the template. It should export default object, and can use Node.JS API:

export default {
  // add some MNP questions
  mnpQuestions: ['wiki', 'license', 'homepage', 'keywords'],
  questions: {
    binary: {
      confirm: true,
      text: 'With binary',
      async afterQuestions({ rm, removeFile, updateFiles, packageJson, updatePackageJson }, withBinary) {
        if (withBinary) return
        delete packageJson.bin
        updatePackageJson(packageJson)
        await updateFiles({
          re: /\nlet BIN[\s\S]+/,
          replacement: '',
        }, { file: 'test/context/index.js' })
      },
    },
  },
  async preUpdate({ repo: { owner: { avatar_url } } }, { updateFiles }) {
    await updateFiles({
      re: 'https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/38815725?v=4',
      replacement: avatar_url,
    }, { file: '.documentary/index.jsx' })
  },
  async afterInit({ name }, { renameFile, initManager }) {
    renameFile('compile/bin/mnp.js', `compile/bin/${name}.js`)
    renameFile('compile/mnp.js', `compile/${name}.js`)
    renameFile('compile/mnp.js.map', `compile/${name}.js.map`)
    renameFile('src/bin/mnp.js', `src/bin/${name}.js`)
    renameFile('build/bin/mnp.js', `build/bin/${name}.js`)
    await initManager()
  },
}

questions

The questions are specified as a hash map, and the logic should be handled in the afterQuestions function. These functions receive the MNP API as the first argument, then the answer, then all settings. We're working on making autocompletions available.

mnpQuestions

These are standard questions that can benefit any new package.

wiki: if set, will initialise the wiki submodule in the project dir.
license: allows to pick a license, update package.json with its SPDX and add the license file into the project.
homepage: asks for the homepage to add to package.json and sets the GitHub URL if given.
keywords: creates an array of keywords to add to package.json and sets GitHub topics.

hooks

There are a number of hooks executed at different stages:

preUpdate: just before all files are updated.
afterInit: after the files are updated, before the installer commit.
afterCommit: after the initial commit, right before push.

existing scripts

You can study some of the existing scripts to get the idea:

file templates

When using variables in files, they are written as {{ var }} or {{ var.inner }}. The root variable is called Settings and contains the basic replacements:

{
  "scope": "artdeco",
  "org": "art-deco",
  "name": "test3",
  "email": "anton@adc.sh",
  "website": "https://www.artd.eco",
  "trademark": "Art Deco™",
  "legalName": "Art Deco Code Limited",
  "manager": "yarn",
  "packageName": "@artdeco/test3",
  "author_name": "Anton",
  "author_email": "anton@adc.sh",
  "repo": { "SEE REPO" },
  "description": "Testing new package.",
  "binary": true,
  "compile": "compile",
  "license": "agpl-3.0",
  "wiki": false,
  "homepage": "https://github.com/art-deco/test3#readme",
  "keywords": ["topic1", "topic2"],
  "license_spdx": "AGPL-3.0",
  "license_name": "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0",
  "package-name": "@artdeco/test3",
  "full-name": "@artdeco/test3",
  "legal-name": "Art Deco Code Limited",
  "legal_name": "Art Deco Code Limited",
  "create_date": "3 December 2019",
  "create-date": "3 December 2019",
  "year": "2019"
}

The repo object has the following structure:

Show Repo

"repo" {
  "id": 225554291,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkyMjU1NTQyOTE=",
  "name": "test3",
  "full_name": "art-deco/test3",
  "owner": {
    "login": "art-deco",
    "id": 57873407,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjU3ODczNDA3",
    "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/57873407?v=4",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/art-deco",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/art-deco/test3",
  "description": "Testing new package.",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/forks",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/keys{/key_id}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/teams",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/hooks",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/issues/events{/number}",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/events",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/assignees{/user}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/branches{/branch}",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/tags",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/git/refs{/sha}",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/git/trees{/sha}",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/statuses/{sha}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/languages",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/stargazers",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/contributors",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/subscription",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/commits{/sha}",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/git/commits{/sha}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/comments{/number}",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/issues/comments{/number}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/contents/{+path}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/merges",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/downloads",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/issues{/number}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/pulls{/number}",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/labels{/name}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/releases{/id}",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/art-deco/test3/deployments",
  "created_at": "2019-12-03T07:10:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-03T07:10:49Z",
  "pushed_at": "2019-12-03T07:10:49Z",
  "git_url": "git://github.com/art-deco/test3.git",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:art-deco/test3.git",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/art-deco/test3.git",
  "svn_url": "https://github.com/art-deco/test3",
  "homepage": null,
  "size": 0,
  "stargazers_count": 0,
  "watchers_count": 0,
  "language": null,
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "forks_count": 0,
  "mirror_url": null,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "license": null,
  "forks": 0,
  "open_issues": 0,
  "watchers": 0,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "permissions": {
    "pull": true,
    "push": true,
    "admin": true
  },
  "is_template": false,
  "template_repository": {
    "id": 225164794,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkyMjUxNjQ3OTQ=",
    "name": "package",
    "full_name": "mnpjs/package",
    "owner": {
      "login": "mnpjs",
      "id": 40581896,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjQwNTgxODk2",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/40581896?v=4",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/mnpjs",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/mnpjs/received_events",
      "type": "Organization",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/mnpjs/package",
    "description": "A Node.JS package template.",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/forks",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/keys{/key_id}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/teams",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/hooks",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/issues/events{/number}",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/events",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/assignees{/user}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/branches{/branch}",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/tags",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/git/refs{/sha}",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/git/trees{/sha}",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/statuses/{sha}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/languages",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/stargazers",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/contributors",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/subscription",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/commits{/sha}",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/git/commits{/sha}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/comments{/number}",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/issues/comments{/number}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/contents/{+path}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/merges",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/downloads",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/issues{/number}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/pulls{/number}",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/labels{/name}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/releases{/id}",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/mnpjs/package/deployments",
    "created_at": "2019-12-01T13:19:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-03T06:02:55Z",
    "pushed_at": "2019-12-03T06:02:53Z",
    "git_url": "git://github.com/mnpjs/package.git",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:mnpjs/package.git",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/mnpjs/package.git",
    "svn_url": "https://github.com/mnpjs/package",
    "homepage": null,
    "size": 98,
    "stargazers_count": 1,
    "watchers_count": 1,
    "language": "JavaScript",
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "mirror_url": null,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "license": null,
    "forks": 0,
    "open_issues": 0,
    "watchers": 1,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "permissions": {
      "pull": true,
      "push": true,
      "admin": true
    },
    "is_template": true
  },
  "organization": {
    "login": "art-deco",
    "id": 57873407,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjU3ODczNDA3",
    "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/57873407?v=4",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/art-deco",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/art-deco/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "subscribers_count": 0,
  "network_count": 1
  }
}

In addition, there are replacements that are used without braces:

mnp: the name of the package, e.g., hello-world.
my-new-package: the full name with the scope, e.g., @example/hello-world.
myNewPackage: camel-cased name, no first capital, e.g., helloWorld.
MyNewPackage: camel-cased name, starts with capital, e.g., HelloWorld.

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mnp

mnp

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CLI: `mnp my-new-package`

`-I`, `--init`: Configure

`-h`, `--help`: Show Help

`-c`, `--check`: Check Exists

`-d`, `--delete`: Delete Repository

`-@`, `--scope`: Set Scope

`-n`, `--no-scope`: Disable Scope

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mnp

mnp

Table Of Contents

CLI: mnp my-new-package

-I, --init: Configure

-h, --help: Show Help

-c, --check: Check Exists

-d, --delete: Delete Repository

-@, --scope: Set Scope

-n, --no-scope: Disable Scope

Templates

Writing Scripts

Copyright

Readme

Keywords

Package Sidebar

Install

Repository

Homepage

DownloadsWeekly Downloads

Version

License

Unpacked Size

Total Files

Last publish

Collaborators

CLI: `mnp my-new-package`

`-I`, `--init`: Configure

`-h`, `--help`: Show Help

`-c`, `--check`: Check Exists

`-d`, `--delete`: Delete Repository

`-@`, `--scope`: Set Scope

`-n`, `--no-scope`: Disable Scope

Weekly Downloads