first working verion

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ scaffold
 .env.toml
 env.toml
 
+cfg/.env
+cfg/.env*
+cfg/*.env
+cfg/*.toml
+
 build/
 buildTime.txt
 buildVersion.txt

Makefile

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ install: prep
 > @go install . && echo "Build and Install success" || echo "[FAILED] go install"
 
 install-production: prep
-> @go install -ldflags=${linkerflags} . && echo "production build and install success" || echo "[FAILED] production install"
+> @go install -ldflags=${linkerflags} . && echo "Production build and install success" || echo "[FAILED] Production install"
 
 ## Commands that don't relate to a specific file
 .PHONY: help confirm clean prep build build-production

main.go

@@ -21,53 +21,38 @@ var buildTime string
 //go:embed buildVersion.txt
 var buildVersion string
 
-type Setup struct {
+type (
+	Setup struct {
 		Projects_basedir        string
 		Module_basepath         string
-	//Sub_Dirs                  []string
-	//Def_project_name          string
 		Project_dir_permissions string
-	//File_permissions          string
-	//Copy_Examples             bool
-	//Copy_Command              string
 		Setup_git               bool
 		Create_Remote_Repo      bool
 		Remote_User             string
 		Remote_Location         string
 		Remote_Shortname        string
-	//Create_gitignore          bool
+	}
-	//Git_ignore_content        string
+	ScaffoldSetup struct {
-	//Include_license           bool
-	//License_name              string
-	//Use_license_file          bool
-	//License_filename          string
-	//License_text              string
-	//Use_external_license      bool
-	//External_license_location string
-	//Use_remote_license        bool
-	//Remote_license_location   string
-	//Main_content              string
-	//Create_readme             bool
-	//Readme_text               string
 		TestKey string
-}
+	}
+)
 
 var (
 	infoFlag     = flag.Bool("Info", false, "Displays the program build information and exits.")
+	infoFlag2    = flag.Bool("i", false, "Displays the program build information and exits.")
 	sep          = "/"
 	cfg_dir      = ".config/devel/scaffold"
 	cfg_filename = "scaffold-cfg.toml"
-	setup        Setup
+	setup        ScaffoldSetup
 	npsetup      Setup
-	//projCfg  Setup
 )
 
 func main() {
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	if *infoFlag {
+	if *infoFlag || *infoFlag2 {
-		fmt.Printf("Newgo version: %s", buildVersion)
+		fmt.Printf("Scaffold version: %s", buildVersion)
 		fmt.Printf("Built: %s\n", buildTime)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
@@ -94,11 +79,8 @@ func main() {
 	_, err = toml.DecodeFile(cfg_file, &setup)
 	ifFerr("[Failed] to parse config file", err)
 
-	fmt.Printf("Read config TestKey: %s\n", setup.TestKey)
-
 	pts, err := availableProjectTypes(scaffold_cfg_dir)
 	ifFerr("Unable to read scaffold config directory contents", err)
-	//fmt.Printf("Project Types: %+v\n", pts)
 
 	// Handle request
 	pc := len(os.Args)
@@ -124,8 +106,6 @@ func main() {
 	_, err = toml.DecodeFile(projectCfgFile, &npsetup)
 	ifFerr("Unable to read configuration for requested project type", err)
 
-	//fmt.Printf("Read %s project config: %+v\n", projType, npsetup)
-
 	//Setup and Ready to begin
 
 	// Permissions are octal (ugo - user, group, other)
@@ -149,7 +129,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	// copy contents from projectType/sample
 
-	//fmt.Println("Sample")
 	err = filepath.Walk(projectTypeDir+sep+"sample", func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -172,7 +151,6 @@ func main() {
 			_, err = io.Copy(dest, src)
 			ifFerr("Unable to copy file: "+info.Name(), err)
 		}
-		//fmt.Printf("dir: %v,path: %s, name: %s\n", info.IsDir(), path, info.Name())
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -187,6 +165,11 @@ func main() {
 	_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "init", modpath).Output()
 	ifFerr("go mod init failed", err)
 
+	// do a mod tidy to update the mod file
+	_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "tidy").Output()
+	ifFerr("Unable to update the mod file with a tidy", err)
+	fmt.Println("Updated go.mod")
+
 	// setup git
 	if npsetup.Setup_git {
 		// init repo
@@ -216,6 +199,8 @@ func main() {
 			fmt.Println("Added remote repo to git as origin")
 
 			// push initial commit
+			// be sure you have set
+			// git config --global init.defaultBranch main
 			_, err = exec.Command("git", "push", "origin", "main").Output()
 			ifFerr("Unable to push initial commit to origin", err)
 			fmt.Println("Pushed initial commit to remote")