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Show HN: RepoCreator – GitHub Project Scaffolding as a Service (repocreator.zoltu.io)
6 points by MicahZoltu 3743 days ago
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MicahZoltu 3743 days ago
I will try to monitor this news article and am happy to answer any questions anyone has.

Please also feel free to use the feedback button on the page to report a bug or request a feature. I developed this application mostly in a vacuum to fulfill my own needs, so I'm sure I missed some basic features that are likely obvious to other people.

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glrx314 3743 days ago
Does this tool only replace the magic string from the source code or will it also replace directory names?

For example if I had a sub-folder in my project named "magic_ProjectName_magic/src" will it prompt me to change the name of the sub-folder?

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MicahZoltu 3743 days ago
It will replace strings in folder names, file names and in any text file (as identified as text by GitHub).

You can see an example here: https://github.com/Zoltu/Templates.GradlePlugin.Groovy/tree/...

In that case, both the folder name and the file name have magic strings in them, so both will have a replacement prompt.

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amjith 3743 days ago
The site looks good. Landing page has good description about the tool.

I don't see many templates except that gradle one, do you have more or is that yet to come?

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MicahZoltu 3743 days ago
I have written a handful of templates but only 3 are sponsored (which means they show up for everyone) and only one has 2 favorites (the threshold for something being considered "popular" right now).

This comment makes me realize that I should turn the "popular" threshold down to 1 favorite so more things show up for new users until the application starts getting some traffic.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll get that change pushed in a bit!

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MicahZoltu 3743 days ago
I have pushed the change. Once caches are refreshed you should see ~11 template repositories without having to search GitHub.
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