[mxstbr]

Updating doesn't work with boilerplates at all, but a CLI tool wouldn't really fix that — what you'd really want is a codeshift[1] for each new version, which we're looking into right now! (you probably also don't need to update them at all)

We've added tons of removal guides for each major feature, so people can take the parts they want from react-boilerplate and discard the ones they don't want! I see it more as a reference implementation that gets many small details right, a thing you clone and the cut to your liking to keep all those small details intact.

Does that make sense?

[1]: https://github.com/facebook/jscodeshift

[k__]

So it's not like a library or framework, it's just a conglomerate of useful things that will diverge into "your own stack" after starting to develop and you have to update your deps like you would with your own boilerplate, the only thing that it saves you is starting a new project. Which is enough I think :)

[mxstbr]

Exactly, that's an excellent summary. :)