Hi! I was wondering if there’s a way to enhance wh...

# gradle

[vishna]

Hi! I was wondering if there’s a way to enhance what gradle init --dsl kotlin --type kotlin-application is doing, namely instead of having:

\
|-\src
|-build.gradle.kts
|-settings.gradle.kts

have it generate a project with app module & buildSrc.

\
|-\app
|-\buildSrc
|-build.gradle.kts
|-settings.gradle.kts

Rationale: I want to have more modules, reuse constants via buildSrc and default project layout is a PITA to change

[vishna]

oh… I see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/1686

[louiscad]

I made a Kotlin script to create modules from templates: https://github.com/LouisCAD/Splitties/blob/eb4cc37027b0f6a9ca34be24816016142ae8d869/scripts/Create-new-module.kts
You can find example templates here: https://github.com/LouisCAD/Splitties/tree/eb4cc37027b0f6a9ca34be24816016142ae8d869/scripts/gradle_templates

I'm planning to put it in a GitHub template soon to help people create Kotlin multiplatform projects faster. That base should work for Android or JVM only projects too.

[vishna]

looks interesting, can you interpolate any values inside template files? e.g. create test files with package name and all that jazz?

[louiscad]

Yes, it supports what I call "keyed euro string templates" (€{this is a key that will have its value prompted by the script}) for files, and supports package names in hierarchies, see any of the templates I linked. I made it to ease modularization.