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feat(templates): add EJS frontmatter support for custom output paths #46

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64 changes: 64 additions & 0 deletions package-lock.json
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"eslint": "^9.39.2",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.32.0",
"eslint-plugin-unicorn": "^62.0.0",
"front-matter": "^4.0.2",
"globby": "^16.1.0",
"json5": "^2.2.3",
"ky": "^1.14.2",
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18 changes: 13 additions & 5 deletions src/core/project/template.ts
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import { join } from "node:path";
import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
import { globby } from "globby";
import ejs from "ejs";
import frontmatter from 'front-matter';
import { getTemplatesDir, getTemplatesIndexPath } from "../config.js";
import { readJsonFile, writeFile, copyFile } from "../utils/fs.js";
import { TemplatesConfigSchema } from "./schema.js";
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projectId: string;
}

interface TemplateFrontmatter {
outputFileName?: string;
}

export async function listTemplates(): Promise<Template[]> {
const parsed = await readJsonFile(getTemplatesIndexPath());
const result = TemplatesConfigSchema.parse(parsed);
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/**
* Render a template directory to a destination path.
* - Files ending in .ejs are rendered with EJS and written without the .ejs extension
* - EJS files can have frontmatter with custom attributes
* - All other files are copied directly
*/
export async function renderTemplate(
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try {
if (file.endsWith(".ejs")) {
// Render EJS template and write without .ejs extension
const destFile = file.replace(/\.ejs$/, "");
const destFilePath = join(destPath, destFile);
// Render EJS template and write to outputFileName or filename without .ejs extension
const rendered = await ejs.renderFile(srcPath, data);
await writeFile(destFilePath, rendered);
const { attributes, body } = frontmatter<TemplateFrontmatter>(rendered);
const destFile = attributes.outputFileName ? join(dirname(file), attributes.outputFileName) : file.replace(/\.ejs$/, "");
const destFilePath = join(destPath, destFile);

await writeFile(destFilePath, body);
} else {
// Copy file directly
const destFilePath = join(destPath, file);
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---
outputFileName: .env.local
---
# Base44 Project Environment Variables
# This file contains environment-specific configuration for your Base44 project.
# Do not commit this file to version control if it contains sensitive data.
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions templates/backend-only/base44/env.local.ejs
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outputFileName: .env.local
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# Base44 Project Environment Variables
# This file contains environment-specific configuration for your Base44 project.
# Do not commit this file to version control if it contains sensitive data.

# Your Base44 Application ID
BASE44_CLIENT_ID=<%= projectId %>