Templates / Basic - How to use¶

The following info was pulled from latest release v0.1.0.

How to use¶

For more info on how this release was built, see README.

Start a new empty project folder¶

mkdir new-project
cd new-project
git init

Unpack a v0.1.0 template with Debian¶

# Using Tar
curl https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/41347372/packages/generic/debian/v0.1.0/basic_debian_v0.1.0.tar.gz | tar zx
# Or Zip
curl https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/41347372/packages/generic/debian/v0.1.0/basic_debian_v0.1.0.zip

Or a v0.1.0 template with Alpine¶

# Using Tar
curl https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/41347372/packages/generic/alpine/v0.1.0/basic_alpine_v0.1.0.tar.gz | tar zx
# Or Zip
curl https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/41347372/packages/generic/alpine/v0.1.0/basic_alpine_v0.1.0.zip

Commit (using a multi-line git commit message)¶

git add .
git commit -F- <<EOF
Initial commit using template v0.1.0

See here for more info on this template:
https://gitlab.com/geekstuff.dev/templates/basic/-/releases/v0.1.0
EOF

Startup Devcontainer using VSCode¶

code -n .

Start Devcontainer¶

• Open project folder with VSCode
• Install the recommended (required) extension
• F1, Reopen in Container

How to update existing template (work in progress)¶

• In your .devcontainer/Dockerfile, update the docker tag used in the FROM.
• In VSCode, F1, search and run "Rebuild Container"
• In your integrated terminal, within the decontainer, you have the new template packaged inside.
• You can for example or even to open a new VSCode window, in that folder, in your containe.
• A command is being tested to view the diff: make template.diff but as more templates variants come into play, not sure how this is going to look like yet.
• It's all manual for now. Meant to be improved later.