Hi
Gradle offers build init plugin, which generates a project setup for certain types, however it seems like the choices available is quite limited to a few templates and it particular it is not possible to provide additional project templates
What I would like to suggest is to get the possibility to provide additional templates easily, which then can be used to lay out a project structure.
My idea was that the template is essentially a zip file, which contains the files and directory structure of how the project should be laid out.
It should be possible to add placeholders for a file, which is then expanded.
The template generator should also be flexible enough to provide a mechanism to name files in relation to some settings.
In addition maybe it would also be an idea to be able to get the template files from a remote location i.e. some repository.
It seems like there has been discussion previously but it seems like that worked stopped for some unknown reason. (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/design-docs/build-initialisation.md)
I am unsure if I should try to kickstart that project again or it would be more appropriate to start all over.
Anybody have any thought about the idea and whether I should kickstart the old build-init project or start all over or somebody who can pinpoint to another place where this has already been started.
Thanks in advance