Using PythonCall to enable running copier from the package

.github/workflows/Test.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         arch:
           - x64
         allow_failure: [false]
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+.CondaPkg
 *.jl.*.cov
 *.jl.cov
 *.jl.mem
-Manifest.toml
-docs/build/
 *.rej
+docs/build/
+Manifest.toml

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning].
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Should be installable as a Julia package now
+- Use PythonCall to run copier directly from the Julia package
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Move template to subdirectory

CondaPkg.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[deps]
+copier = ""

Project.toml

@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@ uuid = "5022dd56-1d41-4538-9f4c-b20739ff8283"
 authors = ["Abel Soares Siqueira <[email protected]> and contributors"]
 version = "0.1.7"
 
+[deps]
+CondaPkg = "992eb4ea-22a4-4c89-a5bb-47a3300528ab"
+PythonCall = "6099a3de-0909-46bc-b1f4-468b9a2dfc0d"
+UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
+
 [compat]
 julia = "1.6"
+CondaPkg = "0.2"
+PythonCall = "0.9"

README.md

@@ -4,19 +4,32 @@
 
 # COPIERTemplate.jl - Copier OPInionated Evolving Reusable Template
 
+<!-- markdown-link-check-disable -->
+[![Stable Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://abelsiqueira.github.io/COPIERTemplate.jl/stable)
+[![In development documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://abelsiqueira.github.io/COPIERTemplate.jl/dev)
+<!-- markdown-link-check-enable -->
 [![Lint workflow Status](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Lint.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Lint.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/workflows/Test/badge.svg)](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions)
+[![Test workflow status](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Test.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+[![Lint workflow Status](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Lint.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Lint.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+[![Docs workflow Status](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Docs.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/actions/workflows/Docs.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.8350577.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8350577)
 
-This is a [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io) template/skeleton for Julia packages (see folder [template](template)).
+This is
+
+- a [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io) template/skeleton for Julia packages (see folder [template](template)); and
+- a package created with the template that wraps `copier` in Julia using `PythonCall`.
 
-- It is opinionated but allows options
-- Can be used in existing package (thanks for copier)
-- Automatically keeps track of changes in the template through Pull Requests
+The template
+
+- is opinionated but allows options;
+- can be applied to existing packages (thanks to copier);
+- is automatically reapplied through Pull Requests made by the Copier.yml workflow.
 
 Additional wishlist
 
-- Use as template for other templates
-- Allow using the template directly from Julia instead of installing copier (through PythonCall, possibly)
+- Use as template for other templates (Maybe just use forks?)
 
 **But why?**
 
@@ -25,23 +38,30 @@ Because I have around 50 packages that follow similar configuration (but not equ
 **What about mass updates using the GitHub API?**
 
 I have done that in the past, but now I want even less manual intervention.
+This will still require manual installation for the first time, and will still allow verifying the pull requests.
 
 ## How to install
 
-1. Install [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io).
+> **Warning**
+>
+> It is unknown if the package works on Windows due to an issue with unsupported paths.
+> See [Issue #21](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl/pull/21).
+> If it doesn't work, let us know, and use the alternative installation.
 
-1. Run copier with this template
+1. Install this package, use the module and run `COPIERTemplate.generate(path)`.
 
-    ```bash
-    copier copy https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl YourPackage.jl
-    ```
+   Alternatively, this can also be installed directly via [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io), with the command
 
-1. Follow the instructions. In particular you will need a UUID. Your Linux might have `uuidgen` installed, but you can also use Julia:
+   ```bash
+   copier copy https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl YourPackage.jl
+   ```
 
-    ```bash
-    using UUIDs
-    uuid4()
-    ```
+   Follow the instructions. In particular you will need a UUID. Your Linux might have `uuidgen` installed, but you can also use Julia:
+
+   ```bash
+   using UUIDs
+   uuid4()
+   ```
 
 1. The resulting folder will not be a `git` package yet (to avoid trust issues), so you need to handle that yourself. First, install [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com), and then issue:
 
@@ -77,10 +97,10 @@ I have done that in the past, but now I want even less manual intervention.
 1. Create a Personal Access Token to be used by the Copier workflow.
 
     1. Go to <https://github.com/settings/tokens>.
-    2. Create a token with "Content", "Pull-request", and "Workflows" permissions.
-    3. Copy the Token.
-    4. Go to your YOUR_PACKAGE_URL/settings/secrets/actions.
-    5. Create a "New repository secret" named `COPIER_PAT`.
+    1. Create a token with "Content", "Pull-request", and "Workflows" permissions.
+    1. Copy the Token.
+    1. Go to your YOUR_PACKAGE_URL/settings/secrets/actions.
+    1. Create a "New repository secret" named `COPIER_PAT`.
 
 1. Before releasing, enable Zenodo integration at <https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/>.
 
@@ -126,7 +146,7 @@ Installing pre-commit (`pre-commit install`) will make sure that it runs right t
 Additionally, if you run `pre-commit run -a`, it runs all hooks, which can be used for Linting.
 
 Some hooks in the `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file have configuration files of their own:
-`.JuliaFormatter.toml`, `.markdownlint.json`, and `.yamllint.yml`.
+`.JuliaFormatter.toml`, `.markdownlint.json`, `.markdown-link-config.json`, and `.yamllint.yml`.
 
 Also slightly related, is the `.editorconfig` file, which tells your editor, if you install the coorect plugin, how to format some things.
 

copier.yml

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ UseCirrusCI:
 
 _exclude:
   - .git
+  - .github/workflows/Docs.yml
+  - .github/workflows/Test.yml
   - CHANGELOG.md
   - copier.yml
   - LICENSE

src/COPIERTemplate.jl

@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 module COPIERTemplate
 
-# Write your package code here.
+using PythonCall, CondaPkg, UUIDs
+
+function __init__()
+  CondaPkg.add("copier")
+end
+
+"""
+    generate(path, generate_missing_uuid = true; kwargs...)
+
+Runs the `copy` command of [copier](https://github.com/copier-org/copier) with the COPIERTemplate template.
+Even though the template is available offline through this template, this uses the github URL to allow updating.
+
+The keyword arguments are passed directly to the `run_copy` function of `copier`.
+If `generate_missing_uuid` is `true` and there is no `kwargs[:data]["PackageUUID"]`, then a UUID is generated for the package.
+"""
+function generate(path, generate_missing_uuid = true; kwargs...)
+  copier = PythonCall.pyimport("copier")
+  data = copy(get(kwargs, :data, Dict()))
+  if generate_missing_uuid && !("PackageUUID" in keys(data))
+    data["PackageUUID"] = string(uuid4())
+  end
+  copier.run_copy("https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl", path; kwargs..., data = data)
+end
 
 end

test/runtests.jl

@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 using COPIERTemplate
 using Test
 
-@testset "COPIERTemplate.jl" begin
-  # Write your tests here.
+template_options = Dict(
+  "PackageName" => "Tmp",
+  "PackageUUID" => "1234",
+  "PackageOwner" => "test",
+  "AuthorName" => "Test",
+  "AuthorEmail" => "[email protected]",
+  "JuliaMinVersion" => "1.6",
+  "License" => "MIT",
+  "AddMacToCI" => true,
+  "AddWinToCI" => true,
+  "RunJuliaNightlyOnCI" => true,
+  "UseCirrusCI" => true,
+)
+
+@testset "Compare folder generated by this call vs direct copier" begin
+  tmpdir1 = mktempdir()
+  tmpdir2 = mktempdir()
+
+  COPIERTemplate.generate(tmpdir1; data = template_options)
+  bash_args = vcat([["-d"; "$k=$v"] for (k, v) in template_options]...)
+  run(`copier copy $bash_args https://github.com/abelsiqueira/COPIERTemplate.jl $tmpdir2`)
+  for (root, dirs, files) in walkdir(tmpdir1)
+    for file in files
+      file1 = joinpath(root, file)
+      file2 = replace(file1, tmpdir1 => tmpdir2)
+      lines1 = readlines(file1)
+      lines2 = readlines(file2)
+      diff = ["$line1 vs $line2" for (line1, line2) in zip(lines1, lines2) if line1 != line2]
+      @test diff == []
+    end
+  end
 end