init

deno-init is a simple command line tool to initialize Deno projects from prompts.

Quickstart

deno install --allow-read --allow-run=git --allow-write --unstable -n deno-init https://deno.land/x/init@1.1.0/mod.ts

deno-init -y -n awesome_deno_project

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Permissions
• Basic Usage
• Options
• Contributing

Installation

First install deno and make sure it is available on a terminal. git is also recommended though not required.

Next, run the deno install command below to install the executable:

deno install --allow-read --allow-run=git --allow-write --unstable -n deno-init https://deno.land/x/init@1.1.0/mod.ts

deno install --allow-read --allow-run=git --allow-write --unstable -n deno-init https://x.nest.land/init@1.1.0/mod.ts

deno install --allow-read --allow-run=git --allow-write --unstable -n deno-init https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GJZwiers/deno-init/main/mod.ts

Note you can name the program anything you like by changing the -n value.

If you have an older version and would like to upgrade, run the command with the new version number and include the -f flag.

Permissions

The program needs the following permissions to run:

• read: to load files that are used to initialize projects
• run=git: is used to allow the program to run git commands, of which only git init is actually called by deno-init
• write: to make files in order to initialize new projects
• unstable: to allow the use of unstable APIs. Right now these come from the module’s external dependencies.

Basic Usage

deno-init

This will prompt you for the following:

• Use TypeScript? (default y)
• Set entrypoint: (default mod.ts)
• Set dependency entrypoint: (default deps.ts)
• Set dev dependency entrypoint: (default dev_deps.ts)
• Add import map? (default n)

Choosing all defaults will create the following structure in the current directory:

.
│   .gitignore
│   deps.ts
|   dev_deps.ts
│   mod.ts

If you choose to init with an import map an import_map.json file will be added to the above. If git is installed on the machine then git init will be run as well.

Note that deno-init will not overwrite files or directories unless the --force option is used explicitly. This means the program can ‘fill in the blanks’ in a project where not all of the files above are present yet.

Options

--help will print helpful information to the terminal.

--yes or -y will initialize the project with all the defaults, skipping the prompts:

deno-init --yes

--name or -n will initialize the project in a new directory in the current working directory:

deno-init --name awesome_deno_project

--map or -m will add an (empty) import_map.json file to the project:

deno-init --map

--force or -f will allow the program to overwrite existing files. This can be helpful to re-initialize but use with caution.

deno-init --force

--no-git will disable running git init as part of the project initialization.

deno-init --no-git

Contributing

Feel free to submit a bug report, issue or feature request.