[Pitch] New command for package creation, and package templates

miggs597 · May 25, 2021, 6:38pm

After taking everyone's feedback we've decided that it would be best to transform a directory instead of using JSON for package templates.

Here's the revised proposal:

github.com

apple/swift-evolution/blob/4db99ddafae6df2b41b04e90d4021440965f7bee/proposals/nnnn-package-creation.md

# Package Creation

* Proposal: [SE-NNNN](https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposal-templates/NNNN-filename.md)
* Authors: [Miguel Perez](https://github.com/miggs597/)
* Review Manager: TBD
* Status: Awaiting implementation


# Introduction

In order to clearly separate the roles of transforming an existing directory of source files into a Swift package, from creating a new package from scratch we propose adding a new command `swift package create`. `swift package init` will continue to exist as is, but will be updated to focus on the former, while the new `swift package create` will focus on the latter. 


# Motivation

Currently `swift package init` handle two distinct use cases:

1. Transforming an existing directory with sources into a Swift package
2. Creating a new package from scratch.

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