cli-specs

cli-specs

cli-specs is a utility for defining CLI tools that should be called from JavaScript.

Usage

Install cli-specs using your favorite package manager:

npm install cli-specs

Then, import and use cli-specs in your project like in the following example:

import { defineCliTool, installHomebrewPackage } from 'cli-specs'
import { outdent } from 'outdent'

const git = defineCliTool({
  commandName: 'git',
  description: outdent`
    \`git\` is the version control system that is needed
    for Dialect development.
  `,
  install: async () => installHomebrewPackage('git'),
  defaultExecaOptions: {
    stdout: 'inherit',
    stderr: 'inherit'
  }
})

await git(['add', '.'])