Scaffold Dir

Scaffold Dir

Create a project directory and git repo at the given path.

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

• First arg: absolute path for the new project directory
• Second arg (optional): project name, used in the initial commit message

Steps

1. Validate

• If the path already exists and is non-empty, stop and report: "Directory already exists and is non-empty — aborting to avoid overwriting."
• If the path already exists and is empty, continue.
• If a parent directory doesn't exist, stop: "Parent directory {parent} does not exist. Create it first."

2. Create directory

mkdir -p {path}

3. Git init

cd {path} && git init

4. Write .gitignore

Write a minimal .gitignore at the project root:

.env
.env.local
node_modules/
__pycache__/
*.pyc
.DS_Store

5. Initial commit

cd {path} && git add .gitignore && git commit -m "init: scaffold {name or basename}"

6. Shutter profile

If shutter-profile is available on PATH, create a Shutter profile for this project's QA inbox:

shutter-profile create "{name or basename}" "{path}/qa/qa-inbox"

This creates ~/.shutter/profiles/{name}.xml pointing to {path}/qa/qa-inbox, so Shutter can be launched for this project with shutter --profile='{name}'.

Skip silently if shutter-profile is not found.

7. Report

scaffold-dir: {path}
  ✓ directory created
  ✓ git init
  ✓ .gitignore written
  ✓ initial commit
  ✓ shutter profile '{name}' created  (or "skipped — shutter-profile not found")