From a0926bf38174f0e7dda47179e88f74139c73baaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:54:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cli/commands/new: add option to skip install

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
---
 packages/cli/cli-report.md                    |  1 +
 packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts            |  4 ++++
 packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts          |  3 +++
 packages/cli/src/lib/new/createNewPackage.ts  |  2 ++
 .../new/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts  | 19 +++++++++++--------
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/cli-report.md b/packages/cli/cli-report.md
index d9fec4db22..41b1ddab73 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli-report.md
+++ b/packages/cli/cli-report.md
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Usage: backstage-cli new [options]
 Options:
   --select <name>
   --option <name>=<value>
+  --skip-install
   --scope <scope>
   --npm-registry <URL>
   --baseVersion <version>
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts
index f1119053ec..47c362988c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ export function registerCommands(program: Command) {
       (opt, arr: string[]) => [...arr, opt],
       [],
     )
+    .option(
+      '--skip-install',
+      `Skips running 'yarn install' and 'yarn lint --fix'`,
+    )
     .option('--scope <scope>', 'The scope to use for new packages')
     .option(
       '--npm-registry <URL>',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts
index df495323f5..5c06555905 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { createNewPackage } from '../../lib/new/createNewPackage';
 type ArgOptions = {
   option: string[];
   select?: string;
+  skipInstall: boolean;
   private?: boolean;
   npmRegistry?: string;
   scope?: string;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export default async (opts: ArgOptions) => {
   const {
     option: rawArgOptions,
     select: preselectedTemplateId,
+    skipInstall,
     scope,
     private: isPrivate,
     ...otherGlobals
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ export default async (opts: ArgOptions) => {
       packageNamePrefix: packagePrefix,
       packageNamePluginInfix: pluginInfix,
     },
+    skipInstall,
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/createNewPackage.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/createNewPackage.ts
index 0b832c1d2b..0e3d7e554e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/createNewPackage.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/createNewPackage.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export type CreateNewPackageOptions = {
   preselectedTemplateId?: string;
   configOverrides: Partial<PortableTemplateConfig>;
   prefilledParams: PortableTemplateParams;
+  skipInstall?: boolean;
 };
 
 export async function createNewPackage(options: CreateNewPackageOptions) {
@@ -50,5 +51,6 @@ export async function createNewPackage(options: CreateNewPackageOptions) {
     config,
     template,
     input,
+    skipInstall: options.skipInstall,
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts
index 1dc34a71c9..42b5ab15f3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/executePortableTemplate.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type ExecuteNewTemplateOptions = {
   config: PortableTemplateConfig;
   template: PortableTemplate;
   input: PortableTemplateInput;
+  skipInstall?: boolean;
 };
 
 export async function executePortableTemplate(
@@ -48,14 +49,16 @@ export async function executePortableTemplate(
       await addCodeownersEntry(targetDir, input.owner);
     }
 
-    await Task.forCommand('yarn install', {
-      cwd: targetDir,
-      optional: true,
-    });
-    await Task.forCommand('yarn lint --fix', {
-      cwd: targetDir,
-      optional: true,
-    });
+    if (!options.skipInstall) {
+      await Task.forCommand('yarn install', {
+        cwd: targetDir,
+        optional: true,
+      });
+      await Task.forCommand('yarn lint --fix', {
+        cwd: targetDir,
+        optional: true,
+      });
+    }
 
     Task.log();
     Task.log(`🎉  Successfully created ${template.name}`);