cli/commands/new: restore ability to pre-fill options and set globals via args

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>

packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts

@@ -251,6 +251,26 @@ export function registerCommands(program: Command) {
       '--select <name>',
       'Select the thing you want to be creating upfront',
     )
+    .option(
+      '--option <name>=<value>',
+      'Pre-fill options for the creation process',
+      (opt, arr: string[]) => [...arr, opt],
+      [],
+    )
+    .option('--scope <scope>', 'The scope to use for new packages')
+    .option(
+      '--npm-registry <URL>',
+      'The package registry to use for new packages',
+    )
+    .option(
+      '--baseVersion <version>',
+      'The version to use for any new packages (default: 0.1.0)',
+    )
+    .option(
+      '--license <license>',
+      'The license to use for any new packages (default: Apache-2.0)',
+    )
+    .option('--no-private', 'Do not mark new packages as private')
     .action(lazy(() => import('./new/new'), 'default'));
 
   registerConfigCommands(program);

packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ import { executePluginPackageTemplate } from '../../lib/new/executeTemplate';
 import { TemporaryDirectoryManager } from './TemporaryDirectoryManager';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 
+function parseOptions(optionStrings: string[]): Record<string, string> {
+  const options: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+  for (const str of optionStrings) {
+    const [key] = str.split('=', 1);
+    const value = str.slice(key.length + 1);
+    if (!key || str[key.length] !== '=') {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Invalid option '${str}', must be of the format <key>=<value>`,
+      );
+    }
+    options[key] = value;
+  }
+
+  return options;
+}
+
 export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
   const pkgJson = await fs.readJson(paths.resolveTargetRoot('package.json'));
   const cliConfig = pkgJson.backstage?.cli;
@@ -54,12 +71,28 @@ export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
 
   const codeOwnersFilePath = await getCodeownersFilePath(paths.targetRoot);
 
-  const prompts = await promptOptions({
-    prompts: template.prompts || [],
+  const legacyOpts = parseOptions(opts.option);
+  const prefilledAnswers = Object.fromEntries(
+    (template.prompts ?? []).flatMap(prompt => {
+      const id = typeof prompt === 'string' ? prompt : prompt.id;
+      const answer = legacyOpts[id];
+      return answer ? [[id, answer]] : [];
+    }),
+  );
+  const promptAnswers = await promptOptions({
+    prompts:
+      template.prompts?.filter(
+        prompt =>
+          !Object.hasOwn(
+            prefilledAnswers,
+            typeof prompt === 'string' ? prompt : prompt.id,
+          ),
+      ) ?? [],
     globals,
     codeOwnersFilePath,
   });
-  const options = populateOptions(prompts, template);
+  const answers = { ...prefilledAnswers, ...promptAnswers };
+  const options = populateOptions(answers, template, opts);
 
   const tmpDirManager = TemporaryDirectoryManager.create();
 

packages/cli/src/lib/new/utils.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { Template } from './types';
 
 export interface Options extends Record<string, string | boolean> {
@@ -50,19 +51,21 @@ export const resolvePackageName = (options: {
 };
 
 export function populateOptions(
-  prompts: Record<string, string>,
+  options: Record<string, string>,
   template: Template,
+  argOpts?: OptionValues,
 ): Options {
   return {
-    id: prompts.id ?? '',
-    private: !!prompts.private,
-    baseVersion: prompts.baseVersion ?? '0.1.0',
-    owner: prompts.owner ?? '',
-    license: prompts.license ?? 'Apache-2.0',
+    id: '',
+    owner: '',
+    license: 'Apache-2.0',
+    scope: '',
+    moduleId: '',
+    baseVersion: '0.1.0',
+    private: true,
+    ...options,
+    ...argOpts,
     targetPath: template.targetPath,
-    scope: prompts.scope ?? '',
-    moduleId: prompts.moduleId ?? '',
-    ...prompts,
   };
 }