Interactive mode

[MichaelXavier]

Not sure if this fits with the goals of the project but I think it would be nice to have an interactive mode based on a project's default .json file. Lots of project setup tools have a way to just specify an output dir, some template and then it will prompt you for all info it needs. To me this is a much more natural approach than creating a json file, comparing it against the default one, writing it up and then generating your file.

I'd imagine if the project had a sample.json like

{
  "description": "Template for a project",
  "context": {
    "project": "example",
    "author": "Mustachioed Maven"
  }
}

Then with an -i flag or something, molt could take that file and produce the following output:

description: my cool project
Context
  project: coolproj
  author: me!

It could even use existing non-null values in the json file as defaults or examples. What do you think?

[cjerdonek]

Thanks for the comment! Yes, this makes sense, and it's something I also had in mind to do at some point. 😀 One minor comment though: in your description of the current workflow of "creating a json file, comparing it against the default one, writing it up, ..." I think things would be slightly simpler in practice than you describe because you could just copy the existing default one and replace the values you want.