pg is a tool to generate projects based off of templates.

Make sure you have the latest version of Ruby and RubyGems installed (tested and working on Ruby 1.9.3 and RubyGems 1.8.19) and execute the following command:

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gem install project-generator

The first time you run pg it will create a new directory in your home directory called .pg. This is where project templates are stored. pg also places a sample template in the .pg directory. Each template should be in its own folder which contains all files relating to that template as well as a .pgconfig.rb file. Try running pg sample test. That will create a folder called test initialized with the contents of the template sample. The sample .pgconfig.rb file contains the following:

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prompt :title
prompt :body, "What would you like for the main body text?"
filter :erb, "*"
ignore "CHANGELOG.txt"

This is a very simple configuration script which will prompt the user for a title and some body text. The line that says filter :erb, "*" says to filter all files that match the glob * (all files) through the filter :erb. Finally, the line that says ignore "CHANGELOG.txt" says to not leave the file CHANGELOG.txt` in the final initialized directory.

The following filters are supported. You must have the proper gems installed in order to use them.

• :erb (Embedded Ruby)
• :str (String Template)
• :erubis
• :haml
• :sass
• :scss
• :less
• :builder
• :liquid
• :rdiscount
• :redcarpet
• :bluecloth
• :kramdown
• :maruku
• :redcloth
• :rdoc
• :radius
• :markaby
• :nokogiri
• :coffeescript
• :creole
• :wikicloth
• :yajl