Make git stuff optional

src/generate.jl

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
     generate(pkg::AbstractString, t::Template) -> Nothing
     generate(t::Template, pkg::AbstractString) -> Nothing
 
-Generate a package named `pkg` from `t`.
+Generate a package named `pkg` from `t`. If `git` is `false`, no Git repository is created.
 """
 function generate(
     pkg::AbstractString,
     t::Template;
+    git::Bool=true,
     gitconfig::Union{GitConfig, Nothing}=nothing,
 )
     pkg = splitjl(pkg)
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ function generate(
         # Create the directory with some boilerplate inside.
         Pkg.generate(pkg_dir)
 
+        if git
             # Initialize the repo.
             repo = LibGit2.init(pkg_dir)
             @info "Initialized git repo at $pkg_dir"
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ function generate(
                 @info "Created empty gh-pages branch"
                 LibGit2.branch!(repo, "master")
             end
+        end
 
         # Generate the files.
         files = vcat(
@@ -54,21 +57,26 @@ function generate(
             gen_tests(pkg_dir, t),
             gen_require(pkg_dir, t),
             gen_readme(pkg_dir, t),
-            gen_gitignore(pkg_dir, t),
             gen_license(pkg_dir, t),
             vcat(map(p -> gen_plugin(p, t, pkg), values(t.plugins))...),
         )
 
+        if git
+            append!(files, gen_gitignore(pkg_dir, t))
             LibGit2.add!(repo, files...)
             LibGit2.commit(repo, "Files generated by PkgTemplates")
             @info "Committed $(length(files)) files/directories: $(join(files, ", "))"
 
-        # Add the new package to the current environment.
-        Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=pkg_dir))
 
             if length(collect(LibGit2.GitBranchIter(repo))) > 1
                 @info "Remember to push all created branches to your remote: git push --all"
             end
+        end
+
+        # Add the new package to the current environment.
+        Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=pkg_dir))
+
+        @info "New package is at $pkg_dir"
     catch e
         rm(pkg_dir; recursive=true)
         rethrow(e)
@@ -78,13 +86,14 @@ end
 function generate(
     t::Template,
     pkg::AbstractString;
+    git::Bool=true,
     gitconfig::Union{GitConfig, Nothing}=nothing,
 )
-    generate(pkg, t; gitconfig=gitconfig)
+    generate(pkg, t; git=git, gitconfig=gitconfig)
 end
 
 """
-    generate_interactive(pkg::AbstractString; fast::Bool=false) -> Template
+    generate_interactive(pkg::AbstractString; fast::Bool=false, git::Bool=true) -> Template
 
 Interactively create a template, and then generate a package with it. Arguments and
 keywords are used in the same way as in [`generate`](@ref) and
@@ -93,10 +102,11 @@ keywords are used in the same way as in [`generate`](@ref) and
 function generate_interactive(
     pkg::AbstractString;
     fast::Bool=false,
+    git::Bool=true,
     gitconfig::Union{GitConfig, Nothing}=nothing,
 )
     t = interactive_template(; fast=fast)
-    generate(pkg, t; gitconfig=gitconfig)
+    generate(pkg, t; git=git, gitconfig=gitconfig)
     return t
 end