finish citation

src/generate.jl

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function generate(
             gen_require(pkg_dir, t),
             gen_readme(pkg_dir, t),
             gen_license(pkg_dir, t),
+            gen_citation(pkg_dir, t),
             vcat(map(p -> gen_plugin(p, t, pkg), values(t.plugins))...),
         )
 
@@ -271,6 +272,35 @@ function gen_license(pkg_dir::AbstractString, t::Template)
     return ["LICENSE"]
 end
 
+"""
+    gen_citation(pkg_dir::AbstractString, t::Template) -> Vector{String}
+
+Create a CITATION.bib in `pkg_dir`.
+
+# Arguments
+* `pkg_dir::AbstractString`: The directory in which the files will be generated.
+* `t::Template`: The template whose CITATION.bib file we are generating.
+
+Returns an array of generated file/directory names.
+"""
+function gen_license(pkg_dir::AbstractString, t::Template)
+    if !t.citation
+        return String[]
+    end
+    pkg = basename(pkg_dir)
+    text = "@misc{$pkg,\n"
+    text *= "\tauthor  = {{$(t.author)}},\n"
+    text *= "\ttitle   = {{$(pkg).jl}},\n"
+    text *= "\turl     = {https://$(t.host)/$(t.user)/$(pkg).jl},\n"
+    text *= "\tversion = {v0.0.1},\n"
+    text *= "\tyear    = {$(year(today()))},\n"
+    text *= "\tmonth   = {$(month(today()))},\n"
+    text *= "}"
+
+    gen_file(joinpath(pkg_dir, "CITATION.bib"), text)
+    return ["CITATION.bib"]
+end
+
 """
     gen_file(file::AbstractString, text::AbstractString) -> Int
 

src/template.jl

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct Template
             @warn "Plugin list contained duplicates, only the last of each type was kept"
         end
 
-        new(user, host, license, authors, dir, julia_version, ssh, manifest, plugin_dict)
+        new(user, host, license, authors, dir, julia_version, ssh, manifest, citation, plugin_dict)
     end
 end
 
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, t::Template)
     println(io, spc, "→ Minimum Julia version: v", version_floor(t.julia_version))
     println(io, spc, "→ SSH remote: ", t.ssh ? "Yes" : "No")
     println(io, spc, "→ Commit Manifest.toml: ", t.manifest ? "Yes" : "No")
+    println(io, spc, "→ Add CITATION.bib: ", t.citation ? "Yes" : "No")
 
     print(io, spc, "→ Plugins:")
     if isempty(t.plugins)
@@ -214,6 +215,13 @@ function interactive_template(; git::Bool=true, fast::Bool=false)
         uppercase(readline()) in ["Y", "YES", "T", "TRUE"]
     end
 
+    kwargs[:citation] = if fast
+        false
+    else
+        print("Add CITATION.bib? [no]: ")
+        uppercase(readline()) in ["Y", "YES", "T", "TRUE"]
+    end
+
     println("Plugins:")
     # Only include plugin types which have an `interactive` method.
     plugin_types = filter(t -> hasmethod(interactive, (Type{t},)), fetch(plugin_types))