static files copying as an option

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### [0.8.0](https://github.com/juliancwirko/create-harold-app/releases/tag/v0.7.0) (2021-08-08)
+
+- possibility to copy custom static files or/and dirs structures starting from the root (use cases: robots.txt, manifest config, etc.) Configurable with .haroldrc file
+
 ### [0.7.0](https://github.com/juliancwirko/create-harold-app/releases/tag/v0.7.0) (2021-08-08)
 
 - possibility to pass a custom template package when initializing the project

README.md

@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ You can use the `postsList` with `byTagName`, which you should set up the same a
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 ```
 
+#### Adding robots.txt, manifest.json, and any other statics
+
+In many cases, there is a need to add some custom files to the root of your website. You can do this using the optional `src/statics` directory. Example: `src/statics/robots.txt` will be placed in `build/robots.txt` next to your index.html file. You can also nest your directories like `src/statics/some-dir/some-dir/file.txt`. It will land in `build/some-dir/some-dir/file.txt`.
+
 #### Hosting: GitHub Pages
 
 If you want to host Harold's website under your main username (username.github.io), you would need to rename your output directory to supported by Github. It is the `docs` directory. You would need to create a `.haroldrc` file and put the output directory name there.
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ Here is the quick walk-through video on how to do that:
 
 I wanted to have a simple static site generator to build and host on Netlify. There are many such solutions, but I wanted to have complete control.
 
-What is essential, I equipped it with three templates that you can use and modify for your needs. I prepared the templates system for custom ones in the future. Templates are great because we don’t need to start every site/blog repeatedly from the ground.
+What is essential, I equipped it with three templates that you can use and modify for your needs. I prepared the templates system for custom ones in the future. I also plan to provide some other complete thematic templates.
 
 ### When to use it
 

bin/create-harold-app.js

@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ const args = process.argv;
 const projectName = args ? args[2] : undefined;
 
 program
-  .option('-t, --template <type>', 'template type (bare, default)')
+  .option('-t, --template <type>', 'Template type (bare, default, docs)')
   .option('-v, --version', 'Create Harold App version');
 program.parse(process.argv);
+program.showHelpAfterError();
 
 const options = program.opts();
 

bin/packagejson.template

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     "start": "harold-scripts start"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "harold-scripts": "^0.7.0"
+    "harold-scripts": "^0.8.0"
   }
 }

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-harold-app",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Static blog/site generator",
   "author": "Julian Ćwirko (julian.io)",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "prettier": "prettier --write '**/*.{js,json}'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "commander": "^7.1.0",
+    "commander": "^8.1.0",
     "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
     "decompress": "^4.2.1",
     "download": "^8.0.0",