Function to generate full package stub

Project.toml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Gumbo = "708ec375-b3d6-5a57-a7ce-8257bf98657a"
 LibGit2 = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
 OpenSSH_jll = "9bd350c2-7e96-507f-8002-3f2e150b4e1b"
 Sass = "322a6be2-4ae8-5d68-aaf1-3e960788d1d9"
+UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
 
 [compat]
 AbstractTrees = "0.3, 0.4"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ Git = "1"
 Gumbo = "0.7, 0.8"
 OpenSSH_jll = "8, 9.9.1"
 Sass = "0.1, 0.2"
+UUIDs = "1"
 julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]

src/Generator.jl

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 module Generator
 
 using DocStringExtensions
+using UUIDs: uuid4
 
 """
 $(SIGNATURES)
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@
 
     makedocs($(sitename)
         format = $(fmtstr),
-        modules = [$(pkgname)]
+        modules = [$(pkgname)],
+        # The generated stub will not be in a Git repo usually,
+        # so we want to disable the remote URL generation (which otherwise
+        # tries to automatically determine the remote repo by inspecting
+        # the Git repo's remotes)
+        remotes=nothing
     )
 
     # Documenter can also automatically deploy documentation to gh-pages.
@@ -142,4 +148,77 @@
     """
 end
 
+"""
+
+"""
+function genpackage(name::AbstractString; destination::AbstractString=pwd(), force::Bool=false)
+    package_root = joinpath(destination, name)
+    package_uuid = string(uuid4())
+
+    mktempdir() do tmp_root
+        # Generate a basic Julia Project.toml for this package
+        open(joinpath(tmp_root, "Project.toml"), "w") do io
+            write(io, """
+            name = "$(name)"
+            uuid = "$(package_uuid)"
+            version = "0.0.0"
+            """)
+        end
+
+        open(joinpath(tmp_root, "Makefile"), "w") do io
+            write(io, """
+            .PHONY: docs
+            docs: docs/Manifest.toml
+            \tjulia --project=docs docs/make.jl
+
+            docs/Manifest.toml: docs/Project.toml Project.toml
+            \tjulia --project=docs -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
+            """)
+        end
+
+        let src = joinpath(tmp_root, "src")
+            mkpath(src)
+            open(joinpath(src, "$(name).jl"); write=true) do io
+                write(io, "module $(name)\n\nend")
+            end
+        end
+
+        let docs = joinpath(tmp_root, "docs")
+            mkpath(docs)
+            open(joinpath(docs, "Project.toml"); write=true) do io
+                write(io, """
+                [deps]
+                Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
+                $(name) = "$(package_uuid)"
+
+                [sources]
+                $(name) = { path = ".." }
+                """)
+            end
+            open(joinpath(docs, "make.jl"); write=true) do io
+                write(io, make(name))
+            end
+            let docs_src = joinpath(docs, "src")
+                mkpath(docs_src)
+                open(joinpath(docs_src, "index.md"); write=true) do io
+                    write(io, index(name))
+                end
+            end
+        end
+
+        if ispath(package_root)
+            if force && isdir(package_root)
+                @warn "Removing existing directory" package_root
+                rm(package_root; recursive=true)
+            else
+                error("Something exists at: $(package_root)")
+            end
+        end
+        @info "Generating $(name)" package_root
+        mv(tmp_root, package_root)
+    end
+
+    return nothing
+end
+
 end