feat(cli): support custom srcDir (#4270)

Author: Barbapapazes

src/node/init/init.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export enum ScaffoldThemeType {
 
 export interface ScaffoldOptions {
   root: string
+  srcDir: string
   title?: string
   description?: string
   theme: ScaffoldThemeType
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ export async function init(root: string | undefined) {
         })
       },
 
+      srcDir: async () => {
+        return text({
+          message: 'Where should VitePress look for your markdown files?',
+          initialValue: './'
+        })
+      },
+
       title: () =>
         text({
           message: 'Site title:',
@@ -129,6 +137,7 @@ export async function init(root: string | undefined) {
 
 export function scaffold({
   root = './',
+  srcDir = './',
   title = 'My Awesome Project',
   description = 'A VitePress Site',
   theme,
@@ -138,12 +147,14 @@ export function scaffold({
   npmScriptsPrefix = 'docs'
 }: ScaffoldOptions): string {
   const resolvedRoot = path.resolve(root)
+  const resolvedSrcDir = path.resolve(root, srcDir)
   const templateDir = path.resolve(
     path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
     '../../template'
   )
 
   const data = {
+    srcDir: srcDir === './' ? undefined : JSON.stringify(srcDir), // omit if default
     title: JSON.stringify(title),
     description: JSON.stringify(description),
     useTs,
@@ -162,14 +173,20 @@ export function scaffold({
   const renderFile = (file: string) => {
     const filePath = path.resolve(templateDir, file)
     let targetPath = path.resolve(resolvedRoot, file)
+
     if (useMjs && file === '.vitepress/config.js') {
       targetPath = targetPath.replace(/\.js$/, '.mjs')
     }
     if (useTs) {
       targetPath = targetPath.replace(/\.(m?)js$/, '.$1ts')
     }
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')
-    const compiled = template(src)(data)
+    if (file.endsWith('.md')) {
+      targetPath = path.resolve(resolvedSrcDir, file)
+    }
+
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')
+    const compiled = template(content)(data)
+
     fs.outputFileSync(targetPath, compiled)
   }
 

template/.vitepress/config.js

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'
 
 // https://vitepress.dev/reference/site-config
-export default defineConfig({
+export default defineConfig({<% if (srcDir) { %>
+  srcDir: <%= srcDir %>,
+  <% } %>
   title: <%= title %>,
   description: <%= description %><% if (defaultTheme) { %>,
   themeConfig: {