Adding the -d option to init command

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.5 - WIP
+
+- Adding the option `-d` for the `init` command to initialize the ebook in a different directory
+
 ## 1.0.4 - 28th December 2023
 
 - Adding the option for customizing the working path (the directory with the assets folder)

readme.md

@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ composer require hi-folks/ibis-next
 
 Once the tool is installed, you will find the `vendor/` directory where you can find your new tool (`vendor/bin/ibis-next`).
 
-Now you can initialize properly the directory via the `init` command for automatically creating the configuration file, the assets folder, and the content folder (for creating your Markdown files).
-To launch the `init`` command:
+If you install Ibis Next locally, in a specific directory, to launch and run Ibis Next you need to define the path like this:
 
 ~~~shell
-./vendor/bin/ibis-next init
+./vendor/bin/ibis-next list
 ~~~
 
 ### Installing ibis-next globally
@@ -59,7 +58,23 @@ Instead, if you prefer to install the composer package globally you can add the
 composer global require hi-folks/ibis-next
 ~~~
 
-Then, run this command inside an **empty directory**:
+If you install Ibis Next globally, to launch and run Ibis Next you can use the `ibis-next` like this:
+
+~~~shell
+ibis-next list
+~~~
+
+## Initializing the ebook
+
+
+Now you can initialize properly the directory via the `init` command for automatically creating the configuration file, the assets folder, and the content folder (for creating your Markdown files).
+If you installed Ibis Next locally, to launch the `init` command:
+
+~~~shell
+./vendor/bin/ibis-next init
+~~~
+
+If you installed Ibis Next globally, you can run the `init` command inside an empty directory:
 
 ~~~shell
 ibis-next init
@@ -78,6 +93,16 @@ This will create the following files and directories:
 
 You may configure your book by editing the `ibis.php` configuration file.
 
+### Setting a specific directory
+
+If you want to initialize a specific empty directory (not the current one), you can use the `-d` option while you are running the `init` command, for example:
+
+~~~shell
+ibis-next init -d ../some-other-directory
+~~~
+
+This is helpful for example if you want to install Ibis Next once and you want to create and manage multiple books.
+
 ## Writing Your eBook
 
 The `init` command will create sample .md files inside the `content` folder. You can explore those files to see how you can write your book.
@@ -88,15 +113,15 @@ Inside the `content` directory, you can write multiple `.md` files. Ibis uses th
 ~~~markdown
 # Part 1
 
-<h1> tags define the start of a part. A separate PDF page will be generated to print the part title and any content below.
+`<h1>` tags define the start of a part. A separate PDF page will be generated to print the part title and any content below.
 
 ## Chapter 1
 
-<h2> tags define the start of a chapter. A chapter starts on a new page always.
+`<h2>` tags define the start of a chapter. A chapter starts on a new page always.
 
 ### Starting with Ibis
 
-<h3> tags define different titles inside a chapter.
+`<h3>` tags define different titles inside a chapter.
 ~~~
 
 ### Adding different quotes

src/Commands/InitCommand.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 
 class InitCommand extends Command
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ class InitCommand extends Command
 
     private ?\Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem $disk = null;
 
+
     /**
      * Configure the command.
      *
@@ -22,7 +24,14 @@ protected function configure()
     {
         $this
             ->setName('init')
-            ->setDescription('Initialize a new project in the current directory.');
+            ->addOption(
+                'workingdir',
+                'd',
+                InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+                'The path of the working directory where `ibis.php` and `assets` directory will be created',
+                ''
+            )
+            ->setDescription('Initialize a new project in the working directory (current dir by default).');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -36,7 +45,23 @@ public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $this->disk = new Filesystem();
         $this->output = $output;
 
-        $currentPath = getcwd();
+        $workingPath = $input->getOption('workingdir');
+        if ($workingPath === "") {
+            $workingPath = "./";
+        } elseif (!is_dir($workingPath)) {
+            $workingPath = "./";
+        }
+        $ibisConfigPath = $workingPath . '/ibis.php';
+        $contentPath = $workingPath . '/content/';
+
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>Creating config/assets directory as: ' . $workingPath . '</info>');
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>Creating config file as: ' . $ibisConfigPath . '</info>');
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>Creating content directory as: ' . $contentPath . '</info>');
+
+
+
+
+        $currentPath = $workingPath;
 
         if ($this->disk->isDirectory($currentPath . '/assets')) {
             $this->output->writeln('');