command line tool proposal

[axetroy]

something like npm install xxx -g

we need to write a command line tool for deno to do something job. eg. pm2

Like npm, there is a bin directory that place the syslink of the executable file. eg. .deno/bin

Design goals:

Since deno does not have package.json, we don't know which file is executable.

So we set a rule： Executable files are only stored in the bin directory

deno install xxx

# download pm2
deno install https://deno.land/x/pm2
# download completed
# then find all executable files in https://deno.land/x/pm2/bin/ directory
# add link to the ``.deno/bin`` directory
pm2 --help # https://deno.land/x/pm2/bin/pm2.ts
pm2-runtime --help # https://deno.land/x/pm2/bin/pm2-runtime.ts

denox

or like npx pm2
or make be it can be third-party library

# download in a temp directory and run
denox https://deno.land/x/pm2/pm2
# when process exit. remove the dependence file

[bartlomieju]

So we set a rule： Executable files are only stored in the bin directory

This introduces another "rule" which is somewhat magical. Right now the same effect can be achieved using simple bash aliases:

alias pm2='deno https://deno.land/x/pm2'

[ry]

discussion moved here denoland/std#471

[runnerSnail]

I tried but deno https://deno.land/x/pm2 not found. I want to deploy deno project by pm2, and deno can't provide pm2 modules.

[OnlyFlyer]

I tried but deno https://deno.land/x/pm2 not found. I want to deploy deno project by pm2, and deno can't provide pm2 modules.

I have too

[axetroy]

@runnerSnail it just an example.

Deno does not have this module

[OnlyFlyer]

@runnerSnail it just an example.

Deno does not have this module

How did you solve it? @axetroy