add a --proxy flag to resolve #3

cmd/cmd.go

@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/kataras/iris-cli/utils"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+var proxyAddr string
+
 // New returns the root command.
 func New(buildRevision, buildTime string) *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -20,7 +27,28 @@ Complete documentation is available at https://github.com/kataras/iris-cli`,
 		SilenceUsage:               true,
 		TraverseChildren:           true,
 		SuggestionsMinimumDistance: 1,
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		Run:                        func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {},
+		PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			transport := &http.Transport{
+				DisableCompression: true,
+				DisableKeepAlives:  true,
+				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+					InsecureSkipVerify: utils.IsInsideDocker(),
+				},
+			}
+
+			if proxyAddr != "" {
+				if proxyAddr == "env" {
+					transport.Proxy = http.ProxyFromEnvironment
+				} else {
+					u := &url.URL{Scheme: "http", Host: proxyAddr}
+					transport.Proxy = func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
+						return u, nil
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			utils.DefaultClient.Transport = transport
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -30,6 +58,7 @@ Complete documentation is available at https://github.com/kataras/iris-cli`,
 		ShowGoRuntimeVersion: true,
 	}
 	rootCmd.SetHelpTemplate(helpTemplate.String())
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&proxyAddr, "proxy", proxyAddr, "--proxy=env to load from system or ip:port form, e.g. 51.158.178.4:3128")
 
 	// Commands.
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCommand())

cmd/init.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
+
 	// this does not work: "gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/format/gitignore"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/object"
 	// we use that instead.

registry.yml

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Projects:
     basic: "iris-contrib/basic-template",
     svelte: "iris-contrib/svelte-template",
     react-typescript: "iris-contrib/react-typescript-template",
+    go-admin: "iris-contrib/go-admin-template",
   }

utils/http.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
-	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -26,13 +25,8 @@ func Download(url string, body io.Reader, options ...DownloadOption) ([]byte, er
 	return ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 }
 
-var httpClient = &http.Client{
-	Transport: &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-			InsecureSkipVerify: IsInsideDocker(),
-		},
-	},
-}
+// DefaultClient is the default client all http requests are fired from.
+var DefaultClient = http.DefaultClient
 
 // DownloadReader returns a response reader.
 func DownloadReader(url string, body io.Reader, options ...DownloadOption) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
@@ -48,7 +42,7 @@ func DownloadReader(url string, body io.Reader, options ...DownloadOption) (io.R
 		}
 	}
 
-	resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := DefaultClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}