Init command

[route1rodent]

I am missing this init command to create the Packages/manifest.json for you, like npm does, so I can start a new project from a complete empty folder.

Thanks for this amazing tool

[favoyang]

Agreed!

[route1rodent]

what about also a openupm init --dev (or similar) for creating the package.json file of a new upm package? It could simplify the process, I remember it was not easy to understand how to fill that file properly, even with the Unity docs.

[favoyang]

Well, I would prefer openupm init for creating the package.json. And openupm init --manifest for the project manifest.

But I’m not sure what the manifest skeleton should contain, after all its already part of the process to create an Unity project.

[Thundernerd]

I am aware this is an old issue, however, Unity has a package in preview that does just this. They also create a default package.json so maybe that's something to take a look at?

The package in question can be found here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.upm.develop@0.1/manual/index.html

[favoyang]

@Thundernerd, thanks for the reference.

This issue is a low priority on my list. Ideally, I could wrap yeoman as openupm init. It is made for writing a generator and has a built-in way to handle interaction (query package name, display name...).