added fallbacks for destination directory

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+* Adds ability to use the "New File from Template" command from command palette or from shortcut
+
 ## [3.0.0 - 2019-01-02]
 
 * Adds ability to provide dynamic template replacements at the time of file creation

package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "publisher": "teamchilla",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
-    "vscode": "^1.26.0"
+    "vscode": "^1.34.0"
   },
   "icon": "icon_128_128.png",
   "galleryBanner": {
@@ -66,18 +66,21 @@
     "lint": "node ./node_modules/tslint/bin/tslint \"src/**/*.ts\""
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/fs-extra": "^5.0.2",
-    "@types/mocha": "^5.2.5",
-    "@types/node": "^10.12.0",
-    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
-    "tslint": "^5.1.0",
-    "typescript": "^2.9.2",
-    "vscode": "^1.1.21",
+    "@types/fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
+    "@types/glob": "^7.1.1",
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.149",
+    "@types/mocha": "^7.0.1",
+    "@types/node": "^13.7.0",
+    "dir-compare": "^2.2.0",
+    "glob": "^7.1.6",
+    "mocha": "^7.0.1",
+    "tslint": "^6.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^3.7.5",
+    "vscode": "^1.1.36",
     "vscode-test": "^1.2.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "dir-compare": "^1.4.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.1.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.13"
   }

src/extension.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,27 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
   const disposable = vscode.commands.registerCommand("extension.blueprint", async (e: vscode.Uri) => {
 
-    let directoryPath = (e && e.fsPath) ? e.fsPath : vscode.workspace.rootPath;
+    // get target dir path from args, when command is executed from context menu
+    let directoryPath = (e && e.fsPath) ? e.fsPath : null;
+
+    // otherwise use hacky clipboard trick to get currently selected item it treeview
+    // see this issue for vscode api implementation
+    // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3553
+    if (!directoryPath) {
+      const tempClipboardValue = await vscode.env.clipboard.readText();
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand('copyFilePath');
+      directoryPath = await vscode.env.clipboard.readText();
+      await vscode.env.clipboard.writeText(tempClipboardValue);
+    }
+    // otherwise place stuff in the first workspace root (if it's open)
+    if (!directoryPath) {
+      directoryPath = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders ? vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath : null;
+    }
+    // do no proceed if there is still no directory path
+    if (!directoryPath) {
+      vscode.window.showInformationMessage("Directory for new files not found.")
+      return;
+    }
 
     if (!(await fs.stat(directoryPath)).isDirectory()) {
       directoryPath = path.dirname(directoryPath);

src/fileCreator/transforms.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function replaceTemplateContent(
 
   const template = handlebars.compile(rawContent);
 
-  const dynamicTemplateInputMap = Object.keys(dynamicTemplateValues).reduce((prev, value) => {
+  const dynamicTemplateInputMap = Object.keys(dynamicTemplateValues).reduce<{ [key: string]: string }>((prev, value) => {
     prev[value] = dynamicTemplateValues[value].userInput;
     return prev;
   }, {});
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ export function replaceStringUsingTransforms(stringToReplace: string, name: stri
   return result;
 }
 
-function escapeRegExp(str): string {
+function escapeRegExp(str: string): string {
   return str.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
 }
 
-function replaceAll(str, find, replace): string {
+function replaceAll(str: string, find: string, replace: string): string {
   return str.replace(new RegExp(escapeRegExp(find), "g"), replace);
 }

src/inputs/getSelectedTemplatePath.ts

@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ export function expandFolderPath(folderPath: string): string {
     const subPath = normalizedPath.substring(1, normalizedPath.length);
     result = path.join(home, subPath);
   } else {
-    result = path.resolve(workspace.rootPath, folderPath);
+    if (!workspace.workspaceFolders) {
+      throw new Error("No open folder found in workspace")
+    }
+    result = path.resolve(workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath, folderPath);
   }
 
   return result;

tsconfig.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
         "module": "commonjs",
         "target": "es6",
         "outDir": "out",
+        "strict": true,
         "lib": [
             "es6"
         ],