Grab Bag of Fun and Fixes

• add and addMany now support binary files. Binary files will be copied to the destination folder, but not processed by handlebars.
• pattern attribute of append action is now optional. If not supplied, the template will be appended to the end of the file.
• The data property of the ActionConfig interface can now be a function that returns an Object or a Promise that resolves with an Object.

Fixes

• Answer data can once again be changed from within an action function
• Prompt validate functions now run against bypass data

Everyone likes new stuff

Major version changed due to inquirer.js changing its node version requirements. Plop 2.x now requires Node 8.9.4 or greater. There should be no breaking changes in the API itself.

• added optional data property for all actions that can be used in the template
• added force option for all actions with CLI ability to run actions forcibly
• added skipIfExists option for add and addMany actions
• added append action (similar to modify)

Offramp

• Added new prompt bypass support
• Added new custom welcome message support via (setWelcomeMessage)
• Added support for handlebar templates for the templateFile prop of add and addMany actions
• Fixed defect in addMany action on Windows

Big thanks to @nicoespeon and @tsur for their help with this release!

addMany bugfix

the addMany action was choking on a globby array, now it does not 🙂

Custom (and 3rd party) Action Support

• support for creating your own custom actions
• new built-in action (addMany)
• support for inquirer hierarchical prompts
• better --help screen

Big thanks to @nicoespeon and @filipemir for their help in getting this together.

Fixes For plop.load

v1.7.4

node-plop hotfix

Node 4 babel compatibility hotfix added in node-plop

Defective Package

• fixed pkg helper functionality
• explicitly set plopfilePath to process.cwd() if it's not provided

Release Defect Cleanup

• fixes a defect with path resolution on Windows
• fixes syntax error on older versions of node

Fully Loaded

Added plop.load feature 💥