detect existing modules

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Is there a feature in CommandBox that I can run to scan my current directory for existing modules & automatically update their respective box.json files?

something like BOX> scan -findonly -updateonly

I have an application i’m building and I’m moving modules into bundles and also installing/creating new modules outside of commandbox from old projects and it would be handle to keep box.json updated without having to manually modify the entries.

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That sounds interesting. You should build it :slight_smile:

  • Run from package root (where box.json is)
  • scans a directory specified, defaults to CWD
  • Doesn’t scan past a folder with a box.json since anything nested would belong to that package, not the main app.
  • Lookup based on installPaths. If not exist, add it.

Thanks!

~Brad

ColdBox Platform Evangelist
Ortus Solutions, Corp

E-mail: brad@coldbox.org
ColdBox Platform: http://www.coldbox.org
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haha i will be happy to build it once i get more free time. I’m breaking up one of my large enterprise apps into dozens and dozens of modules at the moment and uploading them to forgebox one at a time. I want to finish this before i take on more work.

but yes, it would do exactly as you described.