esimonetti/sugar-module-packager

Utility to package Sugar customisations into module loadable packages

Sugar Module Packager

There are two options to start using the Sugar Module Packager:, _(*1)

• Start from the pre-made template (with or without Docker)
• Start from scratch by requiring the composer library (with or without Docker)

Docker

If you have Docker installed, you can conveniently run the following commands, _(*2)

New package - Start from pre-made template

mkdir my-module
cd my-module
docker run -it -v ${PWD}:/usr/src/packager -w /usr/src/packager esimonetti/sugarmodulepackager template

New package - Start from scratch

mkdir my-module
cd my-module
docker run -it -v ${PWD}:/usr/src/packager -w /usr/src/packager esimonetti/sugarmodulepackager new

Packaging of code

After the Sugar Module Packager has been installed successfully, it is possible to package your code (through Docker) by executing: ./vendor/bin/package-docker <version number> ie: ./vendor/bin/package-docker 1.6, _(*3)

Manual Approach

Alternatively to Docker, it is possible to proceed with the manual approach, _(*4)

New package - Start from pre-made template

Visit https://github.com/esimonetti/SugarTemplateModule and follow the instructions, _(*5)

New package - Start from scratch

Require the composer library within your module's source directory by executing: composer require esimonetti/sugar-module-packager 0.2.3, _(*6)

The .gitignore should look like the following:, _(*7)

composer.lock
/vendor/
/pkg/
/releases/

Packaging of code

After the Sugar Module Packager has been installed successfully, it is possible to package your code (without Docker) by executing: ./vendor/bin/package <version number> ie: ./vendor/bin/package 1.6, _(*8)

Additional Example

A simple code example on how to leverage this library can be found on: https://github.com/esimonetti/SugarModulePackagerSample, _(*9)

Packager Details

• The src directory contains the code that should be copied into the Sugar instance according to their relative path within src
  • There are a couple of exceptions: LICENSE and README.txt files will not be copied into the instance, just into the installable package
• configuration directory
  • Must define the manifest information on manifest.php
  • Optionally, it is possible to define the installdefs actions on installdefs.php
  • Optionally, for more complex use-cases, it is possible to define code templating actions to be completed by the packager across multiple modules, within the templates.php file
    • It is possible to define multiple template sections based on multiple template actions and patterns to replicate across modules
      • The array keys of the templates configuration array define the package directories to read files from, when generating the output
      • The array content defines the directory_pattern tree prefix, that will be appendedd as a prefix of every file path of the local directory
        • The string {MODULENAME} within the directory_pattern templates configuration option, will be replaced with the current module name during package generation
      • The array content defines the modules list that must contain the module names as array keys and the object name as array values
        • The string {MODULENAME} within your local directory template files, will be replaced during package generation as the configuration's module list array key (the module name, usually plural eg: Accounts)
        • The string {OBJECTNAME} within your local directory template files, will be replaced during package generation as the configuration's module list array value (the object name of the module, usually singular eg: Account)