Fix template path for the npm package to make it relative!

Author: nmicht

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-nodejs-project",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "description": "An npm initializer to scaffold a node project and include basic tools like lint, testing, etc.",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "bin": "src/index.js",

src/index.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ async function myPackage() {
   // First arg = path
   const destPath = path.resolve(process.argv[2]);
   const projectFolder = utils.normalizeName(destPath);
+  const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'template');
 
   // TODO Include here a way to get "options" for the other args
 
@@ -70,15 +71,15 @@ async function myPackage() {
   }
 
   // Copy template files
-  utils.copyDirRecursive('template', destPath);
+  utils.copyDirRecursive(templatePath, destPath);
 
   // TODO Copy license and update with project data
 
 
   // Update readme with project data
   let originalReadmeFile;
   try {
-    originalReadmeFile = fs.readFileSync('./template/README.md', 'utf8');
+    originalReadmeFile = fs.readFileSync(path.join(templatePath, 'README.md'), 'utf8');
   } catch (error) {
     throw error;
   }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ async function myPackage() {
   // Update package.json with project data
   let originalPackageFile;
   try {
-    originalPackageFile = fs.readFileSync('./template/package.json', 'utf8');
+    originalPackageFile = fs.readFileSync(path.join(templatePath, 'package.json'), 'utf8');
   } catch (error) {
     throw error;
   }

src/utils/index.js

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ function normalizeName(filepath) {
  */
 function copyDirRecursive(currentPath = './', destPath = '../new') {
   let dest = path.resolve(destPath);
+  let current = path.resolve(currentPath);
 
   // Create the dest folder
   if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ function copyDirRecursive(currentPath = './', destPath = '../new') {
   }
 
   // Read files in folder
-  let files = fs.readdirSync(currentPath);
+  let files = fs.readdirSync(current);
   for(file of files) {
-    src = path.resolve(path.join(currentPath, file));
+    src = path.resolve(path.join(current, file));
     dest = path.resolve(path.join(destPath, file));
 
     if (fs.lstatSync(src).isDirectory()) {