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A scaffolding tool to accelerate the setup of Laravel projects.

About This Package

This package generates the necessary file structure for initializing a Laravel project using a unified template system with enhanced extensibility.

Important Note: This command will always overwrite existing files. To prevent unintended changes, you are expected to carefully review the output with a tool like git diff after running the command, and then selectively commit only the changes you want to adopt.

The tool's role is to generate a diff based on the latest template; how that diff is handled is delegated to the user.

Installation

Prerequisites (Strongly Recommended)

This package strongly recommends installing just, a command runner that simplifies Docker-based development workflows.

Please refer to the installation guide for your platform. For example, on macOS with Homebrew:

brew install just

Package Installation

Run the following command to install:

composer require --dev ysato/catalyst

Usage

This command will prompt you for necessary information interactively when run without arguments. For automation, you can pass the information as arguments to run it non-interactively.

Interactive Execution

If you run the command without any arguments, you will be prompted sequentially for the vendor name, package name, and PHP version.

php artisan catalyst:scaffold

Execution with Arguments (for Automation)

For use in CI/CD scripts, you can run the command non-interactively by passing arguments in the following format.

Format:

php artisan catalyst:scaffold <vendor> <package> <php>

Example:

php artisan catalyst:scaffold MyVendor MyProject 8.3

Options

Example with Arguments and Options:

php artisan catalyst:scaffold MyCorp WebApp 8.3 --with-ca-file=./certs/certificate.pem

Post-Setup Manual Steps

Initial QA Setup

When running just composer lints for the first time on a newly scaffolded project, you may encounter errors due to existing code patterns. To resolve these, create baseline files for each QA tool:

PHP_CodeSniffer Baseline

vendor/bin/phpcs --report=\\DR\\CodeSnifferBaseline\\Reports\\Baseline --report-file=phpcs.baseline.xml --basepath=.

PHPMD Baseline

vendor/bin/phpmd app,src text ./phpmd.xml --generate-baseline

PHPStan Baseline

vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --generate-baseline

Psalm Baseline

vendor/bin/psalm --set-baseline

Importing Branch Protection Rulesets

This project generates predefined GitHub branch protection rulesets as JSON files in the .github/rulesets directory. These must be manually applied to your repository.

Prerequisites

• You need admin access to the GitHub repository where you want to import these rulesets.

Importing via GitHub UI

1. Navigate to your repository on GitHub.

2. Click on Settings.

3. In the left sidebar, under the "Code and automation" section, click on Rules, then Rulesets.

4. Click the "Import ruleset" button.

5. When prompted to upload a JSON file, select a .json file from the .github/rulesets/ directory.

6. Review the imported settings and click "Create".

7. Repeat for other ruleset files as needed.

   Note: Carefully review the "Target branches" section for each ruleset after import to ensure they apply to the intended branches (e.g., main, develop).

For Contributors

Development Setup

This project uses Docker for development. Use the provided justfile commands.

Available Commands

• just build - Builds the necessary Docker images
• just composer - Runs composer commands via Docker
• just act - Runs GitHub Actions locally
• just clean - Removes the Docker images
• just help - Displays this help message

Compatibility Testing

To install the oldest compatible versions of dependencies and ensure this package works reliably in diverse environments, run the following command:

composer update --prefer-lowest

License

This package is provided under the MIT License.