Make your existing component ready for template updates

Components created with commodore component new with a Commodore version older than v1.9.0 may not yet contain a .cruft.json. The easiest way to get a suitable .cruft.json for such a component is to run commodore component new with command line options which mimic the component’s current state.

Create .cruft.json by running

commodore component new <component-slug> \ (1)
  --name "Component Name" \ (2)
  --golden-tests \ (3)
  --matrix-tests \ (3)
  --output-dir . (4)

1	`<component-slug>` should be the component’s repository name without the `component-` prefix.
2	`Component Name` ist the user-friendly name to use for the component documentation.
3	Provide command line options based on whether your component uses golden tests, matrix tests, etc.
4	Specify that the component should be rendered into a folder in your current working directory.

Check the command line parameter documentation for component new for the full list of options.

Copy the .cruft.json from the freshly generated component to an existing checkout of the component you want to make ready.

You can run commodore component update --dry-run . in the component directory to see what will be updated from the template. You need a working commodore command to do so. Please note that the command only works if there’s no uncommitted changes in the component repository. The command will create a commit with the changes on the current branch.

Commit the file and push the changes.