Scaffold a new project with wcl init

Purpose: Start a new WCL project from a built-in template instead of an empty file.

Preconditions: You have chosen a destination directory that is empty (or will use --force).

List the available templates

$ wcl init --list
Built-in templates:
  minimal
  page
  book
  presentation

Run wcl init --list to see the built-in templates: minimal (a single commented main.wcl) plus the multi-folder wdoc projects page, book and presentation.

Scaffold from a template

$ wcl init minimal ./my-project
Project name [my-project]:
created ./my-project

Run wcl init <template> <dest>, e.g. wcl init minimal ./my-project. You are prompted for each property the template declares; pass -D name=value to answer inline or --defaults to skip prompts.

Validate the generated project

$ wcl check ./my-project/main.wcl
ok

Change into the new folder and run wcl check on its main.wcl to confirm the scaffold validates before you start editing.

Verification

The destination contains the template's files and wcl check on its entry main.wcl exits 0.

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