[idea] call other actions in custom actions (setActionType)

[macrozone]

In custom action, it should be possible to call an array of other actions.

e.g.

plop.setActionType('component-with-tests-and-stories', (answers, config) =>  {
	return plop.executeActions([
		{
			type: 'add',
			path: "./components/{{name}}.js",
			templateFile: config.componentTemplate
		},
		{
			type: 'add',
			path: "./components/stories/{{name}}.story.js",
			templateFile: config.storyTemplate
		},
		{
			type: 'add',
			path: "./components/tests/{{name}}.test.js",
			templateFile: config.testTemplate
		},
	
  ]
});

Then one can use that to define multiply different component generators, e.g. for ui primitives, layouts or more complex components, but all are created with a storybook story and a test.

This would make setActionType much more powerful

[macrozone]

i did a pr for that: plopjs/node-plop#58

[amwmedia]

interesting idea... I'll take a look at your PR for the details

[bizoo]

This feature would be really useful.

I have to change encoding of all added files to win1252, so I've created a convert action to do the the job but I've to call it after each add action (dozen of files).
With this feature I can create a new addConvert action that call the add and convert actions by itself.

Or is it possible to check the return value of the function defined by setActionType and if it's an array, insert it in the current actions array (or add a new special standard action addAction that return an array of actions for this purpose) ?