Software Requirements Specifications (SRS)

This section of the documentations contains the “Software Requirements Specifications (SRS)” for RepoForge. All feature enhancements and related development on the project will be based on the criterias listed here on this document. Any other feature request or behaviour of the tool which can be considered out-of-scope of this document will not be worked upon. In case, a functionality or behaviour has been heavily requested by community members, the document will first have to be updated accordingly before development on the functionality can start taking shape.

Purpose

RepoForge is a Command-Line Interface tool for managing software development templates. The intention of developing the tool is to make the first step of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) easy and streamlined. RepoForge will attempt to achieve that goal by providing its users with an ability to download predefined “project templates” and setting it up for software development!

Scope

RepoForge takes inspiration from existing tools like Cookiecutter, Create React App (CRA) and such but does not intend to replace them in any manner or ways. Although it does attempt to provide a better UI/UX to its users through the following offerings:

1. Provide speed and efficiency (wherever possible).
2. Streamlined and intuitive CLI commands.
3. General-purpose usage and application.

If RepoForge is missing a functionality or two from your favourite project template generator, then please open an issue/discussion thread stating the requirements and we will look into it promptly.

References

The following resources and reference materials will be useful while developing (or even using) RepoForget;

1. The Cobra CLI framework used to develop RepoForge.
2. A detailed guideline on writing intuitive and useful CLI applications - Command Line Interface Guidelines

Summary

RepoForge is a CLI tool for managing software development templates, designed to simplify the initial stage of the Software Development Lifecycle. Its main features include:

1. Downloading and setting up predefined project templates
2. Providing a user-friendly interface
3. Offering speed and efficiency
4. Streamlined CLI commands
5. General-purpose usage

Inspired by tools like Cookiecutter and Create React App (CRA), RepoForge aims to enhance user experience without replacing existing solutions.

Overall Description

Product Functions

RepoForge is a cross-platform executable binary access on all major platforms, namely - Windows, MacOS and Linux. Its primary functionality will involve fetching project template files from the Internet and downloading them locally to the user’s system. The template files can be stored on remote locations like GitHub repositories or CDNs hosting the template files in a zipped file. Additionally, RepoForge’s behaviour is configurable by the user through use of configuration files.

User Documentation

The official documentations containing all necessary details about the software in general is accessible on the site - tech.weburz.com/repoforge. Locally accessible documentations should also be accessible to the users through manpages and help commands.

Functional Requirements

Uses of RepoForge should be able to perform the following tasks while using the tool:

1. Download and initialise a project based on the content of the downloaded template.
2. Allow the user to keep downloaded templates updated with the latest upstream changes in the template source.
3. List all locally available templates.
4. Create a new template for future usage.
5. Be able to configure the tool through a standardised configuration file (like YAML or JSON files).