tauri-workspace/cli/create-tauri-app/bin/create-tauri-app.js

const parseArgs = require("minimist");
const inquirer = require("inquirer");
const { resolve } = require("path");
const { merge } = require("lodash");
const {
  recipeShortNames,
  recipeDescriptiveNames,
  recipeByDescriptiveName,
  recipeByShortName,
} = require("../../tauri.js/dist/api/recipes");

/**
 * @type {object}
 * @property {boolean} h
 * @property {boolean} help
 * @property {string|boolean} f
 * @property {string|boolean} force
 * @property {boolean} l
 * @property {boolean} log
 * @property {boolean} d
 * @property {boolean} directory
 * @property {string} r
 * @property {string} recipe
 */
function main(cliArgs) {
  const argv = parseArgs(cliArgs, {
    alias: {
      h: "help",
      f: "force",
      l: "log",
      d: "directory",
      t: "tauri-path",
      A: "app-name",
      W: "window-title",
      D: "dist-dir",
      P: "dev-path",
      r: "recipe",
    },
    boolean: ["h", "l", "ci"],
  });

  if (argv.help) {
    printUsage();
    return 0;
  }

  if (argv.ci) {
    runInit(argv);
  } else {
    getOptionsInteractive(argv).then((responses) => runInit(argv, responses));
  }
}

function printUsage() {
  console.log(`
  Description
    Inits the Tauri template. If Tauri cannot find the tauri.conf.json
    it will create one.
  Usage
    $ tauri create
  Options
    --help, -h           Displays this message
    --ci                 Skip prompts
    --force, -f          Force init to overwrite [conf|template|all]
    --log, -l            Logging [boolean]
    --directory, -d      Set target directory for init
    --tauri-path, -t     Path of the Tauri project to use (relative to the cwd)
    --app-name, -A       Name of your Tauri application
    --window-title, -W   Window title of your Tauri application
    --dist-dir, -D       Web assets location, relative to <project-dir>/src-tauri
    --dev-path, -P       Url of your dev server
    --recipe, -r         Add UI framework recipe. None by default. 
                         Supported recipes: [${recipeShortNames.join("|")}]
    `);
}

const getOptionsInteractive = (argv) => {
  let defaultAppName = argv.A;
  if (!defaultAppName) {
    try {
      const packageJson = JSON.parse(
        readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), "package.json")).toString()
      );
      defaultAppName = packageJson.displayName || packageJson.name;
    } catch {}
  }

  return inquirer
    .prompt([
      {
        type: "input",
        name: "appName",
        message: "What is your app name?",
        default: defaultAppName,
        when: !argv.A,
      },
      {
        type: "input",
        name: "tauri.window.title",
        message: "What should the window title be?",
        default: "Tauri App",
        when: () => !argv.W,
      },
      {
        type: "list",
        name: "recipeName",
        message: "Would you like to add a UI recipe?",
        choices: recipeDescriptiveNames,
        default: "No recipe",
        when: () => !argv.r,
      },
    ])
    .then((answers) =>
      inquirer
        .prompt([
          {
            type: "input",
            name: "build.devPath",
            message: "What is the url of your dev server?",
            default: "http://localhost:4000",
            when: () =>
              (!argv.P && !argv.p && answers.recipeName === "No recipe") ||
              argv.r === "none",
          },
          {
            type: "input",
            name: "build.distDir",
            message:
              'Where are your web assets (HTML/CSS/JS) located, relative to the "<current dir>/src-tauri" folder that will be created?',
            default: "../dist",
            when: () =>
              (!argv.D && answers.recipeName === "No recipe") ||
              argv.r === "none",
          },
        ])
        .then((answers2) => ({ ...answers, ...answers2 }))
    )
    .catch((error) => {
      if (error.isTtyError) {
        // Prompt couldn't be rendered in the current environment
        console.log(
          "It appears your terminal does not support interactive prompts. Using default values."
        );
        runInit();
      } else {
        // Something else when wrong
        console.error("An unknown error occurred:", error);
      }
    });
};

async function runInit(argv, config = {}) {
  const { appName, recipeName, ...configOptions } = config;
  const init = require("../../tauri.js/dist/api/init");

  let recipe;
  let recipeSelection = "none";

  if (recipeName !== undefined) {
    recipe = recipeByDescriptiveName(recipeName);
  } else if (argv.r) {
    recipe = recipeByShortName(argv.r);
  }

  let buildConfig = {
    distDir: argv.D,
    devPath: argv.P,
  };

  if (recipe !== undefined) {
    recipeSelection = recipe.shortName;
    buildConfig = recipe.configUpdate(buildConfig);
  }

  const directory = argv.d || process.cwd();

  init({
    directory,
    force: argv.f || null,
    logging: argv.l || null,
    tauriPath: argv.t || null,
    appName: appName || argv.A || null,
    customConfig: merge(configOptions, {
      build: buildConfig,
      tauri: {
        window: {
          title: argv.W,
        },
      },
    }),
  });

  const {
    installDependencies,
  } = require("../../tauri.js/dist/api/dependency-manager");
  await installDependencies();

  if (recipe !== undefined) {
    const {
      installRecipeDependencies,
      runRecipePostConfig,
    } = require("../../tauri.js/dist/api/recipes/install");

    await installRecipeDependencies(recipe, directory);
    await runRecipePostConfig(recipe, directory);
  }
}

module.exports = main;

/* will merge these later

const parseArgs = require('minimist')
const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));

/**
 * @description This is the bootstrapper that in turn calls subsequent
 * Tauri Commands
 *
 * @param {Object} argv
*
const tauri = (args) => {
const tauri = async (args) => {
  if (args["h"] || args["help"]) {
    require("./help.js")();
    return false // do this for node consumers and tests
  }

  if(args["v"] || args["version"]){
    console.log(require("../package.json").version)
    return false // do this for node consumers and tests
  }

  if(args["_"].length === 1){
    await require("./create.js")(args)
  }
  else if(args["_"].length > 1){
    console.log("ERR: Too many arguments.")
  } else {
    require("./help.js")();
    return false // do this for node consumers and tests
  }
}

tauri(argv).catch(err => {
  console.log(err)
})
*/