Add wagtail-project command to wagtail set up which when executed creates a wagtail project based on the wagtail 'template'

setup.py

@@ -74,5 +74,9 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management',
     ],
     install_requires=install_requires,
+    entry_points="""
+            [console_scripts]
+            wagtail-project=wagtail.bin.wagtail_project:create_project
+    """,
     zip_safe=False,
 )

wagtail/bin/wagtail_project.py

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import subprocess
+import errno
+import sys
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+TEMPLATE_NAME = 'wagtaildemo'  # the name of the folder in wagtail/library
+
+
+def replace_strings_in_file(filename, old_string, new_string):
+    f = open(filename, 'r')
+    filedata = f.read()
+    f.close()
+
+    newdata = filedata.replace(old_string, new_string)
+
+    f = open(filename, 'w')
+    f.write(newdata)
+    f.close()
+
+
+def create_project():
+
+    # collect and analyse the name given for the wagtail project
+    parser = OptionParser(usage="Usage: %prog project_name")
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        parser.error("Please specify a name for your wagtail installation")
+
+    project_name = args[0]
+    project_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), project_name)
+
+    # Make sure given name is not already in use by another python package/module.
+    try:
+        __import__(project_name)
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        parser.error("'%s' conflicts with the name of an existing "
+                     "Python module and cannot be used as a project "
+                     "name. Please try another name." % project_name)
+
+    # make sure directory does not already exist
+    if os.path.exists(project_name):
+        print 'A directory called %(project_name)s already exists. \
+            Please choose another name for your wagtail project or remove the existing directory.' % {'project_name': project_name}
+        sys.exit(errno.EEXIST)
+
+    print "Creating a wagtail project called %(project_name)s" % {'project_name': project_name}
+
+    # create the project from the wagtail template using startapp
+
+    # first find the path to wagtail
+    import wagtail
+    wagtail_path = os.path.dirname(wagtail.__file__)
+    template_path = os.path.join(wagtail_path, 'library', TEMPLATE_NAME)
+
+    # call django-admin startproject
+    subprocess.call(['django-admin.py', 'startproject', '--template=' + template_path, project_name])
+
+    # in newly created project, replace all occurences of TEMPLATE_NAME ('wagtaildemo')
+    os.chdir(project_name)
+
+    # first within the contents of files
+    for folder, subs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
+        for filename in files:
+            replace_strings_in_file(os.path.join(folder, filename), TEMPLATE_NAME, project_name)
+
+    # then in file and folder names
+    for folder, subs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
+        for sub in subs:
+            if TEMPLATE_NAME in sub:
+                os.rename(sub, sub.replace(TEMPLATE_NAME, project_name))
+        for filename in files:
+            if TEMPLATE_NAME in filename:
+                os.rename(filename, filename.replace(TEMPLATE_NAME, project_name))
+
+    print 'Success! %(project_name)s is created' % {'project_name': project_name}
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    create_project()