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Yeoman sub generator: using answers to prompts from main generator

I have written a Yeoman sub generator and I want to access the answers acquired from the prompts in the main (parent) generator. The format to access the answers in the main generator's index.js file is this.promptName. Is it possible to retrieve those answers within the sub generator?

This is what I currently have but (obviously) doesn't work:

var ComponentGenerator = yeoman.generators.NamedBase.extend({

    init: function () {
        if (this.wordpress) { // this.wordpress set from main generator
            console.log('is wp');
        } else {
            console.log('not wp');
        }
    }
});
module.exports = ComponentGenerator;
Solution

  • You need to pass them as options to the sub generator:

    this.composeWith('subgenerator', {options: {name: 'some-name'}});

    Then in your sub generator:

    this.option('name', {/* settings */});

    See the full documentation here: