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Generate another blueprint from an Ember CLI blueprint

I've created a custom blueprint based on the docs at ember-cli and I want to run a different blueprint (essentially ember g something-else ...) from inside my first blueprint. How can I do this?

Specific use-case: I've overrode Ember CLI's default Component blueprint, and I want to generate a matching CSS partial (in app/styles/components/) for every generated Component, inside my new Component blueprint.

Solution

  • Inside your generator (probably app/blueprints/blueprint-name/index.js):

    var Blueprint = require('ember-cli/lib/models/blueprint');

module.exports = {

  ...

  afterInstall: function(options) {
    var otherBlueprint = Blueprint.lookup('other-blueprint-name', {
      paths: [path.resolve(__dirname, '..')]
    });

    return otherBlueprint.install(options);
  },
};

    Thanks to nullnullnull for pointing out this approach at calling-ember-g-component-within-a-blueprints-index-js.