Merge pull request 'cli/create: add interactive name method' (#4310) from getting-started into main

Reviewed-on: https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/pulls/4310

pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan/create.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from clan_lib.clan.create import CreateOptions, create_clan
+from clan_lib.errors import ClanError
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -26,10 +27,10 @@ def register_create_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(
-        "path",
+        "name",
-        type=Path,
+        type=str,
-        help="Path where to write the clan template to",
+        nargs="?",
-        default=Path(),
+        help="Name of the clan to create. If not provided, will prompt for a name.",
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -40,9 +41,18 @@ def register_create_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     )
 
     def create_flake_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+        # Ask for a path interactively if none provided
+        if args.name is None:
+            user_input = input("Enter a name for the new clan: ").strip()
+            if not user_input:
+                msg = "Error: name is required."
+                raise ClanError(msg)
+
+            args.name = Path(user_input)
+
         create_clan(
             CreateOptions(
-                dest=args.path,
+                dest=Path(args.name),
                 template=args.template,
                 setup_git=not args.no_git,
                 src_flake=args.flake,

pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/filesystem.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from clan_lib.flake import Flake
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ def copy_from_nixstore(src: Path, dest: Path) -> None:
     Uses `cp -r` to recursively copy the directory.
     Ensures the destination directory is writable by the user.
     """
-    run(["cp", "-r", str(src / "."), str(dest)])  # Copy contents of src to dest
+    shutil.copytree(src, dest, dirs_exist_ok=True, symlinks=True)
     run(
         ["chmod", "-R", "u+w", str(dest)]
     )  # Ensure the destination is writable by the user

templates/clan/default/clan.nix

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
   # Ensure this is unique among all clans you want to use.
   meta.name = "__CHANGE_ME__";
 
+  inventory.machines = {
+    # Define machines here.
+    # jon = { };
+  };
+
   # Docs: See https://docs.clan.lol/reference/clanServices
   inventory.instances = {
 

templates/clan/flake-parts/clan.nix

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
   # Ensure this is unique among all clans you want to use.
   meta.name = "__CHANGE_ME__";
 
+  inventory.machines = {
+    # Define machines here.
+    # jon = { };
+  };
+
   # Docs: See https://docs.clan.lol/reference/clanServices
   inventory.instances = {