Help and Info

General usage information can be viewed using the help flag on a command.

  1. mn> create-app -h
  2. Usage: mn create-app [-hivVx] [--list-features] [-b=BUILD-TOOL] [--jdk=<javaVersion>] [-l=LANG]
  3.                      [-t=TEST] [-f=FEATURE[,FEATURE...]]... [NAME]
  4. Creates an application
  5.       [NAME]               The name of the application to create.
  6.   -b, --build=BUILD-TOOL   Which build tool to configure. Possible values: gradle, gradle_kotlin,
  7.                              maven.
  8.   -f, --features=FEATURE[,FEATURE...]
  9.   -h, --help               Show this help message and exit.
  10.   -i, --inplace            Create a service using the current directory
  11.       --jdk, --java-version=<javaVersion>
  12.                            The JDK version the project should target
  13.   -l, --lang=LANG          Which language to use. Possible values: java, groovy, kotlin.
  14.       --list-features      Output the available features and their descriptions
  15.   -t, --test=TEST          Which test framework to use. Possible values: junit, spock, kotest.

A list of available features can be viewed using the --list-features flag on any of the create commands.

  1. mn> create-app --list-features
  2. Available Features
  3. (+) denotes the feature is included by default
  4.   Name                             Description
  5.   -------------------------------  ---------------
  6.   Cache
  7.   cache-caffeine                   Adds support for cache using Caffeine (https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine)
  8.   cache-ehcache                    Adds support for cache using EHCache (https://www.ehcache.org/)
  9.   cache-hazelcast                  Adds support for cache using Hazelcast (https://hazelcast.org/)
  10.   cache-infinispan                 Adds support for cache using Infinispan (https://infinispan.org/)