• Update to sidekick_core: ^1.0.0 #214
• Does not create a git repo git init anymore #219
• No absolute path required for projectRoot. It's now relative to working directory #219
• Creates empty folder when projectRoot doesn't exist (Fixes #205) #219
• Rename option entrypointDirectory -> projectRoot #219
• Install flutterw using flutterw_sidekick_plugin when a flutter package is detected #219

• Update to sidekick_core: 1.0.0 #214
• Default to Dart 2.18.6 for new CLIs #195
• Lock dependencies with correct lower bound #215

Updates to the sidekick CLI #

• sidekick update now updates the global sidekick CLI to the latest version #159

Updates from sidekick_core (0.13.1 -> 0.15.1) #

Changes to generated sidekick CLIs #

• <cli> <command> Sidekick CLIs now automatically check for updates after executing a command. Disable with export SIDEKICK_ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=false #177 #171
• <cli> sidekick update now updates to the latest stable Dart SDK #167
• Automatic pub upgrade when CLI compilation fails (due to Dart SDK upgrade) #166

New APIs #

• New: BashCommand to simplify converting bash scripts to commands in dart #168

  BashCommand(
    name: 'codegen',
    description: 'Runs build runner',
    workingDirectory: runner.mainProject?.root,
    script: () => '''
  ${systemFlutterSdkPath()}/bin/flutter pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs
  ''',
  ),
  

Bugfixes and improvements #

• DepsCommand now ignores sidekick packages, which pull deps automatically with embedded Dart SDK #184
• Fix: DepsCommand.excludeGlob now starts matching at repo root, not CWD #183
• sidekick update now handles path and git dependencies when updating sidekick_core #180
• DartPackage.fromDirectory() Simplify detection of Flutter packages #182

Template Changes #

• CLI template now does not generate a <cli>_project.dart file. You can continue to use yours but we found most people didn't need it. (#156)
• UsageException is now correctly printed (#157) (with <cli> sidekick update migration)
• Calling the CLI with zero arguments now also checks for sidekick updates (#157) (with <cli> sidekick update migration)
• Fix unnecessary CLI recompilation in run.sh (#152)

API Changes #

• New DartPackage.lockfile getter (#159)
• New DartPackage.fromArgResults constructor for Commands that take a package as only argument. Parses rest and cwd. (#160)
• SidekickTemplateProperties now has optional properties. Caller has to decide what to inject for each template. (#161)

• sidekick --version now prints the version

sidekick init #

• cli entrypoint location (--entrypointDirectory) and cli package location (--cliPackageDirectory ) are now individually configurable. Will be asked during init if not provided.

• Allow project names with underscores #112

• Cli template updates

  • New <cli> sidekick update command (available since sidekick_core: 0.13.0), to update your existing sidekick cli to the latest version, like running sidekick init again #111
  • Output when compiling the cli is now reduced (no pub get output) #109
  • Analyzer now ignores the cli build dir #107

sidekick plugins #

• Updated plugin templates
  • Using new addSelfAsDependency() method
  • shared-code template now saves the template dart files in the template dir, not as plain string in code. #132

• Add documentation
• Add example folder
• Update repository link

• Hotfix of build error

• New plugins system which can be used to easily extend your sidekick CLI and share automation with others (#58)
• sidekick plugins create creates a plugin from a template (#65, #79, #91)
• sidekick command in generated sidekick CLIs now bundles plugins, recompile, and install-global command (#82, #89)
• Add validation to only allow CLI names which are not already occupied on PATH (#76)
• Add CleanCommand to CLI template (#85)
• sidekick CLIs now download their own bundled Dart SDK instead of using flutterw (#53)

• We now support the "multiple packages" repository layout where all packages are located in /packages
• For multi package layouts, use the --mainProjectPath option to specify the path to the mainProject
• Fix macos detection in run.sh script
• The entrypoint is now executable on Unix systems when sidekick was generated on Windows #23
• the mason cli is now pinned in the project to be used in /tools

• Naming is hard, we're now suggesting cli names
• Update sidekick_core dependency on init
• Generate .gitignore

• Automatic recompile when cli code changes
• New install-global command. This is now a manual step and works on M1 macs (Darwin-arm64)
• entrypoint has been simplified and is now just a symlink on steroids
• Remove dependency on realpath (which was a third-party tool on macos)
• The root project has now a valid name

• Windows support
• Better cliName missing error message

• Rename update_sidekick task to recompile
• Update sidekick-core
• Update mason
• Support for dart 2.12

Update sidekick-core

First working prototype of sidekick init using flutterw

Claim pub name for CLI