roots - a toolkit for quickly building beautiful websites
roots new <name> --template name
roots tpl <subcommand>
roots compile path
roots watch path
roots clean
roots pkg command
roots plugin command
roots --version
Roots exposes a variety of commands for creating, managing, compiling, and deploying websites. Commands are listed and documented below.
new, <name>, --template name
Creates a new roots project called name with the given template if provided. If no template is provided, roots-base will be used.
tpl, <command>
Manages roots project templates.
subcommands:
- add, name git-url (git clone will download the template)
- remove, name (be careful with this)
- list, lists all installed templates
- default, name (sets a template to be the default for roots new)
compile, path
Compiles your project once. if a path is provided, compiles a project at the given path.
watch, path --no-open
Watches your project, opens it in a local server, and compiles & reloads whenever a file is changed. If a path is provided, watches a project at that path.
clean
Removes the compiled files.
--version or -v
Prints the version of the current roots install.
Full docs can be found at http://roots.rtfd.org