Add a cli flag to configure base directory of srcbooks

.changeset/itchy-crabs-repeat.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@srcbook/api': patch
+'srcbook': patch
+---
+
+Add flag to change base dir of srcbooks

packages/api/constants.mts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 const _filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const _dirname = path.dirname(_filename);
 
-export const HOME_DIR = os.homedir();
+export const HOME_DIR = process.env.BASE_DIR || os.homedir();
 export const SRCBOOK_DIR = path.join(HOME_DIR, '.srcbook');
 export const SRCBOOKS_DIR = path.join(SRCBOOK_DIR, 'srcbooks');
 export const APPS_DIR = path.join(SRCBOOK_DIR, 'apps');

srcbook/src/cli.mts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os from 'node:os';
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { pathTo, getPackageJson, isPortAvailable } from './utils.mjs';
@@ -10,14 +11,15 @@ function openInBrowser(url: string) {
   );
 }
 
-function startServer(port: string, callback: () => void) {
+function startServer(port: string, baseDir: string, callback: () => void) {
   const server = spawn('node', [pathTo('dist', 'src', 'server.mjs')], {
     // Inherit stdio configurations from CLI (parent) process and allow IPC
     stdio: ['inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit', 'ipc'],
     env: {
       ...process.env,
       NODE_ENV: 'production',
       PORT: port,
+      BASE_DIR: baseDir,
     },
   });
 
@@ -52,8 +54,9 @@ export default function program() {
     .command('start')
     .description('Start the Srcbook server')
     .option('-p, --port <port>', 'Port to run the server on', '2150')
-    .action(({ port }) => {
-      startServer(port, () => {
+    .option('-b, --base-dir <dir>', 'Base directory containing srcbook/ dir', os.homedir())
+    .action(({ port, baseDir }) => {
+      startServer(port, baseDir, () => {
         openInBrowser(`http://localhost:${port}`);
       });
     });
@@ -62,15 +65,16 @@ export default function program() {
     .command('import')
     .description('Import a Srcbook')
     .option('-p, --port <port>', 'Port of the server', '2150')
+    .option('-b, --base-dir <dir>', 'Base directory containing srcbook/ dir', os.homedir())
     .argument('<specifier>', 'An identifier of a Srcbook on hub.srcbook.com')
-    .action(async (specifier, { port }) => {
+    .action(async (specifier, { port, baseDir }) => {
       const portAvailable = await isPortAvailable('localhost', port);
 
       if (portAvailable) {
         return doImport(specifier, port);
       }
 
-      startServer(port, () => {
+      startServer(port, baseDir, () => {
         doImport(specifier, port);
       });
     });