tree-gen

Generate entire file and folder structures from ASCII tree diagrams or path lists.

Installation

npm install -g @cabdi_waaxid/tree-gen

Usage

From a tree file

Create a structure.txt file:

my-project/
├── src/
│   ├── index.js
│   ├── utils.js
│   └── components/
│       └── App.js
├── public/
│   └── index.html
├── package.json
└── README.md

Run:

tree-gen structure.txt

Force overwrite existing files

tree-gen --force structure.txt
# or
tree-gen -f structure.txt

From a tree string directly

tree-gen "my-app/├── src/│   ├── index.js│   └── style.css└── README.md"

From a list of paths

tree-gen backend/src/server.js backend/src/routes/api.js backend/package.json backend/.env

With trailing slashes for directories

tree-gen logs/ temp/ output/file.txt

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --force, -f | Overwrite existing files if they already exist |

Tree Syntax

• ├── - Branch item
• └── - Last branch item
• │ - Vertical line connecting nested items
• ─ - Horizontal line (ignored)
• Trailing / - Creates a directory instead of a file

Examples

React component structure

src/
├── components/
│   ├── Header.jsx
│   ├── Footer.jsx
│   └── Button.jsx
├── pages/
│   ├── Home.jsx
│   └── About.jsx
├── styles/
│   └── main.css
└── index.js

API structure

api/
├── controllers/
│   ├── userController.js
│   └── productController.js
├── models/
│   ├── User.js
│   └── Product.js
├── routes/
│   └── apiRoutes.js
├── middleware/
│   └── auth.js
└── server.js

Notes

• All created files are empty (you'll fill them with content later)
• Existing files are not overwritten by default (use --force to overwrite)
• The tool automatically creates parent directories as needed
• Tree lines without ├ or └ are treated as the root directory

License

MIT