Distribution.Client.Init.NonInteractive.Heuristics

Heuristics for creating initial cabal files.

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guessPackageName :: Interactive m => FilePath -> m PackageName

Guess the package name based on the given root directory.

guessMainFile :: Interactive m => FilePath -> m HsFilePath

Guess the main file, returns a default value if none is found.

guessLicense :: Interactive m => InitFlags -> m SpecLicense

Try to guess the license from an already existing LICENSE file in the package directory, comparing the file contents with the ones listed in Licenses.hs, for now it only returns a default value.

guessExtraDocFiles :: Interactive m => InitFlags -> m (Maybe (Set FilePath))

guessAuthorName :: Interactive m => m String

Guess author and email using git configuration options.

guessAuthorEmail :: Interactive m => m String

guessCabalSpecVersion :: Interactive m => m CabalSpecVersion

Juggling characters around to guess the desired cabal version based on the system's cabal version.

guessLanguage :: Interactive m => Compiler -> m Language

Guess the language specification based on the GHC version

guessPackageType :: Interactive m => InitFlags -> m PackageType

Try to guess the package type from the files in the package directory, looking for unique characteristics from each type, defaults to Executable.

guessSourceDirectories :: Interactive m => InitFlags -> m [FilePath]

Try to guess the source directories, using a default value as fallback.

guessApplicationDirectories :: Interactive m => InitFlags -> m [FilePath]

Try to guess the application directories from the package directory, using a default value as fallback.