goca template

Manage custom templates for personalized code generation.

Syntax

goca template [subcommand]

Description

The goca template command provides tools to initialize and manage custom templates for code generation. Custom templates allow you to override Goca's built-in templates with project-specific patterns.

Customization

Custom templates let you enforce your team's coding style across all generated code while keeping the benefits of automated generation.

Subcommands

init

Initialize the custom templates directory with default templates that you can customize.

goca template init

Creates a .goca/templates/ directory with editable templates for all layers:

• Entity templates
• Use case templates
• Repository templates
• Handler templates
• DI container templates

After initialization, Goca will automatically use your custom templates when generating code.

list

List all available custom templates in the current project.

goca template list

Displays the templates directory path and confirms whether templates exist.

Usage Examples

Set up custom templates

# Initialize templates
goca template init

# Edit to match your style
# Templates are in .goca/templates/

Check available templates

goca template list

Template Functions

Custom templates have access to these template functions:

Function	Description	Example
{{pascal .EntityName}}	PascalCase	UserProfile
{{snake .EntityName}}	snake_case	user_profile
{{camel .EntityName}}	camelCase	userProfile
{{lower .EntityName}}	lowercase	userprofile
{{plural .EntityName}}	Pluralized	Users

Template Data

Templates receive a TemplateData struct with these fields:

Field	Type	Description
EntityName	string	Entity name (PascalCase)
Module	string	Go module path
Database	string	Database type
Fields	[]Field	Parsed field definitions
HasValidation	bool	Whether validation is enabled

Related Commands

• goca config — Manage .goca.yaml configuration
• goca feature — Generate features using templates
• goca init — Initialize a new project