CLI Command: `genesys new`

The genesys new command creates a new, structured ROS 2 workspace with the standard Genesys directory layout, it also provides a package which contains the c++ macros for c++ nodes. It is contained in the genesys_macro directory.

Usage

genesys new <project_name>

<project_name>: The name of the workspace directory to be created.

Description

This command sets up a clean workspace, ready for you to start creating packages. It creates the following directory structure:

<project_name>/
├── src/         # For your ROS 2 packages
├── launch/      # For top-level launch files
├── config/      # For global configuration files
├── sim/         # For Gazebo simulation packages
├── tests/       # For workspace-level integration tests
├── scripts/     # For utility scripts
└── tools/       # For miscellaneous tools

Example

genesys new my_robot_project

This will create a directory named my_robot_project with the structure shown above.

After running the command, you can navigate into the new directory and begin adding packages:

cd my_robot_project
genesys make pkg my_first_package

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