From 5f7be30a2f2774b58b82c2712f4b4e0afecbe20b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Morel <xmo@openerp.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:47:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [IMP] clarify initial instructions, autogen directory if does
not exist
---
doc/howto/howto_website.rst | 17 ++++++-----------
openerpcommand/scaffold.py | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website.rst b/doc/howto/howto_website.rst
index bb2d0ee55544..f4c2c7f6f472 100644
--- a/doc/howto/howto_website.rst
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website.rst
@@ -20,20 +20,14 @@ Creating a basic module
In OpenERP, doing things takes the form of creating modules, and these modules
customize the behavior of the OpenERP installation. The first step is thus to
-create a module:
-
-.. todo:: output directory probably shouldn't be ``.``
-
-.. todo:: ``oe`` v ``./oe``?
+create a module: at the command-line, go to your server's directory and enter
.. code-block:: console
- $ oe scaffold Academy .
+ $ ./oe scaffold Academy ../my-modules
-.. patch::
- :hidden:
-
-This builds a basic module for you:
+This will build a basic module for you in a directory called ``my-modules``
+right next to your server's directory:
.. code-block:: text
@@ -49,7 +43,8 @@ This builds a basic module for you:
└── security
└── ir.model.access.csv
-Ignore anything in the ``models`` and ``security`` directories for now.
+.. patch::
+ :hidden:
.. todo::
diff --git a/openerpcommand/scaffold.py b/openerpcommand/scaffold.py
index 6af3bd9bbbd6..4713f7393065 100644
--- a/openerpcommand/scaffold.py
+++ b/openerpcommand/scaffold.py
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ def directory(p):
expanded = os.path.abspath(
os.path.expanduser(
os.path.expandvars(p)))
+ if not os.path.exists(expanded):
+ os.makedirs(expanded)
if not os.path.isdir(expanded):
- die("Directory %s does not seem to exist" % p)
+ die("%s exists but is not a directory" % p)
return expanded
def die(message, code=1):
--
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