# Getting Started

Everything in bashly originates from a single configuration file, named bashly.yml.

This configuration file can be set up to generate two types of scripts:

1. Script with commands (for example, like docker or git).
2. Script without commands (for example, like ls)

This is detected automatically by the contents of the configuration: If it contains a commands definition, it will generate a script with commands.

In an empty directory, create a sample configuration file by running any of these commands:

$ bashly init

# or, to generate a simpler configuration:
$ bashly init --minimal

This will create a sample src/bashly.yml file. You can edit this file to specify which arguments, flags and commands you need in your bash script.

Then, generate an initial bash script and function placeholder scripts by running:

$ bashly generate

This will:

1. Create the bash executable script.
2. Create files for you to edit in the src folder.

Finally, edit the files in the src folder. Each of your script's commands get their own file. Once you edit, run bashly generate again to merge the content from your functions back into the script.