User defined Mix Tasks

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Hi Guys!

Is there a way to define user Mix tasks, just like mix phx.new without the hassle of creating a project, packaging and installing, i.e. using exs ?

What I want to do is create a set of tasks that generate initial project files for me, such as vscode tasks, editorconfig file etc. So I could just do on any folder mix vscode.init and have the files generated to me.

The problem is that I don’t know if is possible or where to put the exs files under the .mix directory on my home

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One thing you might look at is the project template tool created by @pragdave:

https://pragdave.me/blog/2017/04/18/elixir-project-generator.html

If you want to have a mix task that lives outside of a project, then I think what you do is create an archive (see e.g. https://hashrocket.com/blog/posts/create-and-publish-your-own-elixir-mix-archives) and put your mix tasks in it.

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