= crystal-init(1)
:doctype: manpage
:date: {localdate}
:crystal_version: {crystal_version}
:man manual: Crystal Compiler Command Line Reference Guide
:man source: crystal {crystal_version}

== Name
crystal-init - Create a a new Crystal project

== Synopsis
*crystal init* TYPE [DIR | NAME DIR]

== Description

TYPE is one of:

*lib*	 Creates a library skeleton +
*app*	 Creates an application skeleton

This initializes the lib/app project folder as a git repository, with a license file, a README file, a shard.yml for use with shards (the Crystal dependency manager), a .gitignore file, and src and spec folders.

DIR  - directory where project will be generated

NAME - name of project to be generated (default: basename of DIR)

== Options

*-f, --force*:: Force overwrite existing files.
*-s, --skip-existing*:: Skip existing files.
