generator broken: error TS18003: No inputs were found in config file about generator-theia-extension HOT 7 CLOSED

If I follow the wizard for the generation everything works correctly, example:

$ npm install -g yo generator-theia-extension
$ mkdir ~/a && cd ~/a
$ yo theia-extension

And follow the prompts for:

1. extension name
2. extension type (hello-world or widget)

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The file theia-hello-world-extension/hello-world-extension/tsconfig.json indeed has an src folder as input but there is no src directory as such.

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@akashgoswami what were the reproduction steps? you performed yarn on the repository?

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Hi vince,

This is weird, if I don't pass the name it works.
If I pass the name as shown in the documentation of theia, it breaks.

Could you please confirm with passing names?

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This is weird, if I don't pass the name it works.

We likely need more error handling if a user provides a name directly to the generator, thank you!

If I pass the name as shown in the documentation of theia, it breaks.

@akashgoswami do you mind sharing a link to the documentation you're referring to?

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@akashgoswami do you mind sharing a link to the documentation you're referring to?

sorry missed that. Here it is
https://www.theia-ide.org/doc/Authoring_Extensions.html

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I am facing the same issue. Looks like the yo generator does not create the source files for the extension. As a result, tsc complains it has no code to build.

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