chore(main): release 1.1.0 (#129 )

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feat: command clear (#128 )
2026-06-06 17:36:53 +00:00 · 2024-01-27 23:50:17 -06:00 · 2024-01-28 10:59:37 +05:30 · 2023-12-25 19:26:01 -06:00 · 2023-12-25 11:47:46 -06:00 · 2023-11-04 16:20:29 -05:00
41 changed files with 5674 additions and 5460 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@ on:
      - main

 jobs:
-  Lint:
-    name: Linting
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  # Lint:
+    # name: Linting
+    # runs-on: ubuntu-latest

-    steps:
-      - name: Check out Git repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+    # steps:
+      # - name: Check out Git repository
+      #  uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3

-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@64ed1c7eab4cce3362f8c340dee64e5eaeef8f7c # v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 17
+      # - name: Set up Node.js
+      # uses: actions/setup-node@64ed1c7eab4cce3362f8c340dee64e5eaeef8f7c # v3
+      #  with:
+      #    node-version: 17

      # Prettier must be in `package.json`
-      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
-        run: npm i
+      # - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+      #  run: npm i

-      - name: Run Prettier
-        run: npm run format
+      # - name: Run Prettier
+      #  run: npm run format

  Test:
    name: Testing
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-	"tabWidth": 4,
-	"useTabs": true,
-	"singleQuote": true
+    "tabWidth": 4,
+    "useTabs": false,
+    "singleQuote": true,
+    "printWidth": 140
 }
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,71 @@

 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

+## [1.1.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.3...v1.1.0) (2024-01-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* command clear ([#128](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/128)) ([303ac02](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/303ac0280c7c7c55f2670d49c9685b911670bc05))
+
+## [1.0.3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3) (2023-12-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* intellisense for esm build ts ([#126](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/126)) ([a5cb668](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/a5cb66828eae47d3eac5b86c7e67c01dbed500d5))
+
+## [1.0.2](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2) (2023-11-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* better error handling ([5dbf2a8](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/5dbf2a87dcb0001993fe126d9002bc82c8108e24))
+* build mkdir errors ([#122](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/122)) ([f1d7d6c](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/f1d7d6c911bc54ed3ca3e39eefbc7de6ee33b10d))
+
+## [1.0.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1) (2023-10-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* multiple bugs ([#119](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/119)) ([d9ca5ff](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/d9ca5ff3ff2f304a6d75f2b7a296bd900431d41f))
+
+## [1.0.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.6.0...v1.0.0) (2023-09-05)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **plugins:** older versions of cli does not have plugins command functional
+
+### Features
+
+* build app ([#112](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/112)) ([88e2bbf](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/88e2bbf6c84e3841370a4288181e8ec721ef1925))
+* list subcommand ([#113](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/113)) ([5fd2a7b](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/5fd2a7b4c4bc92467fbaa26005d261d4ed8b2a13))
+* **plugins:** new method to obtain plugins ([#114](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/114)) ([c785d49](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/c785d49fa5c0d98261de7d7b0c39f85c21316156))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* credentials precedence ([#111](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/111)) ([3f74658](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/3f74658b16b2697df11c7e33172c09c30b7543a8))
+* **extra:** dockerfile errors and tsc fallback ([#101](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/101)) ([4082926](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/40829267c4e77b316a60604c63bad79124713b89))
+
+## [0.6.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.5.1...v0.6.0) (2023-08-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* publish command ([#105](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/105)) ([827ffb7](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/827ffb7ad9252e3cda257bed1febdca2da03e253))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* change file path for sern/extras ([#109](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/109)) ([2348e3e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/2348e3e9ab055fddab3f44d574af79fd7ccd4485))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 0.6.0 ([642bf11](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/642bf11608cf5d9b4256999e3bdb48e762ca88ee))
+
 ## [0.5.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1) (2023-06-16)


--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,29 +30,34 @@ When you install the CLI, you can use our commands with **sern** prefix.
 ```
 Usage: sern [options] [command]

-Welcome to sern!
-If you're new to sern, run sern init for an interactive setup to your new bot project!

-If you have any ideas, suggestions, bug reports, kindly join our support server: https://discord.gg/xzK5fUKT4r
+  ___  ___ _ __ _ __
+ / __|/ _ \ '__| '_ \
+ \__ \  __/ |  | | | |
+ |___/\___|_|  |_| |_|
+
+ Welcome!
+ If you're new to sern, run npm create @sern/bot for an interactive setup to your new bot project!
+
+ If you have any ideas, suggestions, bug reports, kindly join our support server: https://sern.dev/discord

 Options:
-  -V, --version      output the version number
+  -v, --version      output the version number
  -h, --help         display help for command

 Commands:
-  init [options]     Quickest way to scaffold a new project
+  init [options]     Quickest way to scaffold a new project [DEPRECATED]
  plugins [options]  Install plugins from https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins
  extra              Easy way to add extra things in your sern project
+  commands           Defacto way to manage your slash commands
  help [command]     display help for command
-
 ```

 ## Setting Up Your Project

-Run `sern init (-y)` for an interactive setup on a brand new project using our framework. <br>
-Adding the `-y` flag sets up project as default. ( **Note** : the default initiates a typescript project)
+Run `npm create @sern/bot` for an interactive setup on a brand new project using our framework.

 ## Installing Plugins

-sern runs on your plugins. Contribute to the [repository](https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins) and then install the plugins via our cli! <br>
-Run `sern plugins` to see all installable options
+sern runs on your plugins. Contribute to our [repository](https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins) and then install the plugins via our cli! <br>
+Run `sern plugins` to see all installable plugins.
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,58 +1,63 @@
 {
-	"name": "@sern/cli",
-	"version": "0.5.1",
-	"description": "Official CLI for @sern/handler",
-	"exports": "./dist/index.js",
-	"bin": {
-		"sern": "./dist/index.js"
-	},
-	"type": "module",
-	"scripts": {
-		"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
-		"format": "prettier --check .",
-		"fix": "prettier --write .",
-		"build": "tsup",
-		"watch": "tsup --watch"
-	},
-	"repository": {
-		"type": "git",
-		"url": "git+https://github.com/sern-handler/cli.git"
-	},
-	"keywords": [
-		"cli",
-		"discord",
-		"discord.js",
-		"sern",
-		"sern-handler"
-	],
-	"author": "EvolutionX",
-	"license": "MIT",
-	"bugs": {
-		"url": "https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues"
-	},
-	"homepage": "https://sern-handler.js.org",
-	"dependencies": {
-		"colorette": "2.0.20",
-		"commander": "11.0.0",
-		"execa": "7.1.1",
-		"find-up": "6.3.0",
-		"ora": "6.3.1",
-		"prompts": "2.4.2",
-		"undici": "5.22.1"
-	},
-	"devDependencies": {
-		"@favware/npm-deprecate": "1.0.7",
-		"@types/prompts": "2.4.4",
-		"esbuild-plugin-version-injector": "1.1.0",
-		"prettier": "2.8.8",
-		"tsup": "6.7.0",
-		"typescript": "5.1.3"
-	},
-	"engines": {
-		"node": ">= 16.10.x"
-	},
-	"publishConfig": {
-		"registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
-		"access": "public"
-	}
+    "name": "@sern/cli",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
+    "description": "Official CLI for @sern/handler",
+    "exports": "./dist/index.js",
+    "bin": {
+        "sern": "./dist/index.js"
+    },
+    "type": "module",
+    "scripts": {
+        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+        "format": "prettier --check .",
+        "fix": "prettier --write .",
+        "build": "tsup",
+        "watch": "tsup --watch"
+    },
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "git+https://github.com/sern-handler/cli.git"
+    },
+    "keywords": [
+        "cli",
+        "discord",
+        "discord.js",
+        "sern",
+        "sern-handler"
+    ],
+    "author": "EvolutionX",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "bugs": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues"
+    },
+    "homepage": "https://sern.dev",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@esbuild-kit/cjs-loader": "^2.4.2",
+        "@esbuild-kit/esm-loader": "^2.5.5",
+        "colorette": "2.0.20",
+        "commander": "11.0.0",
+        "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+        "esbuild": "^0.19.1",
+        "execa": "7.2.0",
+        "find-up": "6.3.0",
+        "glob": "^10.3.3",
+        "ora": "6.3.1",
+        "prompts": "2.4.2",
+        "undici": "5.23.0"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@babel/parser": "^7.22.5",
+        "@favware/npm-deprecate": "1.0.7",
+        "@types/prompts": "2.4.4",
+        "prettier": "2.8.8",
+        "tsup": "^6.7.0",
+        "typescript": "5.2.2"
+    },
+    "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 18.16.x"
+    },
+    "publishConfig": {
+        "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
+        "access": "public"
+    }
 }
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
-	"$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-	"extends": ["config:base"],
-	"major": {
-		"dependencyDashboardApproval": true
-	},
-	"schedule": ["every weekend"],
-	"lockFileMaintenance": {
-		"enabled": true
-	},
-	"packageRules": [
-		{
-			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-			"matchCurrentVersion": "!/^0/"
-		}
-	]
+    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+    "extends": ["config:base", "group:allNonMajor"],
+    "major": {
+        "dependencyDashboardApproval": true
+    },
+    "schedule": ["every weekend"],
+    "lockFileMaintenance": {
+        "enabled": true
+    },
+    "packageRules": [
+        {
+            "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
+            "matchCurrentVersion": "!/^0/"
+        }
+    ]
 }
--- a/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { getConfig } from '../utilities/getConfig';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { glob } from 'glob';
+import { configDotenv } from 'dotenv';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { imageLoader, validExtensions } from '../plugins/imageLoader';
+import defaultEsbuild from '../utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig';
+import { require } from '../utilities/require';
+import { pathExists, pathExistsSync } from 'find-up';
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import * as Preprocessor from '../utilities/preprocessor';
+import { bold, magentaBright } from 'colorette';
+
+type BuildOptions = {
+    /**
+     * Define __VERSION__
+     * This option is a quick switch to defining the __VERSION__ constant which will be a string of the version provided in
+     * cwd's package.json
+     */
+    defineVersion?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * default = esm
+     */
+    format?: 'cjs' | 'esm';
+    /**
+     * extra esbuild plugins to build with sern.
+     */
+    esbuildPlugins?: esbuild.Plugin[];
+    /**
+     * https://esbuild.github.io/api/#drop-labels
+     **/
+    dropLabels?: string[];
+    /**
+     * https://esbuild.github.io/api/#define
+     **/
+    define?: Record<string, string>;
+
+    tsconfig?: string;
+    /**
+     * default = 'development'
+     */
+    mode: 'production' | 'development';
+    /**
+     * will search for env file. If none exists,
+     * default to .env.
+     */
+    env?: string;
+};
+
+export async function build(options: Record<string, any>) {
+    if (!options.supressWarnings) {
+        console.info(`${magentaBright('EXPERIMENTAL')}: This API has not been stabilized. add -W or --suppress-warnings flag to suppress`);
+    }
+    const sernConfig = await getConfig();
+    let buildConfig: Partial<BuildOptions> = {};
+
+    const entryPoints = await glob(`./src/**/*{${validExtensions.join(',')}}`, {
+        //for some reason, my ignore glob wasn't registering correctly'
+        ignore: {
+            ignored: (p) => p.name.endsWith('.d.ts'),
+        },
+    });
+
+    const buildConfigPath = resolve(options.project ?? 'sern.build.js');
+
+    const resolveBuildConfig = (path: string|undefined, language: string) => {
+       if(language === 'javascript') {
+        return path ?? resolve('jsconfig.json')
+       }
+       return path ?? resolve('tsconfig.json')
+    }
+
+    const defaultBuildConfig = {
+        defineVersion: true,
+        format: options.format ?? 'esm',
+        mode: options.mode ?? 'development',
+        dropLabels: [],
+        tsconfig: resolveBuildConfig(options.tsconfig, sernConfig.language),
+        env: options.env ?? resolve('.env'),
+    };
+    if (pathExistsSync(buildConfigPath)) {
+        //throwable, buildConfigPath may not exist
+        buildConfig = {
+            ...defaultBuildConfig,
+            ...(await import('file:///' + buildConfigPath)).default,
+        };
+    } else {
+        buildConfig = defaultBuildConfig;
+        console.log('No build config found, defaulting');
+    }
+
+    let env = {} as Record<string, string>;
+    configDotenv({ path: buildConfig.env, processEnv: env });
+    const modeButNotNodeEnvExists = env.MODE && !env.NODE_ENV;
+    if (modeButNotNodeEnvExists) {
+        console.warn('Use NODE_ENV instead of MODE');
+        console.warn('MODE has no effect.');
+        console.warn(`https://nodejs.org/en/learn/getting-started/nodejs-the-difference-between-development-and-production`);
+    }
+
+    if (env.NODE_ENV) {
+        buildConfig.mode = env.NODE_ENV as 'production' | 'development';
+        console.log(magentaBright('NODE_ENV:'), 'Found NODE_ENV variable, setting `mode` to this.');
+    }
+
+    assert(buildConfig.mode === 'development' || buildConfig.mode === 'production', 'Mode is not `production` or `development`');
+
+
+    try {
+        let config = require(buildConfig.tsconfig!);
+        config.extends && console.warn("Extend the generated tsconfig")
+    } catch(e) {
+         console.warn("no tsconfig / jsconfig found");
+         console.warn(`Please create a ${sernConfig.language === 'javascript' ? 'jsconfig.json' : 'tsconfig.json' }`);
+         console.warn("It should have at least extend the generated one sern makes.")
+         console.warn(`
+            { 
+                "extends": "./.sern/tsconfig.json",
+            }`.trim())
+        throw e;
+    }
+
+    console.log(bold('Building with:'));
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('defineVersion'), buildConfig.defineVersion);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('format'), buildConfig.format);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('mode'), buildConfig.mode);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('tsconfig'), buildConfig.tsconfig);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('env'), buildConfig.env);
+
+    const sernDir = resolve('.sern'),
+          genDir = resolve(sernDir, 'generated'),
+          ambientFilePath = resolve(sernDir, 'ambient.d.ts'),
+          packageJsonPath = resolve('package.json'),
+          sernTsConfigPath = resolve(sernDir, 'tsconfig.json'),
+          packageJson = () => require(packageJsonPath);
+
+    if (!(await pathExists(genDir))) {
+        console.log('Making .sern/generated dir, does not exist');
+        await mkdir(genDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const defVersion = () => JSON.stringify(packageJson().version);
+        const define = {
+            ...(buildConfig.define ?? {}),
+            __DEV__: `${buildConfig.mode === 'development'}`,
+            __PROD__: `${buildConfig.mode === 'production'}`,
+        } satisfies Record<string, string>;
+
+        buildConfig.defineVersion && Object.assign(define, { __VERSION__: defVersion() });
+
+        await Preprocessor.writeTsConfig(buildConfig.format!, sernTsConfigPath, writeFile);
+        await Preprocessor.writeAmbientFile(ambientFilePath, define, writeFile);
+
+        //https://esbuild.github.io/content-types/#tsconfig-json
+        await esbuild.build({
+            entryPoints,
+            plugins: [imageLoader, ...(buildConfig.esbuildPlugins ?? [])],
+            ...defaultEsbuild(buildConfig.format!, buildConfig.tsconfig),
+            define,
+            dropLabels: [buildConfig.mode === 'production' ? '__DEV__' : '__PROD__', ...buildConfig.dropLabels!],
+        });
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/commands/command-clear.ts
+++ b/src/commands/command-clear.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import * as Rest from '../rest.js'
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import ora from 'ora';
+import type { CommandData, GuildId } from '../utilities/types.js';
+import { readFileSync, writeFile } from 'node:fs'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import prompts from 'prompts';
+
+const getConfirmation = (args: Record<string,any> ) => {
+    if(args.yes) {
+        return args.yes
+    } else {
+        return prompts({
+            type: 'confirm',
+            name: 'confirmation',
+            message: 'Are you sure you want to delete ALL your application commands?',
+            initial: true
+        }, { onCancel: () => (console.log("Cancelled operation  (￣┰￣*)"), process.exit(1)) })
+        .then(response => response.confirmation);
+    }
+}
+export async function commandClear(args: Record<string,any>) {
+    dotenv.configDotenv({ path: args.env || resolve('.env') })
+    const token = process.env.token || process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN;
+    const appid = process.env.applicationId || process.env.APPLICATION_ID;
+    assert(token, 'Could not find a token for this bot in .env or commandline. Do you have DISCORD_TOKEN in env?');
+    assert(appid, 'Could not find an application id for this bot in .env or commandline. Do you have APPLICATION_ID in env?');
+    
+    const confirmation = await getConfirmation(args);
+   
+    if (confirmation) {
+        const spin = ora({
+            text: `Deleting ALL application commands...`,
+            spinner: 'aesthetic',
+        }).start();
+        const rest = Rest.create(appid, token);
+        let guildCommands: Record<GuildId, CommandData[]> 
+        try {
+            guildCommands = JSON.parse(readFileSync('.sern/command-data-remote.json', 'utf-8'))
+            await rest.updateGlobal([]);
+            delete guildCommands.global
+            for (const guildId in guildCommands) {
+                await rest.putGuildCommands(guildId, []);
+            }
+            writeFile('.sern/command-data-remote.json', "{}", (err) => {
+                if(err) {
+                    spin.fail("Error happened while writing to json:");
+                    console.error(err)
+                    process.exit(1)
+                }
+            })
+            spin.succeed();
+        } catch(e) {
+            spin.fail("Something went wrong. ");
+            throw e;
+        }
+    } else {
+        console.log('Operation canceled.  (￣┰￣*)');
+    }
+
+}
--- a/src/commands/extra.ts
+++ b/src/commands/extra.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { extraPrompt } from '../prompts/extra.js';
 import { create } from '../utilities/create.js';

 export async function extra() {
-	const extra = await prompt([extraPrompt]);
+    const extra = await prompt([extraPrompt]);

-	if (Object.keys(extra).length < 1) process.exit(1);
-	const lang = extra.extra.includes('typescript') ? 'TS' : 'JS';
-	await create(extra.extra.split('-')[0], lang, process.cwd(), true);
+    if (Object.keys(extra).length < 1) process.exit(1);
+    const lang = extra.extra.includes('typescript') ? 'TS' : 'JS';
+
+    await create(extra.extra.split('-')[0], lang, process.cwd(), true);
 }
--- a/src/commands/help.ts
+++ b/src/commands/help.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 import { cyanBright, green, magentaBright } from 'colorette';

-export function help() {
-	return `
+export const help = `
  ___  ___ _ __ _ __  
 / __|/ _ \\ '__| '_ \\ 
 \\__ \\  __/ |  | | | |
 |___/\\___|_|  |_| |_|

 Welcome!
- If you're new to ${cyanBright('sern')}, run ${magentaBright(
-		'npm create @sern/bot'
-	)} for an interactive setup to your new bot project!

- ${green(
-		`If you have any ideas, suggestions, bug reports, kindly join our support server: https://sern.dev/discord`
- )}`;
-}
+ If you're new to ${cyanBright('sern')}, run ${magentaBright('npm create @sern/bot')} for an interactive setup to your new bot project!
+
+ ${green(`If you have any ideas, suggestions, bug reports, kindly join our support server: https://sern.dev/discord`)}`;
--- a/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@ import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { findUp } from 'find-up';
 import ora from 'ora';
 import prompt from 'prompts';
-import {
-	cmds_dir,
-	gitInit,
-	lang,
-	main_dir,
-	name,
-	skip_install_dep,
-	which_manager,
-} from '../prompts/init.js';
+import { cmds_dir, gitInit, lang, main_dir, name, skip_install_dep, which_manager } from '../prompts/init.js';

 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { editDirs, editMain } from '../utilities/edits.js';
@@ -21,125 +13,111 @@ import type { PackageManagerChoice } from '../utilities/types.js';

 /** @deprecated Use npm create instead */
 export async function init(flags: Flags) {
-	console.log(
-		`${yellowBright(
-			'[WARN]:'
-		)} This command is deprecated, use ${greenBright(
-			'npm create @sern/bot'
-		)} instead`
-	);
+    console.log(`${yellowBright('[WARN]:')} This command is deprecated, use ${greenBright('npm create @sern/bot')} instead`);

-	let data: PromptData;
-	let git_init = true; // the default;
-	let pm = flags.sync ? undefined : flags.y ? 'npm' : await npm();
+    let data: PromptData;
+    let git_init = true; // the default;
+    let pm = flags.sync ? undefined : flags.y ? 'npm' : await npm();

-	if (flags.y) {
-		const projectName = await prompt([name]);
-		git_init = true;
-		data = {
-			name: projectName.name,
-			lang: 'typescript',
-			main_dir: 'src',
-			cmds_dir: 'commands',
-		};
-	} else if (flags.sync) {
-		data = (await prompt([lang, main_dir, cmds_dir])) as PromptData;
-	} else {
-		data = (await prompt([name, lang, main_dir, cmds_dir])) as PromptData;
-		git_init = (await prompt([gitInit])).gitinit;
-	}
+    if (flags.y) {
+        const projectName = await prompt([name]);
+        git_init = true;
+        data = {
+            name: projectName.name,
+            lang: 'typescript',
+            main_dir: 'src',
+            cmds_dir: 'commands',
+        };
+    } else if (flags.sync) {
+        data = (await prompt([lang, main_dir, cmds_dir])) as PromptData;
+    } else {
+        data = (await prompt([name, lang, main_dir, cmds_dir])) as PromptData;
+        git_init = (await prompt([gitInit])).gitinit;
+    }

-	const language = data.lang === 'javascript-esm' ? 'javascript' : data.lang;
-	const config = {
-		language,
-		paths: {
-			base: data.main_dir,
-			commands: data.cmds_dir,
-		},
-	};
-	const file = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
+    const language = data.lang === 'javascript-esm' ? 'javascript' : data.lang;
+    const config = {
+        language,
+        paths: {
+            base: data.main_dir,
+            commands: data.cmds_dir,
+        },
+    };
+    const file = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);

-	const requiredData = flags.sync !== undefined ? 3 : 4;
-	const receivedData = Object.keys(data).length;
-	const incompleteDataCondition = receivedData < requiredData;
+    const requiredData = flags.sync !== undefined ? 3 : 4;
+    const receivedData = Object.keys(data).length;
+    const incompleteDataCondition = receivedData < requiredData;

-	if (incompleteDataCondition) process.exit(1);
+    if (incompleteDataCondition) process.exit(1);

-	if (!flags.sync) await cloneRepo(data.lang, data.name);
+    if (!flags.sync) await cloneRepo(data.lang, data.name);

-	const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + data.name,
-	});
+    const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + data.name,
+    });

-	if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');
+    if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');

-	await writeFile(pkg.replace('package.json', 'sern.config.json'), file);
+    await writeFile(pkg.replace('package.json', 'sern.config.json'), file);

-	if (flags.sync) {
-		console.log('Project was successfully synced!');
-		process.exit(0);
-	}
+    if (flags.sync) {
+        console.log('Project was successfully synced!');
+        process.exit(0);
+    }

-	git_init ? await git(data) : console.log(`Skipping git init...\n`);
+    git_init ? await git(data) : console.log(`Skipping git init...\n`);

-	let choice: PackageManagerChoice;
+    let choice: PackageManagerChoice;

-	if (pm === 'both') {
-		choice = (await prompt([which_manager])).manager;
-	} else {
-		choice = (
-			(await prompt([skip_install_dep])).skip_install_dep ? pm : 'skip'
-		) as PackageManagerChoice;
-	}
+    if (pm === 'both') {
+        choice = (await prompt([which_manager])).manager;
+    } else {
+        choice = ((await prompt([skip_install_dep])).skip_install_dep ? pm : 'skip') as PackageManagerChoice;
+    }

-	await installDeps(choice, data.name);
-	await editMain(data.name);
-	await editDirs(data.main_dir, data.cmds_dir, data.name, data.lang);
+    await installDeps(choice, data.name);
+    await editMain(data.name);
+    await editDirs(data.main_dir, data.cmds_dir, data.name, data.lang);

-	console.log(`${greenBright('Success, project was initialised!')}`);
-	process.exit(0);
+    console.log(`${greenBright('Success, project was initialised!')}`);
+    process.exit(0);
 }

 /** It initializes git */
 async function git(data: Data) {
-	const spin = ora({
-		text: 'Initializing git...',
-		spinner: 'aesthetic',
-	}).start();
+    const spin = ora({
+        text: 'Initializing git...',
+        spinner: 'aesthetic',
+    }).start();

-	try {
-		await execa('git', ['init', data.name]);
-		await wait(300);
-		spin.succeed('Git initialized!');
-	} catch (error) {
-		spin.fail(
-			`${redBright(
-				'Failed'
-			)} to initialize git!\nTry to install it at ${underline(
-				'https://git-scm.com'
-			)}\nSkipping for now.`
-		);
-	}
+    try {
+        await execa('git', ['init', data.name]);
+        await wait(300);
+        spin.succeed('Git initialized!');
+    } catch (error) {
+        spin.fail(`${redBright('Failed')} to initialize git!\nTry to install it at ${underline('https://git-scm.com')}\nSkipping for now.`);
+    }
 }

 /**  Wait for a specified number of milliseconds, then return a promise that resolves to undefined. */
 async function wait(ms: number) {
-	const wait = (await import('util')).promisify(setTimeout);
-	return wait(ms);
+    const wait = (await import('util')).promisify(setTimeout);
+    return wait(ms);
 }

 interface Data {
-	name: string;
+    name: string;
 }

 interface Flags {
-	y: boolean;
-	sync: boolean;
+    y: boolean;
+    sync: boolean;
 }

 interface PromptData {
-	name: string;
-	lang: 'typescript' | 'javascript' | 'javascript-esm';
-	main_dir: string;
-	cmds_dir: string;
+    name: string;
+    lang: 'typescript' | 'javascript' | 'javascript-esm';
+    main_dir: string;
+    cmds_dir: string;
 }
--- a/src/commands/list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { blueBright, bold, cyanBright, greenBright, italic, magentaBright, underline } from 'colorette';
+import { getSern } from '../utilities/getSern';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import type { CommandData, GuildId } from '../utilities/types';
+
+export function list() {
+    const files = getSern();
+    if (!files.includes('command-data-remote.json')) {
+        console.error(`No commands found\nPlease run ${cyanBright('sern commands publish')} to publish your commands`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    const commands: Record<GuildId, CommandData[]> = JSON.parse(readFileSync('.sern/command-data-remote.json', 'utf-8'));
+    const globalCommands = commands.global;
+
+    delete commands.global;
+    if(globalCommands) {
+        console.log(bold('Global Commands'));
+        for (const command of globalCommands) log(command);
+    }
+    
+    console.log('\t');
+
+    for (const guildId in commands) {
+        const guildCommands = commands[guildId];
+        console.log(`${bold('Guild Commands')} [${underline(cyanBright(guildId))}]`);
+        for (const command of guildCommands) log(command);
+    }
+}
+
+const AppCommandsType: Record<number, string> = {
+    1: magentaBright('Slash'),
+    2: magentaBright('User'),
+    3: magentaBright('Message'),
+};
+
+const AppCommandOptionType: Record<number, string> = {
+    1: magentaBright('SubCommand'),
+    2: magentaBright('SubCommand Group'),
+    3: magentaBright('String'),
+    4: magentaBright('Integer'),
+    5: magentaBright('Boolean'),
+    6: magentaBright('User'),
+    7: magentaBright('Channel'),
+    8: magentaBright('Role'),
+    9: magentaBright('Mentionable'),
+    10: magentaBright('Number'),
+    11: magentaBright('Attachment'),
+};
+
+function log(command: CommandData) {
+    console.log(clean(`\t${cyanBright(command.name)} ${italic(command.description)} (${greenBright(command.id)})`));
+    console.log(`\t  Type: ${AppCommandsType[command.type]}`);
+
+    if (command.options) {
+        console.log(`\t  Options:`);
+        for (const option of command.options) {
+            console.log(`\t    ${blueBright(option.name)}: ${AppCommandOptionType[option.type]}`);
+            if (option.options) {
+                console.log(`\t      Options:`);
+                for (const subOption of option.options) {
+                    console.log(`\t        ${cyanBright(subOption.name)}: ${AppCommandOptionType[subOption.type]}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const clean = (str: string) => str.split(' ').filter(Boolean).join(' ');
--- a/src/commands/plugins.ts
+++ b/src/commands/plugins.ts
@@ -4,37 +4,68 @@ import prompt from 'prompts';
 import { fetch } from 'undici';
 import { pluginsQ } from '../prompts/plugin.js';
 import { fromCwd } from '../utilities/fromCwd.js';
+import esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { getLang } from '../utilities/getLang.js';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { require } from '../utilities/require.js';
+interface PluginData {
+    description: string;
+    hash: string;
+    name: string;
+    author: string[];
+    link: string;
+    example: string;
+    version: '1.0.0';
+}

 /**
 * Installs plugins to project
 */
 export async function plugins() {
-	const e: string[] = (await prompt([await pluginsQ()])).list;
-	if (!e) process.exit(1);
+    const e: PluginData[] = (await prompt([await pluginsQ()])).list;
+    if (!e) process.exit(1);

-	for await (const url of e) {
-		await download(url);
-	}
-	const pluginNames = e.map((e) => e.split('/').pop());
-	console.log(
-		`Successfully downloaded plugin(s):\n${greenBright(
-			pluginNames.join('\n')
-		)}`
-	);
+    const lang = await getLang();
+    for await (const plgData of e) {
+        const pluginText = await download(plgData.link);
+        const dir = fromCwd('/src/plugins');
+        const linkNoExtension = `${process.cwd()}/src/plugins/${plgData.name}`;
+        if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+            fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+        }
+        if (lang === 'typescript') {
+            fs.writeFileSync(linkNoExtension + '.ts', pluginText);
+        } else {
+            const { type = undefined } = require(resolve('package.json'));
+            const format = type === undefined || type === 'cjs' ? 'cjs' : 'esm';
+            const transformResult = await esbuild.transform(pluginText, {
+                target: 'node18',
+                format,
+                loader: 'ts',
+                banner: `/**\n    Partial information: ${plgData.description}\n    @author ${plgData.author}\n    @example${plgData.example}*/`,
+            });
+            if (transformResult.warnings.length > 0) {
+                console.log(transformResult.warnings.map((msg) => msg.text).join('\n'));
+            }
+            console.warn('transforming plugins with js strips comments');
+            console.warn('We provided some minimal information at top of file, or view the documentation for this plugin here:');
+            console.warn(plgData.link);
+            fs.writeFileSync(linkNoExtension + '.js', transformResult.code);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const pluginNames = e.map((data) => {
+        return 'Installed ' + data.name + ' ' + 'from ' + data.author.join(',');
+    });
+    console.log(`Successfully downloaded plugin(s):\n${greenBright(pluginNames.join('\n'))}`);
 }

 async function download(url: string) {
-	const data = await fetch(url, { method: 'GET' })
-		.then((res) => res.text())
-		.catch(() => null);
+    const data = await fetch(url, { method: 'GET' })
+        .then((res) => res.text())
+        .catch(() => null);

-	if (!data) throw new Error('Download failed! Kindly contact developers');
+    if (!data) throw new Error('Download failed! Kindly contact developers');

-	const dir = `${fromCwd('/src/plugins')}`;
-	const filedir = `${process.cwd()}/src/plugins/${url.split('/').pop()}`;
-
-	if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-		fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
-	}
-	fs.writeFileSync(filedir, data);
+    return data;
 }
--- a/src/commands/publish.ts
+++ b/src/commands/publish.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { magentaBright } from 'colorette';
+import { getConfig } from '../utilities/getConfig';
+import { fork } from 'node:child_process';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+export async function publish(commandDir: string | undefined, args: Partial<PublishArgs>) {
+    if (!args.suppressWarnings) {
+        console.info(`${magentaBright('EXPERIMENTAL')}: This API has not been stabilized. add -W or --suppress-warnings flag to suppress`);
+    }
+    const config = await getConfig();
+    // pass in args into the command.
+    const rootPath = new URL('../', import.meta.url),
+        publishScript = new URL('../dist/create-publish.js', rootPath);
+    // assign args.import to empty array if non existent
+    args.import ??= [];
+
+    args.token && console.info('Token passed through command line');
+    args.applicationId && console.info('applicationId passed through command line');
+    commandDir && console.info('Publishing with override path: ', commandDir);
+
+    const dotenvLocation = new URL('../node_modules/dotenv/config.js', rootPath),
+        esmLoader = new URL('../node_modules/@esbuild-kit/esm-loader/dist/index.js', rootPath);
+
+    // We dynamically load the create-publish script in a child process so that we can pass the special
+    // loader flag to require typescript files
+    const command = fork(fileURLToPath(publishScript), [], {
+        execArgv: ['--loader', esmLoader.toString(), '-r', fileURLToPath(dotenvLocation), '--no-warnings'],
+        env: {
+            token: args.token ?? '',
+            applicationId: args.applicationId ?? '',
+        },
+    });
+    // send paths object so we dont have to recalculate it in script
+    command.send({ config, preloads: args.import, commandDir });
+}
+
+interface PublishArgs {
+    suppressWarnings: boolean;
+    import: string[];
+    token: string;
+    applicationId: string;
+}
--- a/src/create-publish.d.ts
+++ b/src/create-publish.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export interface PublishableData {
+    name: string;
+    type: number;
+    description: string;
+    absPath: string;
+    options: Typeable[];
+}
+export interface Typeable {
+    type: number;
+}
+export interface Config {
+    guildIds?: string[];
+}
+export interface PublishableModule {
+    data: PublishableData;
+    config: Config;
+}
--- a/src/create-publish.mts
+++ b/src/create-publish.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+/**
+ * This file is meant to be run with the esm / cjs esbuild-kit loader to properly import typescript modules
+ */
+
+import { readdir, stat, mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { join, basename, extname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { pathExistsSync } from 'find-up';
+import assert from 'assert';
+import { once } from 'node:events';
+import * as Rest from './rest';
+import type { sernConfig } from './utilities/getConfig';
+import type { PublishableData, PublishableModule, Typeable } from './create-publish.d.ts';
+import { cyanBright, greenBright, redBright } from 'colorette';
+import ora from 'ora';
+
+async function deriveFileInfo(dir: string, file: string) {
+    const fullPath = join(dir, file);
+    return {
+        fullPath,
+        fileStats: await stat(fullPath),
+        base: basename(file),
+    };
+}
+
+function isSkippable(filename: string) {
+    // empty string is for non extension files (directories)
+    const validExtensions = ['.js', '.cjs', '.mts', '.mjs', '.cts', '.ts', ''];
+    return filename[0] === '!' || !validExtensions.includes(extname(filename));
+}
+
+async function* readPaths(dir: string, shouldDebug: boolean): AsyncGenerator<string> {
+    try {
+        const files = await readdir(dir);
+        for (const file of files) {
+            const { fullPath, fileStats, base } = await deriveFileInfo(dir, file);
+
+            if (fileStats.isDirectory()) {
+                // TODO: refactor so that i dont repeat myself for files (line 71)
+                if (isSkippable(base)) {
+                    if (shouldDebug) console.info(`ignored directory: ${fullPath}`);
+                } else {
+                    yield* readPaths(fullPath, shouldDebug);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (isSkippable(base)) {
+                    if (shouldDebug) console.info(`ignored: ${fullPath}`);
+                } else {
+                    yield 'file:///' + fullPath;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        throw err;
+    }
+}
+
+// recieved sern config
+const [{ config, preloads, commandDir }] = await once(process, 'message'),
+    { paths } = config as sernConfig;
+
+for (const preload of preloads) {
+
+    console.log("preloading: ", preload);
+    await import('file:///' + resolve(preload));
+}
+
+const commandsPath = commandDir ? resolve(commandDir) : resolve(paths.base, paths.commands);
+const filePaths = readPaths(commandsPath, true);
+const modules = [];
+const PUBLISHABLE = 0b1110;
+
+for await (const absPath of filePaths) {
+    let mod = await import(absPath);
+    let commandModule = mod.default;
+    let config = mod.config;
+
+    if ('default' in commandModule) {
+        commandModule = commandModule.default;
+    }
+
+    if (typeof config === 'function') {
+        config = config(absPath, commandModule);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        commandModule = commandModule.getInstance();
+    } catch {}
+
+    if ((PUBLISHABLE & commandModule.type) != 0) {
+        // assign defaults
+        const filename = basename(absPath);
+        const filenameNoExtension = filename.substring(0, filename.lastIndexOf('.'));
+        commandModule.name ??= filenameNoExtension;
+        commandModule.description ??= '';
+        commandModule.absPath = absPath;
+        modules.push({ commandModule, config });
+    }
+}
+
+const cacheDir = resolve('./.sern');
+if (!pathExistsSync(cacheDir)) {
+    // TODO: add this in verbose flag
+    // console.log('Making .sern directory: ', cacheDir);
+    await mkdir(cacheDir);
+}
+
+const optionsTransformer = (ops: Array<Typeable>) => {
+    return ops.map((el) => {
+        if ('command' in el) {
+            const { command, ...rest } = el;
+            return rest;
+        }
+        return el;
+    });
+};
+
+const intoApplicationType = (type: number) => {
+    if (type === 3) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return Math.log2(type);
+};
+
+const makeDescription = (type: number, desc: string) => {
+    if (type !== 1 && desc !== '') {
+        console.warn('Found context menu that has non empty description field. Implictly publishing with empty description');
+        return '';
+    }
+    return desc;
+};
+const serialize = (permissions: unknown) => {
+    if(typeof permissions === 'bigint' || typeof permissions === 'number') {
+       return permissions.toString(); 
+    }
+
+    if(Array.isArray(permissions)) {
+        return permissions
+            .reduce((acc, cur) => acc | cur, BigInt(0))
+            .toString()
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+const makePublishData = ({ commandModule, config }: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>) => {
+    const applicationType = intoApplicationType(commandModule.type as number);
+    return {
+        data: {
+            name: commandModule.name as string,
+            type: applicationType,
+            description: makeDescription(applicationType, commandModule.description as string),
+            absPath: commandModule.absPath as string,
+            options: optionsTransformer((commandModule?.options ?? []) as Typeable[]),
+            dm_permission: config?.dmPermission,
+            default_member_permissions: serialize(config?.defaultMemberPermissions),
+        },
+        config,
+    };
+};
+
+// We can use these objects to publish to DAPI
+const publishableData = modules.map(makePublishData),
+    token = process.env.token || process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN,
+    appid = process.env.applicationId || process.env.APPLICATION_ID;
+
+assert(token, 'Could not find a token for this bot in .env or commandline. Do you have DISCORD_TOKEN in env?');
+assert(appid, 'Could not find an application id for this bot in .env or commandline. Do you have APPLICATION_ID in env?');
+
+// partition globally published and guilded commands
+const [globalCommands, guildedCommands] = publishableData.reduce(
+    ([globals, guilded], module) => {
+        const isPublishableGlobally = !module.config || !Array.isArray(module.config.guildIds);
+        if (isPublishableGlobally) {
+            return [[module, ...globals], guilded];
+        }
+        return [globals, [module, ...guilded]];
+    },
+    [[], []] as [PublishableModule[], PublishableModule[]]
+);
+
+const spin = ora(`Publishing ${cyanBright('Global')} commands`);
+
+globalCommands.length && spin.start();
+
+const rest = Rest.create(appid, token);
+const res = await rest.updateGlobal(globalCommands);
+
+let globalCommandsResponse: unknown;
+
+
+if (res.ok) {
+    globalCommands.length && spin.succeed(`All ${cyanBright('Global')} commands published`);
+    globalCommandsResponse = await res.json();
+} else {
+    spin.fail(`Failed to publish global commands [Code: ${redBright(res.status)}]`);
+    switch(res.status) {
+        case 400 : 
+            throw Error("400: Ensure your commands have proper fields and data with nothing left out");
+        case 404 : 
+            throw Error("Forbidden 404. Is you application id and/or token correct?")
+        case 429: 
+            throw Error('Chill out homie, too many requests')
+    }
+    console.error('errors:',
+        await res
+            .json()
+            .then((res) => {
+                const errors = Object.values(res?.errors ?? {});
+                // @ts-ignore
+                return errors.map((err) => err?.name?._errors);
+            })
+            .catch(() => "No errors found (Unparsable json for a request with bad status code). Read the status code.")
+    );
+    console.error("Status Text ", res.statusText);
+}
+
+function associateGuildIdsWithData(data: PublishableModule[]): Map<string, PublishableData[]> {
+    const guildIdMap: Map<string, PublishableData[]> = new Map();
+
+    data.forEach((entry) => {
+        const { data, config } = entry;
+        const { guildIds } = config || {};
+
+        if (guildIds) {
+            guildIds.forEach((guildId) => {
+                if (guildIdMap.has(guildId)) {
+                    guildIdMap.get(guildId)?.push(data);
+                } else {
+                    guildIdMap.set(guildId, [data]);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+    return guildIdMap;
+}
+const guildCommandMap = associateGuildIdsWithData(guildedCommands);
+
+let guildCommandMapResponse = new Map<string, Record<string, unknown>>();
+
+for (const [guildId, array] of guildCommandMap.entries()) {
+    const spin = ora(`[${cyanBright(guildId)}] Updating commands for guild`);
+    spin.start();
+
+    const response = await rest.putGuildCommands(guildId, array);
+    const result = await response.json();
+
+    if (response.ok) {
+        guildCommandMapResponse.set(guildId, result);
+        spin.succeed(`[${greenBright(guildId)}] Successfully updated commands for guild`);
+    } else {
+        spin.fail(`[${redBright(guildId)}] Failed to update commands for guild, Reason: ${result.message}`);
+        switch(response.status) {
+            case 400 : 
+                throw Error("400: Ensure your commands have proper fields and data and nothing left out");
+            case 404 : 
+                throw Error("Forbidden 404. Is you application id and/or token correct?")
+            case 429: 
+                throw Error('Chill out homie, too many requests')
+        }
+    }
+}
+const remoteData = {
+    global: globalCommandsResponse,
+    ...Object.fromEntries(guildCommandMapResponse),
+};
+
+await writeFile(resolve(cacheDir, 'command-data-remote.json'), JSON.stringify(remoteData, null, 4), 'utf8');
+
+// TODO: add this in a verbose flag
+// console.info('View json output in ' + resolve(cacheDir, 'command-data-remote.json'));
+process.exit(0);
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,68 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node

-import { extra } from './commands/extra.js';
-import { help } from './commands/help.js';
-import { init } from './commands/init.js';
-
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import { plugins } from './commands/plugins.js';
 import { yellowBright } from 'colorette';
 export const program = new Command();

-const version: string = '[VI]{{inject}}[/VI]';
-program
-	.name('sern')
-	.description(help())
-	.version(`sern CLI v${version}`, '-v, --version')
-	.exitOverride(() => process.exit(0));
+const importDynamic = async <T extends string>(filename: T) => import(`./commands/${filename}` as const);
+declare const __VERSION__: string;

 program
-	.command(init.name)
-	.description(
-		`Quickest way to scaffold a new project ${yellowBright('[DEPRECATED]')}`
-	)
-	.option('-y', 'Finishes setup as default')
-	.option('-s, --sync', 'Syncs the project and generates sern.config.json')
-	.action(init);
+    .name('sern')
+    .description(await importDynamic('help.js').then((m) => m.help))
+    .version(`sern CLI v${__VERSION__}`, '-v, --version')
+    .exitOverride(() => process.exit(0));

 program
-	.command(plugins.name)
-	.description(
-		'Install plugins from https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins'
-	)
-	.option('-n --name', 'Name of plugin')
-	.action(plugins);
+    .command('init')
+    .description(`Quickest way to scaffold a new project ${yellowBright('[DEPRECATED]')}`)
+    .option('-y', 'Finishes setup as default')
+    .option('-s, --sync', 'Syncs the project and generates sern.config.json')
+    .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('init.js').then((m) => m.init(...args)));

 program
-	.command(extra.name)
-	.description('Easy way to add extra things in your sern project')
-	.action(extra);
+    .command('plugins')
+    .description('Install plugins from https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins')
+    .option('-n --name', 'Name of plugin')
+    .action((...args) => importDynamic('plugins.js').then((m) => m.plugins(...args)));
+
+program
+    .command('extra')
+    .description('Easy way to add extra things in your sern project')
+    .action((...args) => importDynamic('extra.js').then((m) => m.extra(...args)));
+
+program //
+    .command('commands')
+    .description('Defacto way to manage your slash commands')
+    .addCommand(
+        new Command('publish')
+            .description('New way to manage your slash commands')
+            .option('-W --suppress-warnings', 'suppress experimental warning')
+            .option('-i, --import [scriptPath...]', 'Prerequire a script to load into publisher')
+            .option('-t, --token [token]')
+            .option('--appId [applicationId]')
+            .argument('[path]', 'path with respect to current working directory that will locate all published files')
+            .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('publish.js').then((m) => m.publish(...args)))
+    ).addCommand(
+        new Command('list') //
+            .description('List all slash commands')
+            .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('list.js').then((m) => m.list(...args))))
+    .addCommand(
+        new Command('clear')
+            .description('Clear and reset commands-data-remote.json and the api')
+            .option('-y, --yes', "Say yes to all prompts")
+            .option('-e, --env [path]', "Supply a path to a .env")
+            .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('command-clear.js').then((m) => m.commandClear(...args))));
+
+program
+    .command('build')
+    .description('Build your bot')
+    .option('-f --format [fmt]', 'The module system of your application. `cjs` or `esm`', 'esm')
+    .option('-m --mode [mode]', 'the mode for sern to build in. `production` or `development`', 'development')
+    .option('-W --suppress-warnings', 'suppress experimental warning')
+    .option('-p --project [filePath]', 'build with the provided sern.build file')
+    .option('-e --env', 'path to .env file')
+    .option('--tsconfig [filePath]', 'Use this tsconfig')
+    .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('build.js').then((m) => m.build(...args)));

 program.parse();
--- a/src/plugins/imageLoader.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/imageLoader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { require } from '../utilities/require.js';
+import { type Plugin } from 'esbuild';
+import { basename } from 'node:path';
+
+export const validExtensions = ['.ts', '.js', '.json', '.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.webp'];
+
+//https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1051
+export const imageLoader = {
+    name: 'attachment-loader',
+    setup: (b) => {
+        const filter = new RegExp(`\.${validExtensions.slice(3).join('|')}$`);
+        b.onResolve({ filter }, (args) => {
+            //if the module is being imported, resolve the path and transform to the js stub
+            if (args.importer) {
+                const newPath = path
+                    .format({ ...path.parse(args.path), base: '', ext: '.js' })
+                    .split(path.sep)
+                    .join(path.posix.sep);
+                return { path: newPath, namespace: 'attachment-loader', external: true };
+            }
+            // if the file is actually the attachment, resolve the full dir
+            return { path: require.resolve(args.path, { paths: [args.resolveDir] }), namespace: 'attachment-loader' };
+        });
+
+        b.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace: 'attachment-loader' }, async (args) => {
+            const base64 = await fs.readFile(args.path).then((s) => s.toString('base64'));
+            return {
+                contents: `
+                    var __toBuffer = (base64) => Buffer.from(base64, "base64");
+                    module.exports = {
+                        name: '${basename(args.path)}',
+                        attachment: __toBuffer("${base64}") 
+                    }`,
+            };
+        });
+    },
+} satisfies Plugin;
--- a/src/prompts/extra.ts
+++ b/src/prompts/extra.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 import type { PromptObject } from 'prompts';

 export const extraPrompt: PromptObject = {
-	message: 'What extra feature do you want to add?',
-	name: 'extra',
-	type: 'select',
-	choices: [
-		{
-			title: 'Dockerfile (TypeScript)',
-			description: 'Dockerfile for TypeScript',
-			value: 'Dockerfile-typescript',
-			selected: true,
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'Dockerfile (JavaScript)',
-			description: 'Dockerfile for JavaScript',
-			value: 'Dockerfile-javascript',
-		},
-	],
+    message: 'What extra feature do you want to add?',
+    name: 'extra',
+    type: 'select',
+    choices: [
+        {
+            title: 'Dockerfile (TypeScript)',
+            description: 'Dockerfile for TypeScript',
+            value: 'Dockerfile-typescript',
+            selected: true,
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'Dockerfile (JavaScript)',
+            description: 'Dockerfile for JavaScript',
+            value: 'Dockerfile-javascript',
+        },
+    ],
 };
--- a/src/prompts/init.ts
+++ b/src/prompts/init.ts
@@ -2,95 +2,91 @@ import { blueBright } from 'colorette';
 import type { PromptObject } from 'prompts';

 export const lang: PromptObject = {
-	message: 'What language do you want the project to be in?',
-	name: 'lang',
-	type: 'select',
-	choices: [
-		{
-			title: 'JavaScript',
-			description: 'JS',
-			value: 'javascript',
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'JavaScript (ESM)',
-			description: 'JS',
-			value: 'javascript-esm',
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'TypeScript',
-			description: 'TS - (Recommended)',
-			value: 'typescript',
-		},
-	],
+    message: 'What language do you want the project to be in?',
+    name: 'lang',
+    type: 'select',
+    choices: [
+        {
+            title: 'JavaScript',
+            description: 'JS',
+            value: 'javascript',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'JavaScript (ESM)',
+            description: 'JS',
+            value: 'javascript-esm',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'TypeScript',
+            description: 'TS - (Recommended)',
+            value: 'typescript',
+        },
+    ],
 };

 export const main_dir: PromptObject = {
-	message: 'What is the main directory of your project?',
-	name: 'main_dir',
-	type: 'text',
-	initial: 'src',
+    message: 'What is the main directory of your project?',
+    name: 'main_dir',
+    type: 'text',
+    initial: 'src',
 };

 export const cmds_dir: PromptObject = {
-	message: 'What is the directory of your commands?',
-	name: 'cmds_dir',
-	type: 'text',
-	initial: 'commands',
-	validate: (dir: string) =>
-		dir === 'src' ? 'You can not use src as a directory' : true,
+    message: 'What is the directory of your commands?',
+    name: 'cmds_dir',
+    type: 'text',
+    initial: 'commands',
+    validate: (dir: string) => (dir === 'src' ? 'You can not use src as a directory' : true),
 };

 export const npmInit: PromptObject = {
-	name: 'npm_init',
-	type: 'confirm',
-	message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to initialize npm?`,
-	initial: true,
+    name: 'npm_init',
+    type: 'confirm',
+    message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to initialize npm?`,
+    initial: true,
 };

 export const gitInit: PromptObject = {
-	name: 'gitinit',
-	type: 'confirm',
-	message: `Do you want to ${blueBright('me')} to initialize git?`,
-	initial: true,
+    name: 'gitinit',
+    type: 'confirm',
+    message: `Do you want to ${blueBright('me')} to initialize git?`,
+    initial: true,
 };

 export const which_manager: PromptObject = {
-	message: `Which manager do you want to use?`,
-	name: 'manager',
-	type: 'select',
-	choices: [
-		{
-			title: 'NPM',
-			description: 'Default Package Manager',
-			selected: true,
-			value: 'npm',
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'Yarn',
-			description: 'Yarn Package Manager',
-			value: 'yarn',
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'Skip',
-			description: 'Skip selection',
-			value: 'skip',
-		},
-	],
+    message: `Which manager do you want to use?`,
+    name: 'manager',
+    type: 'select',
+    choices: [
+        {
+            title: 'NPM',
+            description: 'Default Package Manager',
+            selected: true,
+            value: 'npm',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'Yarn',
+            description: 'Yarn Package Manager',
+            value: 'yarn',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'Skip',
+            description: 'Skip selection',
+            value: 'skip',
+        },
+    ],
 };

 export const skip_install_dep: PromptObject = {
-	name: 'skip_install_dep',
-	type: 'confirm',
-	message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to install dependencies?`,
-	initial: false,
+    name: 'skip_install_dep',
+    type: 'confirm',
+    message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to install dependencies?`,
+    initial: false,
 };

 export const name: PromptObject = {
-	message: 'What is your project name?',
-	name: 'name',
-	type: 'text',
-	validate: (name: string) =>
-		name.match('^(?:@[a-z0-9-*~][a-z0-9-*._~]*/)?[a-z0-9-~][a-z0-9-._~]*$')
-			? true
-			: 'Invalid name',
+    message: 'What is your project name?',
+    name: 'name',
+    type: 'text',
+    validate: (name: string) => (name.match('^(?:@[a-z0-9-*~][a-z0-9-*._~]*/)?[a-z0-9-~][a-z0-9-._~]*$') ? true : 'Invalid name'),
 };
--- a/src/prompts/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/prompts/plugin.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,31 @@
 import type { Choice, PromptObject } from 'prompts';
 import { fetch } from 'undici';
-import { getLang } from '../utilities/getLang.js';
-
-function upperCase(string: string | null) {
-	if (string === null) {
-		console.error('Lang property not found!');
-		process.exit(0);
-	}
-	return string === 'typescript' ? 'TypeScript' : 'JavaScript';
-}

 async function gimmechoices(): Promise<Choice[]> {
-	const lang = upperCase(await getLang().catch(() => null));
+    const link = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins/main/pluginlist.json`;

-	const link = `https://api.github.com/repos/sern-handler/awesome-plugins/contents/${lang}`;
+    const resp = await fetch(link).catch(() => null);
+    if (!resp) return [{ title: 'No plugins found!', value: '', disabled: true }];
+    const data = (await resp.json()) as Data[];
+    const choices = data.map((e) => ({
+        title: e.name,
+        value: e,
+    }));

-	const resp = await fetch(link).catch(() => null);
-	if (!resp)
-		return [{ title: 'No plugins found!', value: '', disabled: true }];
-
-	const data = (await resp.json()) as Data[];
-	const choices = data.map((e) => ({
-		title: e.name,
-		value: e.download_url,
-	}));
-	return choices;
+    return choices;
 }

 export async function pluginsQ(): Promise<PromptObject> {
-	return {
-		name: 'list',
-		type: 'autocompleteMultiselect',
-		message: 'What plugins do you want to install?',
-		choices: await gimmechoices(),
-		min: 1,
-	};
+    return {
+        name: 'list',
+        type: 'autocompleteMultiselect',
+        message: 'What plugins do you want to install?',
+        choices: await gimmechoices(),
+        min: 1,
+    };
 }

 interface Data {
-	name: string;
-	download_url: string;
+    name: string;
+    link: string;
 }
--- a/src/rest.ts
+++ b/src/rest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import type { PublishableModule } from './create-publish.d.ts';
+
+const baseURL = new URL('https://discord.com/api/v10/applications/');
+
+const excludedKeys = new Set(['command', 'absPath']);
+
+const publishablesIntoJson = (ps: PublishableModule[]) =>
+    JSON.stringify(
+        ps.map((module) => module.data),
+        (key, value) => (excludedKeys.has(key) ? undefined : value),
+        4
+    );
+
+export const create = (appid: string, token: string) => {
+    const globalURL = new URL(`${appid}/commands`, baseURL);
+    const headers = {
+        Authorization: 'Bot ' + token,
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    };
+    return {
+        updateGlobal: (commands: PublishableModule[]) =>
+            fetch(globalURL, {
+                method: 'PUT',
+                body: publishablesIntoJson(commands),
+                headers,
+            }),
+        getGuildCommands: (id: string) => {
+            const guildCommandURL = new URL(`${appid}/guilds/${id}/commands`, baseURL);
+            return fetch(guildCommandURL, { headers });
+        },
+
+        putGuildCommands: (guildId: string, guildCommand: unknown) => {
+            const guildCommandURL = new URL(`${appid}/guilds/${guildId}/commands`, baseURL);
+            return fetch(guildCommandURL, {
+                method: 'PUT',
+                body: JSON.stringify(guildCommand),
+                headers,
+            });
+        },
+    };
+};
--- a/src/types/config.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export interface sernConfig {
+    language: 'typescript' | 'javascript';
+    paths: {
+        base: string;
+        commands: string;
+    };
+    scripts?: {
+        prepublish?: string;
+    };
+    buildPath: string;
+    rest?: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+}
+
+export interface TheoreticalEnv {
+    DISCORD_TOKEN: string;
+    APPLICATION_ID: string;
+    MODE: 'PROD' | 'DEV';
+    [name: string]: string;
+}
--- a/src/utilities/create.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/create.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'url';
 const root = new URL('../../', import.meta.url);
-
 const templates = new URL('./templates/', root);
 const extraURL = new URL('./extra/', templates);
 const extraFolder = fileURLToPath(extraURL);
@@ -14,19 +13,13 @@ const extraFolder = fileURLToPath(extraURL);
 * @param  location - The location of the file to be created.
 * @param  no_ext - If true, the file will be created without an extension.
 */
-export async function create(
-	name: string,
-	lang: string,
-	location: string,
-	no_ext: boolean
-) {
-	const file = `${name}.${lang}.sern`;

-	const target = no_ext
-		? `${location}/${name}`
-		: `${location}/${name}.${lang}`;
+export async function create(name: string, lang: string, location: string, no_ext: boolean) {
+    const file = `${name}.${lang}.sern`;

-	return createFile(file, target);
+    const target = no_ext ? `${location}/${name}` : `${location}/${name}.${lang}`;
+
+    return createFile(file, target);
 }

 /**
@@ -35,11 +28,11 @@ export async function create(
 * @param target - The location of the file to be created.
 */
 async function createFile(template: string, target: string) {
-	const location = `${extraFolder}${template}`;
+    const location = `${extraFolder}${template}`;

-	const file = await readFile(location, 'utf8');
+    const file = await readFile(location, 'utf8');

-	await writeFileRecursive(target, file);
+    await writeFileRecursive(target, file);
 }

 /**
@@ -49,10 +42,10 @@ async function createFile(template: string, target: string) {
 * @returns A promise that resolves to the result of the writeFile function.
 */
 async function writeFileRecursive(target: string, data: string) {
-	const resolvedTarget = resolve(target);
-	const dir = dirname(resolvedTarget);
+    const resolvedTarget = resolve(target);
+    const dir = dirname(resolvedTarget);

-	await mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });
+    await mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });

-	return writeFile(resolvedTarget, data);
+    return writeFile(resolvedTarget, data);
 }
--- a/src/utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import type esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+
+export default (format: 'cjs' | 'esm', tsconfig: string|undefined) =>
+    ({
+        platform: 'node',
+        format,
+        tsconfig: tsconfig,
+        logLevel: 'info',
+        minify: false,
+        outdir: resolve('dist'),
+    } satisfies esbuild.BuildOptions);
--- a/src/utilities/edits.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/edits.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import { fromCwd } from './fromCwd.js';
 * @param name - The name of the project.
 */
 export async function editMain(name: string) {
-	const pjLocation = (await findUp('package.json', {
-		cwd: fromCwd('/' + name),
-	})) as string;
+    const pjLocation = (await findUp('package.json', {
+        cwd: fromCwd('/' + name),
+    })) as string;

-	const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pjLocation, 'utf8'));
-	if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your package.json.");
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pjLocation, 'utf8'));
+    if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your package.json.");

-	output.name = name;
+    output.name = name;

-	return writeFile(pjLocation, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
+    return writeFile(pjLocation, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
 }

 /**
@@ -29,55 +29,52 @@ export async function editMain(name: string) {
 * @param lang - The language you want to use.
 */
 export async function editDirs(
-	srcName: string,
-	cmds_dirName: string,
-	name: string,
-	lang: 'javascript' | 'typescript' | 'javascript-esm' = 'typescript'
+    srcName: string,
+    cmds_dirName: string,
+    name: string,
+    lang: 'javascript' | 'typescript' | 'javascript-esm' = 'typescript'
 ) {
-	const path = (await findUp('src', {
-		cwd: fromCwd(name),
-		type: 'directory',
-	})) as string;
+    const path = (await findUp('src', {
+        cwd: fromCwd(name),
+        type: 'directory',
+    })) as string;

-	const ext = lang === 'typescript' ? 'ts' : 'js';
+    const ext = lang === 'typescript' ? 'ts' : 'js';

-	const newMainDir = path?.replace('src', srcName);
-	await rename(path, newMainDir);
+    const newMainDir = path?.replace('src', srcName);
+    await rename(path, newMainDir);

-	const cmdsPath = (await findUp('commands', {
-		cwd: fromCwd(name, srcName),
-		type: 'directory',
-	})) as string;
+    const cmdsPath = (await findUp('commands', {
+        cwd: fromCwd(name, srcName),
+        type: 'directory',
+    })) as string;

-	const index = (await findUp(`index.${ext}`, {
-		cwd: fromCwd(name, srcName),
-	})) as string;
+    const index = (await findUp(`index.${ext}`, {
+        cwd: fromCwd(name, srcName),
+    })) as string;

-	const newCmdsPath = cmdsPath?.replace('commands', cmds_dirName);
-	await rename(cmdsPath, newCmdsPath);
+    const newCmdsPath = cmdsPath?.replace('commands', cmds_dirName);
+    await rename(cmdsPath, newCmdsPath);

-	const tsconfig = await findUp('tsconfig.json', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	});
+    const tsconfig = await findUp('tsconfig.json', {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
+    });

-	if (tsconfig) {
-		const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(tsconfig, 'utf8'));
-		if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your tsconfig.json.");
-		output.compilerOptions.rootDir = srcName;
+    if (tsconfig) {
+        const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(tsconfig, 'utf8'));
+        if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your tsconfig.json.");
+        output.compilerOptions.rootDir = srcName;

-		await writeFile(tsconfig, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
-	}
+        await writeFile(tsconfig, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
+    }

-	const output = await readFile(index, 'utf8');
+    const output = await readFile(index, 'utf8');

-	const oldfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : 'src';
-	const newfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : srcName;
+    const oldfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : 'src';
+    const newfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : srcName;

-	const regex = new RegExp(`commands: '${oldfold}/commands'`);
-	const edit = output.replace(
-		regex,
-		`commands: '${newfold}/${cmds_dirName}'`
-	);
+    const regex = new RegExp(`commands: '${oldfold}/commands'`);
+    const edit = output.replace(regex, `commands: '${newfold}/${cmds_dirName}'`);

-	return writeFile(index, edit);
+    return writeFile(index, edit);
 }
--- a/src/utilities/fromCwd.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/fromCwd.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path';

 export function fromCwd(...dir: string[]) {
-	return path.join(...[process.cwd(), ...dir]);
+    return path.join(...[process.cwd(), ...dir]);
 }
--- a/src/utilities/getConfig.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/getConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { findUp } from 'find-up';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+export async function getConfig(): Promise<sernConfig> {
+    const sernLocation = await findUp('sern.config.json');
+    assert(sernLocation, "Can't find sern.config.json");
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(sernLocation, 'utf8')) as sernConfig;
+
+    assert(output, "Can't read your sern.config.json.");
+
+    return output;
+}
+
+export interface sernConfig {
+    language: 'typescript' | 'javascript';
+    defaultPrefix?: string;
+    paths: {
+        base: string;
+        commands: string;
+        events?: string;
+    };
+    buildPath: string;
+}
--- a/src/utilities/getLang.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/getLang.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 * @returns The language of the project.
 */
 export async function getLang(): Promise<'typescript' | 'javascript'> {
-	const sernLocation = await findUp('sern.config.json');
+    const sernLocation = await findUp('sern.config.json');

-	if (!sernLocation) throw new Error("Can't find sern.config.json");
+    if (!sernLocation) throw new Error("Can't find sern.config.json");

-	const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(sernLocation, 'utf8'));
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(sernLocation, 'utf8'));

-	if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your sern.config.json.");
+    if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your sern.config.json.");

-	return output.language;
+    return output.language;
 }
--- a/src/utilities/getSern.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/getSern.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { fromCwd } from './fromCwd';
+import { redBright, cyanBright } from 'colorette';
+
+export function getSern() {
+    let files: string[] = [];
+
+    try {
+        const sern = fromCwd('.sern');
+        files = readdirSync(sern);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error(`${redBright('Error:')} Could not locate ${cyanBright('.sern')} directory`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    } finally {
+        return files;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/install.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/install.ts
@@ -13,34 +13,34 @@ import type { PackageManagerChoice } from './types';
 * @param name - The name of the project
 */
 export async function installDeps(choice: PackageManagerChoice, name: string) {
-	const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	});
-	if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');
+    const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
+    });
+    if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');

-	const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pkg, 'utf8'));
-	if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read file.");
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pkg, 'utf8'));
+    if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read file.");

-	const deps = output.dependencies;
-	if (!deps) throw new Error("Can't find dependencies.");
+    const deps = output.dependencies;
+    if (!deps) throw new Error("Can't find dependencies.");

-	if (choice === 'skip') {
-		return console.log('Dependency installation skipped...');
-	}
+    if (choice === 'skip') {
+        return console.log('Dependency installation skipped...');
+    }

-	const spin = ora({
-		text: `Installing dependencies...`,
-		spinner: 'aesthetic',
-	}).start();
+    const spin = ora({
+        text: `Installing dependencies...`,
+        spinner: 'aesthetic',
+    }).start();

-	const result = await execa(choice, ['install'], {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	}).catch(() => null);
+    const result = await execa(choice, ['install'], {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
+    }).catch(() => null);

-	if (!result || result?.failed) {
-		spin.fail(`${redBright('Failed')} to install dependencies!`);
-		process.exit(1);
-	} else spin.succeed(`Dependencies installed!`);
+    if (!result || result?.failed) {
+        spin.fail(`${redBright('Failed')} to install dependencies!`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    } else spin.succeed(`Dependencies installed!`);
 }

 /**
@@ -49,21 +49,14 @@ export async function installDeps(choice: PackageManagerChoice, name: string) {
 * @param name - The name of the project
 */
 export async function cloneRepo(lang: string, name: string) {
-	try {
-		await execa('git', [
-			'clone',
-			`https://github.com/sern-handler/templates.git`,
-		]);
-		copyRecursiveSync(`templates/templates/${lang}`, name);
-		fs.rmSync(`templates/`, { recursive: true, force: true });
-	} catch (error) {
-		console.log(
-			`${redBright(
-				'✖ Failed'
-			)} to clone github templates repo. Install git and try again!`
-		);
-		process.exit(1);
-	}
+    try {
+        await execa('git', ['clone', `https://github.com/sern-handler/templates.git`]);
+        copyRecursiveSync(`templates/templates/${lang}`, name);
+        fs.rmSync(`templates/`, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.log(`${redBright('✖ Failed')} to clone github templates repo. Install git and try again!`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
 }

 /**
@@ -74,21 +67,18 @@ export async function cloneRepo(lang: string, name: string) {
 * @param dest - The destination folder where the files will be copied to.
 */
 export function copyRecursiveSync(src: string, dest: string) {
-	const exists = fs.existsSync(src);
+    const exists = fs.existsSync(src);

-	const stats = (exists && fs.statSync(src)) as fs.Stats;
+    const stats = (exists && fs.statSync(src)) as fs.Stats;

-	const isDirectory = exists && stats.isDirectory();
-	if (isDirectory) {
-		fs.mkdirSync(dest);
+    const isDirectory = exists && stats.isDirectory();
+    if (isDirectory) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dest);

-		fs.readdirSync(src).forEach(function (childItemName) {
-			copyRecursiveSync(
-				path.join(src, childItemName),
-				path.join(dest, childItemName)
-			);
-		});
-	} else {
-		fs.copyFileSync(src, dest);
-	}
+        fs.readdirSync(src).forEach(function (childItemName) {
+            copyRecursiveSync(path.join(src, childItemName), path.join(dest, childItemName));
+        });
+    } else {
+        fs.copyFileSync(src, dest);
+    }
 }
--- a/src/utilities/npm.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/npm.ts
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ import { execa } from 'execa';
 * @returns A promise that resolves to a string.
 */
 export async function npm() {
-	const npm = await execa('npm', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
-	const npm_version = npm?.stdout;
+    const npm = await execa('npm', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
+    const npm_version = npm?.stdout;

-	const yarn = await execa('yarn', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
-	const yarn_version = yarn?.stdout;
+    const yarn = await execa('yarn', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
+    const yarn_version = yarn?.stdout;

-	if (npm_version && !yarn_version) {
-		return 'npm';
-	}
+    if (npm_version && !yarn_version) {
+        return 'npm';
+    }

-	if (!npm_version && yarn_version) {
-		return 'yarn';
-	}
+    if (!npm_version && yarn_version) {
+        return 'yarn';
+    }

-	if (npm_version && yarn_version) {
-		return 'both';
-	}
+    if (npm_version && yarn_version) {
+        return 'both';
+    }
 }
--- a/src/utilities/preprocessor.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/preprocessor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+const declareConstType = (name: string, type: string) => String.raw`declare var ${name}: ${type}`;
+
+const processEnvType = (env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) => {
+    const entries = Object.keys(env);
+
+    const envBuilder = new StringWriter();
+
+    for (const key of entries) {
+        envBuilder.tab()
+                  .tab()
+                  .envField(key);
+    }
+    return envBuilder.build();
+};
+
+const determineJSONType = (s: string) => {
+    return typeof JSON.parse(s);
+};
+
+type FileWriter = (path: string, content: string, format: BufferEncoding) => Promise<void>;
+const writeAmbientFile = async (path: string, define: Record<string, string>, writeFile: FileWriter) => {
+    const fileContent = new StringWriter();
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(define)) {
+        fileContent.varDecl(k, v);
+    }
+    fileContent
+        .println('declare namespace NodeJS {')
+        .tab()
+        .println('interface ProcessEnv {')
+        .envFields(process.env)
+        .tab()
+        .println('}')
+        .println('}');
+
+    await writeFile(path, fileContent.build(), 'utf8');
+};
+
+const writeTsConfig = async (format: 'cjs' | 'esm', configPath: string, fw: FileWriter) => {
+    //maybe better way to do this
+    const target = format === 'esm' ? { target: 'esnext' } : {};
+    const sernTsConfig = {
+        compilerOptions: {
+            //module determines top level await. CJS doesn't have that abliity afaik
+            module: format === 'cjs' ? 'node' : 'esnext',
+            moduleResolution: 'node',
+            strict: true,
+            skipLibCheck: true,
+            ...target,
+            rootDirs: ['./generated', '../src'],
+        },
+        include: ['./ambient.d.ts', '../src'],
+    };
+
+    await fw(configPath, JSON.stringify(sernTsConfig, null, 3), 'utf8');
+};
+class StringWriter {
+    private fileString = '';
+
+    tab() {
+        this.fileString += '    ';
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    varDecl(name: string, type: string) {
+        this.fileString += declareConstType(name, determineJSONType(type)) + '\n';
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    println(data: string) {
+        this.fileString += data + '\n';
+        return this;
+    }
+    envField(key: string) {
+        //if env field has space or parens, wrap key in ""
+        if (/\s|\(|\)/g.test(key)) {
+            this.fileString += `"${key}": string`;
+        } else {
+            this.fileString += key + ':' + 'string';
+        }
+        this.fileString += '\n';
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    envFields(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) {
+        this.fileString += processEnvType(env);
+        return this;
+    }
+    build() {
+        return this.fileString;
+    }
+}
+
+export { writeAmbientFile, writeTsConfig };
--- a/src/utilities/readPaths.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/readPaths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { readdir, stat } from 'fs/promises';
+import { basename, join, extname } from 'path';
+function isSkippable(filename: string) {
+    //empty string is for non extension files (directories)
+    const validExtensions = ['.js', '.cjs', '.mts', '.mjs', '.cts', '.ts', ''];
+    return filename[0] === '!' || !validExtensions.includes(extname(filename));
+}
+
+async function deriveFileInfo(dir: string, file: string) {
+    const fullPath = join(dir, file);
+    return {
+        fullPath,
+        fileStats: await stat(fullPath),
+        base: basename(file),
+    };
+}
+
+export async function* readPaths(dir: string, shouldDebug: boolean): AsyncGenerator<string> {
+    try {
+        const files = await readdir(dir);
+        for (const file of files) {
+            const { fullPath, fileStats, base } = await deriveFileInfo(dir, file);
+            if (fileStats.isDirectory()) {
+                //Todo: refactor so that i dont repeat myself for files (line 71)
+                if (isSkippable(base)) {
+                    if (shouldDebug) console.info(`ignored directory: ${fullPath}`);
+                } else {
+                    yield* readPaths(fullPath, shouldDebug);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (isSkippable(base)) {
+                    if (shouldDebug) console.info(`ignored: ${fullPath}`);
+                } else {
+                    yield 'file:///' + fullPath;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        throw err;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/require.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/require.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
+export const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
--- a/src/utilities/types.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/types.ts
@@ -1 +1,35 @@
 export type PackageManagerChoice = 'skip' | 'npm' | 'yarn';
+
+export type GuildId = string;
+
+export interface CommandData {
+    id: string;
+    application_id: string;
+    version: string;
+    default_member_permissions?: string;
+    type: number;
+    name: string;
+    name_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    description: string;
+    description_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    dm_permission: boolean;
+    guild_id: string;
+    nsfw: boolean;
+    options?: OptionData[];
+}
+
+interface OptionData {
+    type: number;
+    name: string;
+    name_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    description: string;
+    description_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    required?: boolean;
+    choices?: ChoiceData[];
+    options?: OptionData[];
+}
+
+interface ChoiceData {
+    name: string;
+    value: string | number;
+}
--- a/templates/extra/Dockerfile.JS.sern
+++ b/templates/extra/Dockerfile.JS.sern
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ RUN npm install

 COPY . .

-RUN node src/index.js
+CMD node src/index.js
--- a/templates/extra/Dockerfile.TS.sern
+++ b/templates/extra/Dockerfile.TS.sern
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ COPY package.json ./

 RUN npm install

+RUN npm install -D typescript
+
 COPY . .

-RUN tsc --build
+RUN tsc --build || npx -p typescript tsc --build

-RUN node dist/index.js
+CMD node dist/index.js
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
-	"compilerOptions": {
-		"target": "ESNext",
-		"module": "ESNext",
-		"moduleResolution": "Node",
-		"outDir": "dist",
-		"rootDir": ".",
-		"declaration": true,
-		"declarationMap": true,
-		"strict": true,
-		"esModuleInterop": true,
-		"noImplicitAny": true,
-		"strictNullChecks": true,
-		"verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
-		"skipLibCheck": true,
-		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-	}
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "ESNext",
+        "module": "ESNext",
+        "moduleResolution": "Node",
+        "outDir": "dist",
+        "rootDir": ".",
+        "declaration": true,
+        "declarationMap": true,
+        "strict": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+        "skipLibCheck": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    }
 }
--- a/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/tsup.config.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'tsup';
-import { esbuildPluginVersionInjector } from 'esbuild-plugin-version-injector';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 const shared = {
-	entry: ['src/index.ts'],
-	clean: true,
-	sourcemap: true,
+    entry: [
+        'src/index.ts',
+        'src/create-publish.mts',
+        'src/commands/**',
+    ],
+    clean: true,
+    sourcemap: true,
 };
 export default defineConfig({
-	format: 'esm',
-	target: 'node16',
-	tsconfig: './tsconfig.json',
-	outDir: './dist',
-	treeshake: true,
-	esbuildPlugins: [esbuildPluginVersionInjector()],
-	platform: 'node',
-	...shared,
+    format: 'esm',
+    target: 'node18',
+    tsconfig: './tsconfig.json',
+    outDir: './dist',
+    treeshake: true,
+    bundle: true,
+    esbuildPlugins: [],
+    platform: 'node',
+    splitting: true,
+    define: {
+        __VERSION__: `"${createRequire(import.meta.url)('./package.json').version}"`,
+    },
+    ...shared,
 });
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Jacob Nguyen	303ac0280c	feat: command clear (#128 )	2024-01-28 10:59:37 +05:30
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Jacob Nguyen	a5cb66828e	fix: intellisense for esm build ts (#126 ) * fix: broken link and refactor	2023-12-25 11:47:46 -06:00
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Jacob Nguyen	5dbf2a87dc	fix: better error handling	2023-11-04 16:14:00 -05:00
SrIzan10	a309c085e9	chore: build docs rephrasing (#118 ) Co-authored-by: Jacob Nguyen <76754747+jacoobes@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-10-18 13:39:58 -05:00
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Jacob Nguyen	4ec96dbe17	Update continuous-integration.yml	2023-10-18 13:18:29 -05:00
Peter-MJ-Parker	3970cc6911	chore: fix grammar in error message (#123 )	2023-10-13 22:53:19 +05:30
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Jacob Nguyen	d9ca5ff3ff	fix: multiple bugs (#119 )	2023-10-05 12:18:08 +05:30
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EvolutionX	e8c4764a9e	style: pretty pretty	2023-09-05 09:02:18 +05:30
Jacob Nguyen	c785d49fa5	feat(plugins)!: new method to obtain plugins (#114 ) BREAKING CHANGE: older versions of cli does not have plugins command functional	2023-09-05 08:58:08 +05:30
SrIzan10	40829267c4	fix(extra): dockerfile errors and tsc fallback (#101 )	2023-09-01 22:05:21 +05:30
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Evo	5fd2a7b4c4	feat: list subcommand (#113 ) * chore: progress * chore: blaming regex. permalink: http://whatthecommit.com/7eaa73b94ca6e8f964d99b6f2db6e9e4 * chore: permalink: * chore: lol * chore: accidental commit permalink: http://whatthecommit.com/7c6c9323d8c243d10cd93c8bbbc55d09 * fix syntx * fix list not showing up * prety * chore: refresh lockfile * chore: progress * fix list not showing up * refactor: cleanup some mess * Update preprocessor.ts --------- Co-authored-by: Jacob Nguyen <76754747+jacoobes@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-08-31 15:07:16 -05:00
EvolutionX	42bd528756	chore: for the statistics only permalink: http://whatthecommit.com/f6cb5f952917639c9e28f94ae495bd59	2023-08-31 10:47:45 +05:30
EvolutionX	c218065a04	chore: refresh lockfile	2023-08-31 10:45:34 +05:30
Jacob Nguyen	2ece63cb8b	fix preprocessor.ts dependencies intellisense	2023-08-28 10:57:19 -05:00
Jacob Nguyen	88e2bbf6c8	feat: build app (#112 ) * chore: start publish work * chore: more debug... who overwrote! permalink: http://whatthecommit.com/2e6bbd4fd1a21e16039ce52216c3c0b4 * update node version requirement (#106) * update node version requirement * publish progress * progress on publish * style: pretty pretty * chore: some progress i guess? * more progress on publish command * chore: remove magicast * more progress on command data * fix: adding extra fields to json output * fix: stringify again * rest field cli * style: run prettier * chore: friday 5pm permalink: http://whatthecommit.com/502256b954264d50f29967e1fef8394b * prettier and more progress on publish * progress on publishing * config can be function and publishing seems to be working correctly * fix, made mistakes * fix guild command publishing * fix guild ids not publishing correctly * edit correctly * upgrade fire readiers * refactor and separate some stuff * ^ * add default_member_permissions * refator * refactors * publish functionality done * seems like attachment loading works correctly * extrapolate * code splitting and faster startup * fix up bugs * forgot to merge prompts/plugin * remove unneeded esbuild plugin for simple define * build auto generate typings * fix: template dir after switching commands to dynamic imports * update preprocessor * fix: add experimental warning to publish and build * fix vulnerability * oops, false alarm * better sern.build.js config support * chore: remove pnpm lock * cleaner build and also some cli options * fix regression * add more cli options * optimize * no any --------- Co-authored-by: EvolutionX <evolutionx9777@gmail.com>	2023-08-28 09:46:29 -05:00
EvolutionX	913ff4dc15	docs(readme): update some outdated info	2023-08-17 13:20:06 +05:30
EvolutionX	30179d1ea9	docs(readme): update to latest help	2023-08-17 13:18:35 +05:30
Jacob Nguyen	3f74658b16	fix: credentials precedence (#111 ) Co-authored-by: Evo <85353424+EvolutionX-10@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-08-10 18:23:18 +00:00
EvolutionX	0a3fedd1d8	chore: git stash changelog.md license.md readme.md dist node_modules package-lock.json package.json renovate.json src templates tsconfig.json tsup.config.ts permalink: http://whatthecommit.com/7ad7c71289d30791e2f20c54465142aa	2023-08-10 11:14:55 +05:30
github-actions[bot]	f12d541dfe	chore(main): release 0.6.0 (#110 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-08-09 23:00:36 +05:30
EvolutionX	642bf11608	chore: release 0.6.0 Release-As: 0.6.0	2023-08-09 22:14:55 +05:30
Evo	827ffb7ad9	feat: publish command (#105 ) Co-authored-by: Jacob Nguyen <76754747+jacoobes@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: jacob <jacoobes@sern.dev>	2023-08-09 22:06:50 +05:30
Gary	2348e3e9ab	fix: change file path for sern/extras (#109 ) Co-authored-by: gary <gary@mini-hoster.thetechgurus.xyz>	2023-08-06 20:37:35 +05:30
Jacob Nguyen	14df4a9b65	chore: Update package.json	2023-06-29 22:57:54 -05:00
renovate[bot]	4bc7d1b081	chore(deps): lock file maintenance (#94 ) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-06-26 08:09:42 +05:30
EvolutionX	acbec3e733	chore: bless seren	2023-06-19 16:57:46 +05:30