A contrib/new-plugin.go

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+package main
+
+// usage: go run new-plugin.go <name>
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var name string
+	if len(os.Args) == 2 {
+		name = os.Args[1]
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("usage: new-plugin <name>")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// make plugin name Title case
+	tc := strings.Title(name)
+
+	template := `package plugins
+
+import (
+	"gopkg.in/irc.v3"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	Register(%s{})
+}
+
+type %s struct{}
+
+func (%s) Triggers() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
+func (%s) Execute(m *irc.Message) (string, error) {
+	return "", nil
+}`
+	out := fmt.Sprintf(template, tc, tc, tc, tc)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join("plugins", name+".go"), []byte(out), 0644); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+
+}