From a7c2fc5aa397f50851efb0ecb73d27c7704c33ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Donald Labaj <donald.labaj@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:15:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Added ability to select package manager

Added the ability to select the package manager that is needed when building a project.
---
 package.json     | 1 +
 src/cli.ts       | 5 +++--
 src/templates.ts | 9 ++++++---
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10a3a2e..52abb66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "node dist/cli.js",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "jest": {
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index aaaa4ae..ed56c19 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ program
         cloneArgs.push(...template.options);
       }
       cloneArgs.push(templateRepoUrl, projectPath);
-      await execa('git', cloneArgs);
+      await execa('git', cloneArgs, { stdio: 'inherit' });
       console.log('✅ Template cloned successfully.');
 
       // Remove the .git folder from the *new* project
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ program
         console.log('ℹ️ No package.json found in template, skipping customization.');
       }
 
+      const packageManager = template.packageManager || "npm";
       // Install dependencies
       console.log('📦 Installing dependencies... (This may take a moment)');
-      await execa('npm', ['install'], { cwd: projectPath });
+      await execa(packageManager, ['install'], { cwd: projectPath, stdio: 'inherit' });
       console.log('✅ Dependencies installed.');
 
       // Let the user know the project was created successfully
diff --git a/src/templates.ts b/src/templates.ts
index 57a8e16..fef58e3 100644
--- a/src/templates.ts
+++ b/src/templates.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ const templates = [
     {
         name: "starter",
         description: "A starter template for Patternfly react typescript project",
-        repo: "https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react-seed.git"
+        repo: "https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react-seed.git",
+        packageManager: "yarn"
     },
     {
         name: "compass-starter",
         description: "A starter template for Patternfly compass theme typescript project",
         repo: "https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react-seed.git",
-        options: ["--single-branch", "--branch", "compass_theme"]
+        options: ["--single-branch", "--branch", "compass_theme"],
+        packageManager: "yarn"
     },
     {
         name: "nextjs-starter",
         description: "A starter template for Patternfly nextjs project",
-        repo: "git@github.com:patternfly/patternfly-nextjs-seed.git"
+        repo: "git@github.com:patternfly/patternfly-nextjs-seed.git",
+        packageManager: "yarn"
     },
     {
         name: "ai_enabled_starter",