Loading generators from packages

[moltar]

Summary

Is it possible to load generators from installed packages?

E.g. I already distribute generators as an npm package for our org, and they simply need to be installed.

Currently, we use plop directly (not turbo gen), and for that I have to do a bit of magic:

import type { NodePlopAPI } from 'plop'

module.exports = async function (plop: NodePlopAPI) {
  return plop.load([
    "./plopfile.ts", // <-- this loads a local one
    "@foo/plop-generator-bar", // <-- this is loaded from a package
    "@foo/plop-generator-baz", // <-- this is loaded from a package
  ])
}

But was wondering if, perhaps, turbo was smart and would be able to somehow discover these generators automatically, as it does already with local ones.

Additional information

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Example

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[anthonyshew]

This isn't possible and doesn't sound feasible to me as we would need to walk through node_modules to discover generators. You can, however, install a generator and use it in a generator file.