commandline thor generators with invocations

cli.rb

module Flak
  class CLI < Thor
    register(Generate, 'generate', 'generate <something>', 'Generate a new something.')
  end
end

flak

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'flak'

# start CLI as a shell command
Flak::CLI.start

generate.rb

module Flak

  class Generate < Thor

    desc "project [name]", "Prints the project making step"
    def project(name)
      puts "making first project file #{name}"
      invoke :config
      invoke :project_sub
    end

    desc "config [name]", "Prints the config making step"
    def config(name)
      puts "making first config file #{name}"
      invoke :project_sub
    end

    desc "project_sub [name]", "Prints the project_sub making step"
    def project_sub(name)
      puts "making subsystem file #{name}"
    end

    def self.banner(task, namespace = false, subcommand = true)
       task.formatted_usage(self, true, subcommand).split(':').join(' ')
    end

  end

end