Fix typos and update initial commit message

README.md

@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ Once you're up and running with Create React Native App, visit [this tutorial](h
 
 ### Templates
 
-By default you create a [bare-workflow React](https://docs.expo.io/bare/exploring-bare-workflow/) project with support for iOS, Android, and web. You can opt to use an example project instead by selecting the "Templates from ..." option. Custom templates can be used with `--template <Example Name or Github URL>` option.
+By default you create a [bare-workflow React](https://docs.expo.io/bare/exploring-bare-workflow/) project with support for iOS, Android, and web. You can opt to use an example project instead by selecting the "Templates from ..." option. Custom templates can be used with `--template <Example Name or GitHub URL>` option.
 
 - Use an [example](https://github.com/expo/examples): `npx create-react-native-app -t with-typescript`
-- Use a custom template: `npx create-react-native-app --template https://github.com/someone/my-react-starter` -- Only works with Github repos on the master branch.
+- Use a custom template: `npx create-react-native-app --template https://github.com/someone/my-react-starter` -- Only works with GitHub repos on the master branch.
 - All examples can be modified in the [expo/examples](https://github.com/expo/examples) repo.
 
 ## Sections

src/Template.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const pipeline = promisify(Stream.pipeline);
 
 const isMacOS = process.platform === 'darwin';
 
+const packageJSON = require('../package.json');
+
 export type PackageManagerName = 'yarn' | 'npm';
 
 /**
@@ -77,10 +79,10 @@ export async function initGitRepoAsync(
   // let's see if we're in a git tree
   try {
     await spawnAsync('git', ['rev-parse', '--is-inside-work-tree'], { stdio: 'ignore', cwd: root });
-    !flags.silent && Logger.gray('New project is already inside of a git repo, skipping git init.');
+    !flags.silent && Logger.gray('New project is already inside of a Git repo, skipping git init.');
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.errno === 'ENOENT') {
-      !flags.silent && Logger.gray('Unable to initialize git repo. `git` not in PATH.');
+      !flags.silent && Logger.gray('Unable to initialize Git repo. `git` not in PATH.');
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -89,12 +91,13 @@ export async function initGitRepoAsync(
   try {
     await spawnAsync('git', ['init'], { stdio: 'ignore', cwd: root });
     await spawnAsync('git', ['add', '-A'], { stdio: 'ignore', cwd: root });
-    await spawnAsync('git', ['commit', '-m', '"Initial commit via create-react-native-app"'], {
+    const commitMsg = `Initial commit\n\nGenerated by ${packageJSON.name} ${packageJSON.version}.`;
+    await spawnAsync('git', ['commit', '-m', commitMsg], {
       stdio: 'ignore',
       cwd: root,
     });
 
-    !flags.silent && Logger.gray('Initialized a git repository.');
+    !flags.silent && Logger.gray('Initialized a Git repository.');
     return true;
   } catch (e) {
     // no-op -- this is just a convenience and we don't care if it fails
@@ -240,7 +243,7 @@ async function getNpmUrlAsync(packageName: string): Promise<string> {
   const url = (await spawnAsync('npm', ['v', packageName, 'dist.tarball'])).stdout;
 
   if (!url) {
-    throw new Error(`Could not get NPM url for package "${packageName}"`);
+    throw new Error(`Could not get npm url for package "${packageName}"`);
   }
 
   return url;

src/index.ts

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ const program = new Command(packageJSON.name)
   .description('Creates a new React Native project')
   .option('--use-npm', 'Use npm to install dependencies. (default when Yarn is not installed)')
   .option('-y, --yes', 'Use the default options for creating a project')
-  .option('--no-install', 'Skip installing NPM packages or CocoaPods.')
+  .option('--no-install', 'Skip installing npm packages or CocoaPods.')
   .option(
     '-t, --template [template|url]',
-    'The name of a template from expo/examples or URL to a github repo that contains an example.'
+    'The name of a template from expo/examples or URL to a GitHub repo that contains an example.'
   )
-  .option('--template-path [name]', 'The path inside of a github repo where the example lives.')
+  .option('--template-path [name]', 'The path inside of a GitHub repo where the example lives.')
   .allowUnknownOption()
   .action(projectRoot => (inputPath = projectRoot))
   .parse(process.argv);