(Quick Reference) # 6.6 Creating Profile Features Version: 3.2.8 ## 6.6 Creating Profile Features A Profile feature is a shareable set of templates and dependencies that may span multiple profiles. Typically you create a base profile that has multiple features and child profiles that inherit from the parent and hence can use the features available from the parent. To create a feature use the `create-feature` command from the root directory of your profile:
    $ grails create-feature myfeature
This will create a `myfeature/feature.yml` file that looks like the following:
    description: Description of the feature
    # customize versions here
    # dependencies:
    #   compile:
    #     - "org.grails.plugins:myplugin2:1.0"
    #
As a more concrete example. The following is the `feature.yml` file from the "asset-pipeline" feature:
    description: Adds Asset Pipeline to a Grails project
    build:
        plugins:
            - asset-pipeline
    dependencies:
        build:
            - 'com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-gradle:2.5.0'
        runtime:
            - "org.grails.plugins:asset-pipeline"
The structure of a feature is as follows:
    FEATURE_DIR
        feature.yml
        skeleton/
            grails-app/
                conf/
                    application.yml
            build.gradle
The contents of the skeleton get copied into the application tree, whilst the `application.yml` and `build.gradle` get merged with their respective counterparts in the profile by used. With the `feature.yml` you can define additional dependencies. This allows users to create applications with optional features. For example:
    $ grails create-app myapp --profile myprofile --features myfeature,hibernate
The above example will create a new application using your new feature and the "hibernate" feature. | Quick Reference (hide)