Why won't `pkg> generate` allow a ".jl" suffix in the name?

[stevengj]

@ben-schulz

of course, there’s not reason i couldn’t rename the directory if i want to push it to github

No need for any renaming: The repo name on github doesn’t need to match the local directory name.

@ben-schulz

is there some reason i wouldn’t want to have a “.jl” on the local project directory?

If you want to load your package in a running julia process, the package manager does not expect a .jl on the local directory.