feat: add init prompts for Gen2

packages/amplify-cli/src/commands/init.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { initProviders } from '../init-steps/s2-initProviders';
 import { scaffoldProjectHeadless } from '../init-steps/s8-scaffoldHeadless';
 import { onHeadlessSuccess, onSuccess } from '../init-steps/s9-onSuccess';
 import { checkForNestedProject } from './helpers/projectUtils';
+import { gen2Recommendation } from '../init-steps/gen2Recommendation';
 
 const constructExeInfo = (context: $TSContext): void => {
   context.exeInfo = {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ const constructExeInfo = (context: $TSContext): void => {
 const runStrategy = (quickstart: boolean) =>
   quickstart
     ? [preInitSetup, analyzeProjectHeadless, scaffoldProjectHeadless, onHeadlessSuccess]
-    : [preInitSetup, analyzeProject, initFrontend, initProviders, onSuccess, postInitSetup];
+    : [gen2Recommendation, preInitSetup, analyzeProject, initFrontend, initProviders, onSuccess, postInitSetup];
 
 /**
  * entry point for the init command

packages/amplify-cli/src/init-steps/gen2Recommendation.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { $TSContext } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
+import { printer, prompter } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-prompts';
+import { isNewProject } from './s0-analyzeProject';
+
+export const gen2Recommendation = async (context: $TSContext): Promise<$TSContext> => {
+  if (!isNewProject(context)) {
+    return context;
+  }
+  printer.warn(
+    `AWS Amplify recommends using Amplify Gen 2 for new projects. Learn how to get started at https://docs.amplify.aws/react/start/quickstart/`,
+  );
+
+  const continueWithGen1 = await prompter.confirmContinue('Do you want to continue with Amplify Gen 1?');
+
+  if (!continueWithGen1) {
+    printer.info('Exiting the Amplify Gen1 project creation flow. 👋');
+    printer.blankLine();
+    printer.info('To create a new Amplify Gen2 project, 🫱 https://docs.amplify.aws/');
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  const whyContinueWithGen1 = await prompter.pick('Why would you like to use Amplify Gen 1?', [
+    'I am a current Gen 1 user',
+    'Gen 2 is missing features I need from Gen 1',
+    'I find the Gen 1 CLI easier to use',
+    'Prefer not to answer',
+  ]);
+
+  context.exeInfo.projectConfig = {
+    whyContinueWithGen1,
+  };
+
+  return context;
+};

packages/amplify-cli/src/init-steps/s0-analyzeProject.ts

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ export const analyzeProject = async (context: $TSContext): Promise<$TSContext> =
 const setProjectConfig = (context: $TSContext, projectName: string): void => {
   context.exeInfo.isNewProject = isNewProject(context);
   context.exeInfo.projectConfig = {
+    ...context.exeInfo.projectConfig,
     projectName,
     version: amplifyCLIConstants.CURRENT_PROJECT_CONFIG_VERSION,
   };
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ const isNewEnv = (envName: string): boolean => {
   return !allEnvs.includes(envName);
 };
 
-const isNewProject = (context: $TSContext): boolean => {
+export const isNewProject = (context: $TSContext): boolean => {
   let newProject = true;
   const projectPath = process.cwd();
   const projectConfigFilePath = context.amplify.pathManager.getProjectConfigFilePath(projectPath);