Can GitHub templates be used for more than just replication?

• django-project-template

  1 0 10.0 Python

Yea GitHub templates should really be more used for reproducing an empty repository and not for starting a new coding project. What I mean by that is the template repo should contain git and GitHub specific things, like .gitignore file or .github directory. I also tend to include a .editorconfig file. What you are looking to do is more about a project template. Most coding languages and frameworks provide their own version of templates that are better used for this. My workflow I have is I will start a new repository from my GitHub template and then run the necessary command for the language to generate a project template. I have my own project template I have defined. Here is an example.

• cookiecutter

  56 21,538 8.6 Python

  A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects.

  

Good alternatives that are more complex to use but allow for more customization would be things like Cookiecutter: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter

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• awesome-projen

  10 63 0.0 JavaScript

  P6M7G8's Awesome Projen

  

Or if you like a declarative approach you could look into Projen: https://github.com/projen/projen

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