forgejo/docs/content/usage/template-repositories.en-us.md
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Rephrase template documentation to be more clear about .gitea/template (#27450)
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date: "2019-11-28:00:00+02:00"
title: "Template Repositories"
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# Template Repositories
Gitea (starting with version `1.11.0`) supports creating template repositories
which can be used to generate repositories based on the template, complete with
variable expansion of certain pre-defined variables.
All files in the template repository are included in a generated repository from the
template except for the `.gitea/template` file. The `.gitea/template` file tells
Gitea which files are subject to the variable expansion when creating a
repository from the template.
Gitea uses [gobwas/glob](https://github.com/gobwas/glob) for its glob syntax. It closely resembles a traditional `.gitignore`, however there may be slight differences.
## Example `.gitea/template` file
All paths are relative to the base of the repository
```gitignore
# Expand all .go files, anywhere in the repository
**.go
# All text files in the text directory
text/*.txt
# A specific file
a/b/c/d.json
# Batch files in both upper or lower case can be matched
**.[bB][aA][tT]
```
## Variable Expansion
In any file matched by the above globs, certain variables will be expanded.
Matching filenames and paths can also be expanded, and are conservatively sanitized to support cross-platform filesystems.
All variables must be of the form `$VAR` or `${VAR}`. To escape an expansion, use a double `$$`, such as `$$VAR` or `$${VAR}`
| Variable | Expands To | Transformable |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| REPO_NAME | The name of the generated repository | ✓ |
| TEMPLATE_NAME | The name of the template repository | ✓ |
| REPO_DESCRIPTION | The description of the generated repository | ✘ |
| TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION | The description of the template repository | ✘ |
| REPO_OWNER | The owner of the generated repository | ✓ |
| TEMPLATE_OWNER | The owner of the template repository | ✓ |
| REPO_LINK | The URL to the generated repository | ✘ |
| TEMPLATE_LINK | The URL to the template repository | ✘ |
| REPO_HTTPS_URL | The HTTP(S) clone link for the generated repository | ✘ |
| TEMPLATE_HTTPS_URL | The HTTP(S) clone link for the template repository | ✘ |
| REPO_SSH_URL | The SSH clone link for the generated repository | ✘ |
| TEMPLATE_SSH_URL | The SSH clone link for the template repository | ✘ |
## Transformers :robot:
Gitea `1.12.0` adds a few transformers to some of the applicable variables above.
For example, to get `REPO_NAME` in `PASCAL`-case, your template would use `${REPO_NAME_PASCAL}`
Feeding `go-sdk` to the available transformers yields...
| Transformer | Effect |
| ----------- | ------ |
| SNAKE | go_sdk |
| KEBAB | go-sdk |
| CAMEL | goSdk |
| PASCAL | GoSdk |
| LOWER | go-sdk |
| UPPER | GO-SDK |
| TITLE | Go-Sdk |