Template CLI Tool (Templater)

A simple command-line tool for managing and copying templates. You can list available templates from a specified directory and copy them to any directory.

📦 Features

• List available templates — Easily check which templates are ready to use
• Copy templates into a new project — Bootstrap your project with one command

📚 Requirements

• python >= 3.8

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/show-t/project-templates.git
cd project-templates
chmod +x scripts/templater.py

2. Add the PATH

Add the scripts directory to your PATH so you can run the tool from anywhere

export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/templater/scripts"

Add this line to your shell profile (e.g., ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc) for persistence.

3. Verify

templater.py --help

📖 Usage

Show help

templater.py --help

List available templates

templater.py --list

Copy a template

templater.py --use TEMPLATE_NAME --target ./my-project

Overwrite copy (e.g., force copy into an existing directory)

templater.py --use TEMPLATE_NAME --target ./my-project --overwrite

🛠️ Options

Option	Description
--list	List available templates
--use TEMPLATE_NAME	Specify the name of the template to use
-t, --target TARGET_NAME	Target directory to copy the template into
-d --dir TEMPLATE_DIR	Directory containing templates (default: templates)
--overwrite	Overwrite target if it already exists

📁 Project Structure

.
├── scripts/              # Script files
│    └── templater.py
├── templates/            # Template files
│    ├── python/
│    │    └── ...
│    └── typescript/
│         └── ...
└── template.json         # Template meta data

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.