Create a template repository

In this exercise, we will learn how to create a template repository. We can make an existing repository a template, so we and others can generate new repositories with the same directory structure, branches, and files.

Who can use this feature? Anyone with admin permissions to a repository can make the repository a template.

There are the following steps to follow to create an existing repository a template repository. Step 1: On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. Step 2: Under the repository name, click Settings.

Create a template repository in Github

Step 3: There is the Template repository option which we can selected make the current repository as template repository.

Create a template repository in Github

Click on the checkbox to mark it a template repository.

Create a template repository in Github
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