docs/versioned_docs/version-1.26/usage/repository/template-repositories.md

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Template Repository

Since Gitea 1.11, you can create template repositories. When creating a repo based on a template, you can copy most of its content, and even auto-inject variables into it.

By default, variables will not be expanded in any file. Only files contained in a pattern inside the .gitea/template file will be checked for if they contain variables. When creating the template, all files are included except for this .gitea/template file.

Gitea uses 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

# 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, the variables below will be expanded.

Matching filenames and paths can also be expanded, and are conservatively sanitized to support cross-platform filesystems.

You can use variables by prefixing them with $ or surrounding them with ${}, so both $VAR and ${VAR} insert the value of VAR at this location. To escape an expansion, use $$, such as $$VAR or $${VAR}.

These are the variables Gitea currently recognizes:

Variable	Expands To	Transformable
YEAR	The year of generating the repository (i.e. 2024)	✘
MONTH	The month of generating the repository (i.e. 03)	✘
MONTH_ENGLISH	The month but in English (i.e. March)	✓
DAY	The day of generating the repository (i.e. 02)	✘
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 🤖

Since Gitea 1.12.0, variables marked as transformable in the table above also have alternative versions where the given transformer has been applied.

Transformed variables can be called by appending the transformer name to the variable name. For example, to get REPO_NAME in PASCAL-case, you should use the variable ${REPO_NAME_PASCAL}.

The following transformers are available (assuming go-sdk is the input):

Transformer	Effect
SNAKE	go_sdk
KEBAB	go-sdk
CAMEL	goSdk
PASCAL	GoSdk
LOWER	go-sdk
UPPER	GO-SDK
TITLE	Go-Sdk