Creating a template repository

You can make an existing repository a template, so you and others can generate new repositories with the same directory structure and files.

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Anyone with admin permissions to a repository can make the repository a template.

To create a template repository, you must create a repository, then make the repository a template. For more information about creating a repository, see "Creating a new repository."

After you make your repository a template, anyone with access to the repository can generate a new repository with the same directory structure and files as your default branch. For more information, see "Creating a repository from a template."