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File template repository
Templates are important for easily getting started with a project. It's a shame that people can't create their own templates that suit the needs of their own teams.
We should just have a repository per instance / group with templates, from which we load them. This way they can be managed, changed and reviewed easily.
Proposal
- Templates are managed in a repository
- It should be transparent to the end user: the user does not have to know that templates are managed by git.
Specification of the templates project:
- The
templatesproject is at the instance level, and/or the group level. - Template project at the group level will override template project defined at the instance level.
- All LICENSE templates, for instance, will be located in a
LICENSEfolder inside this project. - Extensions we'll read when populating dropdowns are
- files with no extension
- .gitignore
- .yml
- .md
- .txt
List of the template folders we'll support for instances and groups
.gitlab-ci.yml.gitignoreLICENSEDockerfile
Possible future improvements:
- Interface to manage templates
- Description templates for issues and merge requests https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/6886
- Custom file templates https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/26199
/README/contribution-guide/services