yigakpoa/repo-scaffolder

Cookiecutter repo scaffolder

Repo Scaffolder

Prerequisites

• python
• github cli
• cookiecutter

Need help picking a tier?

If you do not know what tier you project is the cookiecutter will walk you through questions to figure out what tier you need. Run:

cookiecutter https://github.com/DSACMS/repo-scaffolder

Know what tier you need?

If you know what tier you need you can run the cookiecutter for an individual tier. Use the below command with X substituted for the tier number.

cookiecutter https://github.com/DSACMS/repo-scaffolder --directory=tierX

Existing Projects

You can update existing projects with the repo scaffolder. Using the -s flag on cookiecutter will not overwrite existing files. Follow these steps:

1. Create a new branch in your repo
2. cd into folder above
3. run: cookiecutter -f -s https://github.com/DSACMS/repo-scaffolder --directory=tierX
4. Make sure when answering the questions you use the existing folder/project name
5. Raise pr into main

Updating Projects

When creating projects, if you want to receive updates then add dsacms-tierX as a github topic to the repo. The scaffolder repo includes github workflows that will find all repos with that tag and can raise a pull request with an updated string or adding a file.