Re: Suggestion: Enhance git init with Language-Specific Templates

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> What Git _does_ provide is a way to create a template of objects that
> should be in the `.git` directory using the `--template` option.  It's
> possible to create a template that contains an initial commit with a
> `.gitignore` file.  I personally would not recommend this approach,
> since it will not work gracefully with alternate ref formats or hash
> algorithms, but it is an option for people who want to use it.  This was
> in common use for setting up the default branch name before `git init`
> added the `-b` option and it's related config, so it is well tested.

I wouldn't have thrown objects in the --template directory, and I
wouldn't count on things outside what the mechanism was invented for
(namely, .git/hooks and possibly .git/info/ files) would forever be
copied in newer versions of Git, but certainly "git init --template"
mechanism sounds like a good escape hatch than mucking with Git code
base to teach it myriad of languages and their dialects.

Thanks.