Building: The template block

The template block in config.yml is used to identify your template repository.

	A course on GitHub Learning Lab can guide you through this step.

A template block is composed of the following fields:

Field	Required	Description
`name`	✓	The name of the repository when it is copied for the learner.
`repo`		The name of the repository to be copied, must have the same owner as the course. If omitted, the learner's repository will be empty.
`description`		A one-line description which will be set for the GitHub repository.

Usage examples

An empty template repository, the name games is given to the learner's repository.

template:
  name: games
  repo: false

A template repository called conflict-template is used. It is copied into the learner's conflict-practice repository.

template:
  name: conflict-practice
  repo: conflict-template