Python Copier template

This is a template, for use by copier, which creates or updates python repositories to our standard layout.

See the copier documentation for details of how to use this template.

Creating a repository

Assume that a blank new repository, my_project, is checked out:

• Run uv tool install copier
• Run copier copy https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/copier_template.git ./my_project

Or, clone and use the template locally:

• Run copier copy ./copier_template ./my_project
• Answer the prompts
• git commit the resulting structure into my_project

Updating a generated repository

• Run copier update ./my_project

Developing the template itself

Run copier as normal pointed at the locally-checked out copy, but use the --vcs-ref=HEAD flag to force copier to use the most recent local commit. rather than a tagged version.

CI runs in this repository to check that copier can successfully instantiate the template in this repo.