https://github.com/spenserblack/gh-template-overwrite

Overwrite your current files with the contents from a template repository
https://github.com/spenserblack/gh-template-overwrite

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Overwrite your current files with the contents from a template repository

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/spenserblack/gh-template-overwrite
• Owner: spenserblack
• Created: 2022-08-01T16:05:48.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-01T17:52:35.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-22T13:17:45.766Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: extension, gh-extension, github, github-cli
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# `gh template-overwrite`

This extension will overwrite your *current files* with the contents from a

template repository

:warning: This will *not* commit any changes. Review the tracked changes before

committing.

## Why?

My use case was that I wanted to do a major change to the implementation of an

existing project, and wanted to use a template repository to ease the initial

setup of the new implementation.

## Usage

```bash

git checkout -b refactor/new-implementation

gh template-overwrite /

git commit -m "Initial commit of new implementation"

```

## How it works

This extension creates a remote repository called `template`. It fetches

`template` and gets its default branch from the API, untracks the

current files, and does `git checkout template/ -- .`.