Exemplar as a template using cargo generate POC

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@Jeff-Garland

Is this simply to show up the python version: Working on new_project_from_exemplar.py - #16 by tzlaine

or is it complementary?

@Sdowney’s cookie-cutter branch does much the same thing. This was just a low-effort experiment using a different technology.

@river

Hey this seems really interesting, but I kinda don’t see where we are going to adopt/ host this.
Maybe a specific branch of exemplar? Will cargo generate work with a branch?

I haven’t though through about where it would be hosted. cargo-generate does work with branches and/or tags.

@river

Also, is there any equivalent tooling in pip’s eco system?

I’m aware of cookie cutter (see this). My understanding, which could be wrong, is that cookie cutter is a text templating engine that you’d use as a library whereas cargo-generate is a top-level application that instantiates a repo template.