About template repositories
You can create a template from an existing repository. Anyone with access to the template repository can create a new repository based on the template with the same directory structure, branches, and files.
Creating a template repository
To create a template repository, you must create a repository, then make the repository a template. For more information about creating a repository, see Creating a new repository.
After you make your repository a template, anyone with access to the repository can generate a new repository with the same directory structure and files as your default branch. They can also choose to include all the other branches in your repository. Branches created from a template have unrelated histories, so you cannot create pull requests or merge between the branches. For more information, see Creating a repository from a template.
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Your template repository cannot include files stored using Git LFS.
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You can use a template repository as starter code for an assignment on GitHub Classroom. For more information, see Create an assignment from a template repository.
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On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
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Under your repository name, click Settings. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the dropdown menu, then click Settings.
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Select Template repository.
