Support for multiple templates in a single repo

We would like to be able to have a single runnable repo with multiple templates for optional add-ins.

We’ll have a template for a minimal working app, as a ASP.NET Core backend only app. A developer can spin up a new app with just some Web APIs from this. Say this is an Add and Subtract API, no database dependencies or client side app.

Another developer wants to spin up a service with a backend + react frontend.

Given the backend code is the same, catering for both these scenarios from a single repo would be we don’t end up with code drift and simplifies template code updating effort.

[mlorbetske]

It is possible to have multiple template.json files in the same repo and generate template content for each (we even do that in this repo here https://github.com/dotnet/templating/tree/stabilize/template_feed).

If the templates need to share files between them, it’s possible to customize the sources using the source and target properties to indicate where the files should come from and where they should be placed to things that wouldn’t be included in the template by default.

[janaka]

Will close this issue while we try those ^ suggestions. Thanks.