How to customize custom template path ?

[rbecheras]

How to use custom templates directory instead of the templates dir from the user home when using it as a CLI ?

And if I use updater-gitignore as a plugin, how to do the same thing ? Typically using the templates directory of the current updater source directory.

[jonschlinkert]

You should be able to use the ~/templates directory. Templates for dotfiles always start with _, so the .gitignore template would be saved at ~/templates/_gitignore.

I think there is another issue somewhere where we discussed changing that directory to ~/{app}/templates/, where app is assemble, verb, update, generate etc. We also discussed supporting ~/toolkit/templates as well, where each app would look in the app templates directory first, then fallback to the toolkit one.

thoughts?

[rbecheras]

Yes, using conventions could be interesting but allowing to use a fully customized path should be even more.

I search to create updaters that use other updaters as plugins for the imperative work, but using their own templates (from the parent updater's ./templates directory).

It is already possible out of the field of this issue ?