Advanced Usage

Various advanced topics regarding cookiecutter usage.

• Hooks
  • Types of Hooks
  • Creating Hooks
  • Hook Execution
  • Examples
• User Config
• Calling Cookiecutter Functions From Python
• Injecting Extra Context
  • Example: Injecting a Timestamp
• Suppressing Command-Line Prompts
  • Basic Example: Using the Defaults
  • Advanced Example: Defaults + Extra Context
• Templates in Context Values
  • Basic Example: Templates in Context
• Private Variables
• Copy without Render
• Replay Project Generation
  • Custom replay file
• Choice Variables
  • Basic Usage
  • Overwriting Default Choice Values
• Boolean Variables
  • Basic Usage
  • Input Validation
• Dictionary Variables
  • Basic Usage
• Templates inheritance (2.2+)
• Template Extensions
  • Jsonify extension
  • Random string extension
  • Slugify extension
  • UUID4 extension
• Organizing cookiecutters in directories
• Customizing the Jinja2 environment
• Working with line-ends special symbols LF/CRLF
• Local Extensions
• Nested configuration files
  • Old Format
• Human readable prompts