Xmake Templates

A template is a directory tree with an xmake.lua and some starter source files. xmake create copies it into a new project directory, substituting a few placeholders. Templates come from three places, searched in this order:

1. xmake-repo templates — third-party, under any registered global repo (xmake repo --list), e.g. packages/templates from xmake-repo.
2. User-global templates — ~/.xmake/templates/.
3. Built-in templates — shipped with xmake under $(programdir)/repository/templates/.

1. Listing templates

xmake create --list                # all languages, all sources
xmake create --list -l c++         # only C++ templates

Output groups templates by source (repo / global / builtin) and by language, so you can see which names are available for -t.

2. Creating a project from a template