Prompts#

When you create a package, you are prompted to enter these values.

Templated Values#

The following appear in various parts of your generated project.

full_name: Your full name
email: Your email address
github_username: Your GitHub username
project_name: The name of your new Python package project. This is used to to create the namespace and the package name. So spaces and special characters should be avoided.
project_name: The namespace of your Python package. This should be Python import-friendly. Typically, it is the slugified version of project_name.
project_short_description: A 1-sentence description of what your Python package does.
release_date: The date of the first release.
pypi_username: Your Python Package Index account username.
year: The year of the initial package copyright in the license file.
version: The starting version number of the package.

The following package configuration options set up different features for your project.

command_line_interface: Whether to create a console script using Click Console script entry point will match the project_slug. Options: ['Click', "No command-line interface"]