Allow creating repository from a template via the API

[joshbalfour]

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Description

Currently you can create a repository via the API, but not from a template, I know repo templates are a relatively new feature but it would be awesome if this could be included as a feature.

Sidenote: gitea is an awesome project by the way - big fan of this 🚀

[DanMcLaughlin]

I just came here to submit this - yes this would be great feature

[6543]

this should not be hard to acheve - If I have a few free minutes I'll look at it

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[6543]

ping

[nudelbrot0451]

I would also be very interested in this. I need to autocreate a bunch of repositories for a students project and templates would make it possible to achive this.

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[morph027]

ping ;)

[richardolsen]

Where is this at? The

/repos/{template_owner}/{template_repo}/generate

API end point doesn't work as expected with my setup which is fully private, the template itself isn't private. I have had no other troubles with the API except for this. I can create a new project from using the web front end but not via the API. Have tried both with token and username and password.

Otherwise loving Gitea, thank you and well done.

[ijaureguialzo]

Hi @richardolsen, I ran into this same issue and solved it in #16346 but it hasn't been integrated into the 1.15 branch.

If you use the 1.16 development branch, the endpoint works as expected, even with private templates.

@6543, could we open a new issue to backport the PR to the current stable branch? It would also close this one.

[richardolsen]

@ijaureguialzo Thanks so much, will d this. Most appreciated.

[6543]

well ... I think we can backport?

[6543]

I try to cherry-pick but it looks already backported!

[ijaureguialzo]

Maybe I'm looking on the wrong place, but can't see PR #16346 on the 1.15 branch, only on master.

[6543]

ok ... I missed something last time it looks like -> #17195