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README instructions fail with errors

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start in the README and find the documented uvx copier copy command for creating a project from this repository. Run the current command, then compare it with the working form in the issue: remove the trailing / and include --data project_name=<project_name>. Done means the README instructions pass the validation steps without manual correction.

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Describe the bug
The existing readme command fails to copy the template for me. I had to remove the trailing / and add a data flag to get it through the validation steps:

uvx copier copy https://github.com/AllenNeuralDynamics/python-templates . --data project_name=<project_name>

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