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Separate out instructions in README.md for template users and their users

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading README.md and identify the instructions intended for people creating a project from the template versus people using this repository directly. Separate those workflows so template users are directed to git init while repository users are directed to clone the repo, then verify both paths are clear.

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Description

question

Specifically, the README tells users to run git init, which you will want to do if you have just created a new project using the template, but if you're someone using this repo, you don't want to run git init! Instead you should clone the repo first.

Maybe we should have separate sections in the README?

Dominant language
Python
Stars
14
Forks
8
Avg merge
15m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Getting set up

  • No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • Has a pull request template
  • No contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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