Support for GitLab, Bitbucket remote templates

Start in packages/cli/src/create/discovery.ts, where isGitHubUrl, parseGitHubUrl and discoverTemplate decide whether input goes to degit, then check the remote.ts hint and the expandCreateShorthand skip. Read the GitHub cases in packages/cli/src/create/tests/discovery.spec.ts first. Done when gitlab:, gitlab.com and bitbucket forms route to degit with the host kept, existing GitHub tests still pass, and new spec cases cover them.

Description

As a developer using Vite+ with GitLab, I want vp create to scaffold from templates hosted on GitLab (gitlab.com or self-hosted), so my team can share project templates the same way GitHub users can.

Current behavior (vp v1.1.0)

GitHub works:

$ vp create github:nkzw-tech/fate-template --no-interactive
◇ Scaffolded fate-template
→ Next: cd fate-template && vp run

GitLab, the same public repo in both forms, fails:

$ vp create gitlab:gitlab-org/project-templates/express --no-interactive
◇  Generating project…
■  Template "gitlab:gitlab-org/project-templates/express" not found on npm. Run
   vp create --list to see available templates.

$ vp create https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates/express --no-interactive
◇  Generating project…
■  Template "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates/express" not found
   on npm. Run vp create --list to see available templates.

The input isn't recognized as a remote template, so it falls through to the npm package lookup.

Why it matters

• Many teams, especially companies, host code on GitLab (often self-hosted), not GitHub.
• Vite+ already supports GitLab on the CI side (setup-vp GitLab template, GitLab CI/CD guide). Scaffolding is the missing piece of that flow.
• vp create already uses degit for remote templates, and degit already supports these hosts. With degit 3.10.0 directly, both commands above work:

$ pnpm dlx [email protected] gitlab:gitlab-org/project-templates/express out-nested
> cloned gitlab-org/project-templates/express#HEAD to out-nested

$ pnpm dlx [email protected] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner-docker-cleanup out-url
> cloned gitlab-org/gitlab-runner-docker-cleanup#HEAD to out-url

So only the template detection in Vite+ is GitHub-only.

Suggested solution

Where the limit is

packages/cli/src/create/discovery.ts (on main):

• isGitHubUrl() (L12): only matches github:, https://github.com/ and github.com/.
• parseGitHubUrl() (L21): reduces input to bare user/repo. Fine for GitHub (degit's default host), but it drops the host prefix degit needs for anything else. The URL regex github\.com\/([^/]+\/[^/]+) would also cut GitLab nested groups (group/subgroup/repo).
• discoverTemplate() (L133): only routes to degit when isGitHubUrl() is true. Everything else falls through to the npm lookup, which gives the "not found on npm" error above.

Related spots:

• packages/cli/src/create/bin.ts (L597): uses isGitHubUrl / inferGitHubRepoName to infer the target directory.
• packages/cli/src/create/templates/remote.ts: isGitHubTemplate = command === 'degit' (L26), and the error hint says "Make sure the GitHub repository exists" (L72).
• expandCreateShorthand() (L234): already skips inputs containing :, so gitlab: and https://gitlab.com/... are safe there. Bare forms like git.sr.ht/user/repo would still need an explicit skip.

What degit already supports (degit 3.10, docs/USAGE.md)

Host	Forms
GitLab	gitlab:user/repo, https://gitlab.com/user/repo, [email protected]:user/repo
Self-hosted GitLab	gitlab://git.example.com/user/repo
Bitbucket	bitbucket:user/repo, https://bitbucket.org/user/repo, [email protected]:user/repo
Sourcehut	git.sr.ht/user/repo, https://git.sr.ht/user/repo, [email protected]:user/repo

It also handles GitLab nested groups, #ref (branch/tag/commit), and private repos over SSH.

Proposed change

1. Make the GitHub-only helpers generic (e.g. isRemoteGitTemplate, toDegitSource, inferRemoteRepoName), or extend the existing ones.
2. Detection: also match gitlab:, gitlab://, gitlab.com/, bitbucket:, bitbucket.org/, git.sr.ht/ and git@<host>: forms.
3. Source passed to degit:
   • GitHub: keep the current behavior (bare user/repo), so nothing changes for existing users.
   • Other hosts: pass the input through as-is, keeping the host. degit already parses these forms, so Vite+ doesn't need its own parser, and nested groups and #ref keep working.
4. Repo name inference (default target dir): last path segment, without .git or #ref.
5. expandCreateShorthand(): explicitly skip bare host forms like git.sr.ht/user/repo.
6. remote.ts error hint: "repository" instead of "GitHub repository", and mention SSH access for private / self-hosted repos.

Tests

packages/cli/src/create/__tests__/discovery.spec.ts:

• GitHub template helpers (L275): add detection, degit source and repo-name cases for GitLab (shorthand, URL, .git), self-hosted GitLab, a nested group and Bitbucket.
• should not expand GitHub URLs (L248): add the new forms.
• discoverTemplate (degit test near L290): add a GitLab case checking command === 'degit' and that the host is kept in args[0].
• Keep the existing GitHub cases unchanged as a regression guard.

Docs

docs/guide/create.md: update "Template Sources" and the "Use remote templates" examples:

vp create gitlab:user/repo
vp create https://gitlab.com/group/subgroup/repo
vp create gitlab://git.example.com/user/repo
vp create bitbucket:user/repo

Alternative

Workarounds today. Both skip what vp create adds on top (agent files, editor config, hooks, package manager setup):

pnpm dlx degit gitlab:user/repo my-app
cd my-app && vp install

or

git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.com/user/repo.git my-app

then remove my-app/.git and run vp install.

A smaller first step could be GitLab only (gitlab:, gitlab.com/ and gitlab://), since that's likely where most non-GitHub demand is.

Additional context

• Reproduced with vp v1.1.0 (current npm latest). The same GitHub-only detection is in discovery.ts on main and on release/v1.2.0
• No existing issue or PR found (searched "gitlab", "degit", "remote template")
• degit host support: https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit/blob/master/docs/USAGE.md
• Related GitLab work in Vite+: #1920, #2239, #2258, #2520
• Side note: the current error ("not found on npm") is misleading for git URLs. Even without full support, detecting a non-GitHub git host and saying "only GitHub remote templates are supported" would help

Validations

• Read the Contributing Guidelines.
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• Check that there isn't already an issue requesting the same feature.