Single file templates

[pylang]

Can copier template single files? From what I recall, cookiecutter does not handle this.

Rather than having separate files as templates:

└───expected/
        bar.md
        baz.rst
        foo.txt

Cookiecutter requires directories:

└───actual/
    ├───bar/
    │   │   cookiecutter.json
    │   │
    │   └───{{cookiecutter.project_dir}}
    │           {{cookiecutter.file_name}}.md
    │
    ├───baz/
    │   │   cookiecutter.json
    │   │
    │   └───{{cookiecutter.project_dir}}
    │           {{cookiecutter.file_name}}.rst
    │
    └───foo/
        │   cookiecutter.json
        │
        └───{{cookiecutter.project_dir}}
                {{cookiecutter.file_name}}.txt

That's a bit complicated. How does copier approach this?

[yajo]

I recall this appeared before... yes! This might answer your question: #231 (comment)