Call `cookiecutter` with `url` and a given `tag`

1

When passing a url to cookiecutter we get the "main" branch.

How can we get a given tag instead of the main branch, e.g. "1.0.0b1"?

cookiecutter -f --no-input \
    --config-file myconfig.yaml \
    https://github.com/plone/cookiecutter-zope-instance
2

Hi @mekell,
you could try using the --checkout option, as documented here:
https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cli_options.html?highlight=checkout#cmdoption-cookiecutter-c

3

@mamico: Thanks! --checkout was it:

cookiecutter -f --no-input \
    --config-file myconfig.yaml \
    --checkout 1.0.0b1 \
    https://github.com/plone/cookiecutter-zope-instance
4

By the way, Cookiecutter has a handy Github shortcut too: gh:plone/cookiecutter-zope-instance.

5

@jensens: Thanks for this info.