Creating a new repository from a boilerplate

[Oren Zomer]

The bitbucket GUI allows to import from an existing git repository to a new repository.

In my case I just wanted to import code from an existing "boilerplate" project - I only needed the latest files in the master branch, without the git history or the other branches.

Obviously I can do this easily by downloading the boilerplate code, copying to a new empty bitbucket repository and commit. It could be nicer if the GUI would have done this automatically, even with a list of boilerplate projects to choose from.

How many of us actually begin with an "empty project" these days?

Thanks

[jredmond]

You can fork the boilerplate repository.

[Oren Zomer]

You mean to fork only the latest commit and a single branch?

Same complexity as downloading and uploading...