Cookiecutter

The goals of this release were copy without render and a few additional command-line options such as --overwrite-if-exists, ---replay, and output-dir.

Features:

* Added [copy without render](http://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced_usage.html#copy-without-render) feature, making it much easier for developers of Ansible, Salt Stack, and other recipe-based tools to work with Cookiecutter. Thanks to [osantana](https://github.com/osantana) and [LucianU](https://github.com/LucianU) for their innovation, as well as [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) for fixing the Windows problems (#132, 184, 425).
* Added specify output directory, thanks to [tony](https://github.com/tony) and [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#531, 452).
* Abort template rendering if the project output directory already exists, thanks to [lgp171188](https://github.com/lgp171188)
(470, 471).
* Add a flag to overwrite existing output directory, thanks to [lgp171188](https://github.com/lgp171188) for the implementation (#495) and [schacki](https://github.com/schacki), [ionelmc](https://github.com/ionelmc), [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) and [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) for submitting issues and code reviews (#475, 493).
* Remove test command in favor of tox, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#480).
* Allow cookiecutter invocation, even without installing it, via `python -m cookiecutter.cli`, thanks to [vincentbernat](https://github.com/vincentbernat) and [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#449, 487).
* Improve the type detection handler for online and offline repositories, thanks to [charlax](https://github.com/charlax)
(490).
* Add replay feature, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#501).
* Be more precise when raising an error for an invalid user config file, thanks to [vaab](https://github.com/vaab) and [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#378, 528).
* Added official Python 3.5 support, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) and [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#522).
* Added support for *choice* variables and switch to click style prompts, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#441, 455).

Other Changes:

* Updated click requirement to \< 6.0, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#473).
* Added landscape.io flair, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#439).
* Descriptions of PEP8 specifications and milestone management, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#440).
* Added alternate installation options in the documentation, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#117, 315).
* The test of the which() function now tests against the date command, thanks to [vincentbernat](https://github.com/vincentbernat) (#446)
* Ensure file handles in setup.py are closed using with statement, thanks to [svisser](https://github.com/svisser) (#280).
* Removed deprecated and fully extraneous compat.is\_exe() function, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#485).
* Disabled sudo in .travis, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#482).
* Switched to shields.io for problematic badges, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#491).
* Added whichcraft and removed `compat.which()`, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#511).
* Changed to export tox environment variables to codecov, thanks to [maiksensi](https://github.com/maiksensi). (#508).
* Moved to using click version command, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#489).
* Don\'t use unicode\_literals to please click, thanks to [vincentbernat](https://github.com/vincentbernat) (#503).
* Remove warning for Python 2.6 from \_\_init\_\_.py, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot).
* Removed compat.py module, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot).
* Added future to requirements, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot).
* Fixed problem where expanduser does not resolve \"\~\" correctly on windows 10 using tox, thanks to [maiksensi](https://github.com/maiksensi). (#527)

* Added more cookiecutter templates to the mix:
* [cookiecutter-beamer](https://github.com/luismartingil/cookiecutter-beamer) by [luismartingil](https://github.com/luismartingil) (#307)
* [cookiecutter-pytest-plugin](https://github.com/pytest-dev/cookiecutter-pytest-plugin) by [pytest-dev](https://github.com/pytest-dev) and
[hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#481)
* [cookiecutter-csharp-objc-binding](https://github.com/SandyChapman/cookiecutter-csharp-objc-binding) by [SandyChapman](https://github.com/SandyChapman) (#460)
* [cookiecutter-flask-foundation](https://github.com/JackStouffer/cookiecutter-Flask-Foundation) by [JackStouffer](https://github.com/JackStouffer) (#457)
* [cookiecutter-tryton-fulfilio](https://github.com/fulfilio/cookiecutter-tryton) by [fulfilio](https://github.com/fulfilio) (#465)
* [cookiecutter-tapioca](https://github.com/vintasoftware/cookiecutter-tapioca) by [vintasoftware](https://github.com/vintasoftware) (#496)
* [cookiecutter-sublime-text-3-plugin](https://github.com/kkujawinski/cookiecutter-sublime-text-3-plugin) by [kkujawinski](https://github.com/kkujawinski) (#500)
* [cookiecutter-muffin](https://github.com/drgarcia1986/cookiecutter-muffin) by [drgarcia1986](https://github.com/drgarcia1986) (#494)
* [cookiecutter-django-rest](https://github.com/agconti/cookiecutter-django-rest) by [agconti](https://github.com/agconti) (#520)
* [cookiecutter-es6-boilerplate](https://github.com/agconti/cookiecutter-es6-boilerplate) by [agconti](https://github.com/agconti) (#521)
* [cookiecutter-tampermonkey](https://github.com/christabor/cookiecutter-tampermonkey) by [christabor](https://github.com/christabor) (#516)
* [cookiecutter-wagtail](https://github.com/torchbox/cookiecutter-wagtail) by [torchbox](https://github.com/torchbox) (#533)

The goals of this release was to formally remove support for Python 2.6 and continue the move to using py.test.

Features:

* Convert the unittest suite to py.test for the sake of comprehensibility, thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#322, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 343, 345, 347, 351, 412, 413, 414).
* Generate pytest coverage, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#326).
* Documenting of Pull Request merging and HISTORY.rst maintenance, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph)
(330).
* Large expansions to the tutorials thanks to [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot) (#384)
* Switch to using Click for command-line options, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#391, 393).
* Added support for working with private repos, thanks to [marctc](https://github.com/marctc) (#265).
* Wheel configuration thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#118).

Other Changes:

* Formally removed support for 2.6, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#201).
* Moved to codecov for continuous integration test coverage and badges, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#71, 369).
* Made JSON parsing errors easier to debug, thanks to [rsyring](https://github.com/rsyring) and [mark0978](https://github.com/mark0978) (#355, 358, 388).
* Updated to Jinja 2.7 or higher in order to control trailing new lines in templates, thanks to [sfermigier](https://github.com/sfermigier) (#356).
* Tweaked flake8 to ignore e731, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#390).
* Fixed failing Windows tests and corrected AppVeyor badge link thanks to [msabramo](https://github.com/msabramo) (#403).

* Added more Cookiecutters to the list:
* [cookiecutter-scala-spark](https://github.com/jpzk/cookiecutter-scala-spark) by [jpzk](https://github.com/jpzk)
* [cookiecutter-atari2600](https://github.com/joeyjoejoejr/cookiecutter-atari2600) by [joeyjoejoejr](https://github.com/joeyjoejoejr)
* [cookiecutter-bottle](https://github.com/avelino/cookiecutter-bottle) by [avelino](https://github.com/avelino)
* [cookiecutter-latex-article](https://github.com/Kreger51/cookiecutter-latex-article) by [Kreger51](https://github.com/Kreger51)
* [cookiecutter-django-rest-framework](https://github.com/jpadilla/cookiecutter-django-rest-framework) by [jpadilla](https://github.com/jpadilla)
* [cookiedozer](https://github.com/hackebrot/cookiedozer) by [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot)

The goals of this release were to add the ability to Jinja2ify the cookiecutter.json default values, and formally launch support for Python 3.4.

Features:

* Python 3.4 is now a first class citizen, thanks to everyone.
* cookiecutter.json values are now rendered Jinja2 templates, thanks to \bollwyvl (291).
* Move to py.test, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#319) and [ramiroluz](https://github.com/ramiroluz) (#310).
* Add PendingDeprecation warning for users of Python 2.6, as support for it is gone in Python 2.7, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#201).

Bug Fixes:

* Corrected typo in Makefile, thanks to [inglesp](https://github.com/inglesp) (#297).
* Raise an exception when users don\'t have git or hg installed, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#303).

Other changes:

* Creation of [gitter](https://gitter.im/audreyr/cookiecutter) account for logged chat, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph).
* Added ReadTheDocs badge, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph).
* Added AppVeyor badge, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny)
* Documentation and PyPI trove classifier updates, thanks to [thedrow](https://github.com/thedrow) (#323 and 324)

The goal of this release was to allow for injection of extra context via the Cookiecutter API, and to fix minor bugs.

Features:

* cookiecutter() now takes an optional extra\_context parameter, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph), [fcurella](https://github.com/fcurella), [aventurella](https://github.com/aventurella), [emonty](https://github.com/emonty), [schacki](https://github.com/schacki), [ryanolson](https://github.com/ryanolson), [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore), [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny), [audreyfeldroy](https://github.com/audreyfeldroy) (#260).
* Context is now injected into hooks, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) and [dinopetrone](https://github.com/dinopetrone).
* Moved all Python 2/3 compatibility code into cookiecutter.compat, making the eventual move to six easier, thanks to [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph) (#60, 102).
* Added cookiecutterrc defined aliases for cookiecutters, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#246)
* Added flake8 to tox to check for pep8 violations, thanks to [natim](https://github.com/Natim).

Bug Fixes:

* Newlines at the end of files are no longer stripped, thanks to [treyhunner](https://github.com/treyhunner) (#183).
* Cloning prompt suppressed by respecting the no\_input flag, thanks to [trustrachel](https://github.com/trustrachel) (#285)
* With Python 3, input is no longer converted to bytes, thanks to [uranusjr](https://github.com/uranusjr) (#98).

Other Changes:

* Added more Cookiecutters to the list:
* [Python-iOS-template](https://github.com/pybee/Python-iOS-template) by [freakboy3742](https://github.com/freakboy3742)
* [Python-Android-template](https://github.com/pybee/Python-Android-template) by [freakboy3742](https://github.com/freakboy3742)
* [cookiecutter-djangocms-plugin](https://github.com/mishbahr/cookiecutter-djangocms-plugin) by [mishbahr](https://github.com/mishbahr)
* [cookiecutter-pyvanguard](https://github.com/robinandeer/cookiecutter-pyvanguard) by [robinandeer](https://github.com/robinandeer)

The goal of this release was to fix cross-platform compatibility, primarily Windows bugs that had crept in during the addition of new
features. As of this release, Windows is a first-class citizen again, now complete with continuous integration.

Bug Fixes:

* Fixed the contributing file so it displays nicely in Github, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny).
* Updates 2.6 requirements to include simplejson, thanks to [saxix](https://github.com/saxix).
* Avoid unwanted extra spaces in string literal, thanks to [merwok](https://github.com/merwok).
* Fix unittest.skipIf error on Python 2.6.
* Let sphinx parse :param: properly by inserting newlines 213, thanks to [mineo](https://github.com/mineo).
* Fixed Windows test prompt failure by replacing stdin per [cjrh](https://github.com/cjrh) in #195.
* Made rmtree remove readonly files, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore).
* Now using tox to run tests on Appveyor, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#241).
* Fixed tests that assumed the system encoding was utf-8, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#242, 244).
* Added a tox ini file that uses py.test, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#245).

Other Changes:

* [audreyfeldroy](https://github.com/audreyfeldroy) formally accepted position as **BDFL of cookiecutter**.
* Elevated [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny), [michaeljoseph](https://github.com/michaeljoseph), and [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) to core committer status.
* Added Core Committer guide, by [audreyfeldroy](https://github.com/audreyfeldroy).
* Generated apidocs from make docs, by [audreyfeldroy](https://github.com/audreyfeldroy).
* Added contributing command to the makedocs function, by [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny).
* Refactored contributing documentation, included adding core committer instructions, by [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) and [audreyfeldroy](https://github.com/audreyfeldroy).
* Do not convert input prompt to bytes, thanks to [uranusjr](https://github.com/uranusjr) (#192).
* Added troubleshooting info about Python 3.3 tests and tox.
* Added documentation about command line arguments, thanks to [saxix](https://github.com/saxix).
* Style cleanups.
* Added environment variable to disable network tests for environments without networking, thanks to [vincentbernat](https://github.com/vincentbernat).
* Added Appveyor support to aid Windows integrations, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#215).
* CONTRIBUTING.rst is now generated via make contributing, thanks to [pydanny](https://github.com/pydanny) (#220).
* Removed unnecessary endoing argument to json.load, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#234).
* Now generating shell hooks dynamically for Unix/Windows portability, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#236).
* Removed non-portable assumptions about directory structure, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#238).
* Added a note on portability to the hooks documentation, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#239).
* Replaced unicode\_open with direct use of io.open, thanks to [pfmoore](https://github.com/pfmoore) (#229).
* Added more Cookiecutters to the list:
* [cookiecutter-kivy](https://github.com/hackebrot/cookiecutter-kivy) by [hackebrot](https://github.com/hackebrot)
* [BoilerplatePP](https://github.com/Paspartout/BoilerplatePP) by [Paspartout](https://github.com/Paspartout)
* [cookiecutter-pypackage-minimal](https://github.com/kragniz/cookiecutter-pypackage-minimal) by [borntyping](https://github.com/borntyping)
* [cookiecutter-ansible-role](https://github.com/iknite/cookiecutter-ansible-role) by [iknite](https://github.com/iknite)
* [cookiecutter-pylibrary](https://github.com/ionelmc/cookiecutter-pylibrary) by [ionelmc](https://github.com/ionelmc)
* [cookiecutter-pylibrary-minimal](https://github.com/ionelmc/cookiecutter-pylibrary-minimal) by [ionelmc](https://github.com/ionelmc)

Bug fixes:

* Use the current Python interpreter to run Python hooks, thanks to [coderanger](https://github.com/coderanger).
* Include tests and documentation in source distribution, thanks to [vincentbernat](https://github.com/vincentbernat).
* Fix various warnings and missing things in the docs (129, 130), thanks to [nedbat](https://github.com/nedbat).
* Add command line option to get version (89), thanks to [davedash](https://github.com/davedash) and [cyberj](https://github.com/cyberj).

Other changes:

* Add more Cookiecutters to the list:
* [cookiecutter-avr](https://github.com/solarnz/cookiecutter-avr) by [solarnz](https://github.com/solarnz)
* [cookiecutter-tumblr-theme](https://github.com/relekang/cookiecutter-tumblr-theme) by [relekang](https://github.com/relekang)
* [cookiecutter-django-paas](https://github.com/pbacterio/cookiecutter-django-paas) by [pbacterio](https://github.com/pbacterio)