A cookie cutter is a directory template used to create directories with a predefined format.
For instance, this repository contains cookie cutters to build python packages.
More information can be found here: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
This repository contains some useful cookiecutters that can be used with the cookiecutter application.
Cookiecutter is an open source application. It can be installed using the following instructions: https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html#install-cookiecutter
To apply one of the cookiecutters in this repository, run the following command. The directory will be created in the working directory of the command line. This examples creates a directory based on the python_setuptools template.
cookiecutter /path/to/cookiecutters/cookiecutters --directory="python_setuptools"
This cookie cutter will create a directory that looks something like this: