Initialize a repo with specified file(s)

[jwsloan]

Currently you can initialize a project with a README file. It would be handy to initialize it with one or more probot configs in the .github folder. Maybe taking whatever is in the .github repo, if it exists. They could always be deleted if unwanted.

I'm thinking of this specifically for the Settings app so that we can ensure Protected Branches is turned on as we want it with every new repo.

[Jme7]

Well, there is a workaround. You can have a template containing those and use that as a template for your repos. That's the best I've got.

[gr2m]

apps are looking for the .github folder in the .github repository by default, so no need to copy them over, unless you want to override them

[travi]

based on the date of this being opened, i think that was before either template repositories were a github feature or probot-config being built directly into probot for reading config from the .github repo. i use the protected branches functionality of the settings app in my organization accounts and personal account successfully, so i would say this request has since been satisfied

[gr2m]

good point, agree :)