This proposal is to update the Cordova CLI to support the argument --template for create command
$cordova create myApp --template=<NPM ID | GIT URL | Local Path>
NPM ID is a npm package name with optional version
GIT ULR is a git url, similar format as adding platforms and plugins via Git
Local Path, is a local directory
This will allow to specify the IBM NPM Cordova Template like $cordova create myApp --template=cordova-app-hello-world or $cordova create myApp --template=cordova-app-hello-world@3.9.x
--template is a bit different from --copy-from, it copies everything from the template including hooks, res, config.xml, hooks, dot files (.gitignore) (it will also copy plugins and platforms but this is not recommended since templates should be small, and platforms and plugins can be specified in config.xml)
--copy-from will just be an alias to --template --copy-from will mark deprecated and later removed
If user pass any of the optional arguments for the app ID, NAME it will put those values in config.xml even if the template contains a config.xml
if the template is missing certain files or directories it get's default ones here is the list: config.xml a default one is created from cordoba-app-hello-world hooks/, the default hooks with readme is created www/, is missing the default is created from cordoba-app-hello-world