cargo-generate/cargo-generate v0.8.0

Release 0.8.0

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feat(template:filenames): template filenames now

solves #159

A template author can use those placeholders in file names.
For example, a project named awesome, with a file name {{project_name}}.rs will be transformed to awesome.rs during generation. read more..

by @sassman

feat(template:choices): better ux for template choice parameters

for templates that contains parameters with a list of options + default option, users can now choose items from the
list via the arrow keys and don't need manual typing anymore

by @sassman

Feature: specify subdir in repo as template

solves / relates to #47 #78 #211 #291

TL;DR: a subfolder (e.g. examples/template) of a given git repo can be used for templating

In the following example we assume the subfolder tests/integration/helpers contain some template:

cargo generate --git https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate   tests/integration/helpers

The great thing is that library / tool authors are now enabled to ship their templates as part of e.g.
the examples/ folder directly from within their main repository.

by @taurr