From 759a21ee884e61587ade8022fbf45314ea44724e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Wallis <bill@tasman.ai>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:08:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add script to apply template locally

---
 .pre-commit-config.yaml |  2 +-
 README.md               |  2 +-
 tools/apply.py          | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/apply.py

diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d5f2324..f336686 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ repos:
           entry: check-jsonschema
           pass_filenames: true
           language: python
-          additional_dependencies: ["check-jsonschema==0.37.0"]
+          additional_dependencies: ["check-jsonschema==0.37.1"]
           # This calls a remote URL, so run on pre-push to avoid slowing down commits
           stages: ["pre-push"]
         id: check-pyproject-schema
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6528144..b3249bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ After copying, find and replace on:
 
 Install [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) and then install the dependencies:
 
-```bash
+```shell
 uvx --from poethepoet poe install
 ```
diff --git a/tools/apply.py b/tools/apply.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9a9eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/apply.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+SUCCESS = 0
+FAILURE = 1
+ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent
+FILES_TO_COPY = [
+    ".github/workflows/tests.yaml",
+    ".gitignore",
+    ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "pyproject.toml",
+]
+
+
+def copy_files_to_target(target: pathlib.Path) -> int:
+    if not target.exists():
+        logging.error(f"target {target} does not exist")
+        return FAILURE
+    if not target.is_dir():
+        logging.error(f"target {target} is not a directory")
+        return FAILURE
+
+    for file in FILES_TO_COPY:
+        shutil.copy(ROOT / file, target / file)
+
+    return SUCCESS
+
+
+def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    """
+    Parse the arguments and run the command.
+    """
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("targets", nargs="*")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    ret = SUCCESS
+    if not args.targets:
+        parser.print_help()
+    for target in args.targets:
+        ret |= copy_files_to_target(target=pathlib.Path(target))
+
+    return ret
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # python -m tools.apply <target>
+    raise SystemExit(main())