Explanation of cookiecutter fields

project_name

Project name. Used in

README.md

project_slug

Project name in snake_case. Used in

Root dir folder name
Project folder name
README.md badges
pyproject.toml
Makefile
Tests example

project_description

Project long description (1-2 sentences)

README.md
pyproject.toml as package description

author_name

Author real name

LICENSE
pyproject.toml as package author

author_email

Author contact email

LICENSE
pyproject.toml as package author email

development_python_version

Python version used in developing

In workflows' jobs on publishing and coverage report
pyproject.toml as package author email
Makefile as package author email

min_supported_version

pyproject.toml

github_project_name

GitHub username + project name i.e. deknowny/python-package-template

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pyproject.toml

github_branch_name

GitHub main branch name

docs_uri

Project site/documentation uri

README.md