Rephrase template documentation to be more clear about .gitea/template (#27450)

Closes #27336

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# Template Repositories
Gitea `1.11.0` and above includes template repositories, and one feature implemented with them is auto-expansion of specific variables within your template files.
Gitea (starting with version `1.11.0`) supports creating template repositories
which can be used to generate repositories based on the template, complete with
variable expansion of certain pre-defined variables.
To tell Gitea which files to expand, you must include a `template` file inside the `.gitea` directory of the template repository.
All files in the template repository are included in a generated repository from the
template except for the `.gitea/template` file. The `.gitea/template` file tells
Gitea which files are subject to the variable expansion when creating a
repository from the template.
Gitea uses [gobwas/glob](https://github.com/gobwas/glob) for its glob syntax. It closely resembles a traditional `.gitignore`, however there may be slight differences.
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All paths are relative to the base of the repository
```gitignore
# All .go files, anywhere in the repository
# Expand all .go files, anywhere in the repository
**.go
# All text files in the text directory
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**.[bB][aA][tT]
```
**NOTE:** The `template` file will be removed from the `.gitea` directory when a repository is generated from the template.
## Variable Expansion
In any file matched by the above globs, certain variables will be expanded.