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---
date: "2019-11-28:00:00+02:00"
title: "The .gitea Directory"
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# The .gitea directory
Gitea repositories can include a `.gitea` directory at their base which will store settings/configurations for certain features.
## Templates
Gitea includes template repositories, and one feature implemented with them is auto-expansion of specific variables within your template files.
To tell Gitea which files to expand, you must include a `template` file inside the `.gitea` directory of the template repository.
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.
### Example `.gitea/template` file
All paths are relative to the base of the repository
```gitignore
# All .go files, anywhere in the repository
**.go
# All text files in the text directory
text/*.txt
# A specific file
a/b/c/d.json
# Batch files in both upper or lower case can be matched
**.[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.
All variables must be of the form `$VAR` or `${VAR}`. To escape an expansion, use a double `$$`, such as `$$VAR` or `$${VAR}`
| Variable | Expands To |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| REPO_NAME | The name of the generated repository |
| TEMPLATE_NAME | The name of the template repository |
| REPO_DESCRIPTION | The description of the generated repository |
| TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION | The description of the template repository |
| REPO_LINK | The URL to the generated repository |
| TEMPLATE_LINK | The URL to the template repository |
| REPO_HTTPS_URL | The HTTP(S) clone link for the generated repository |
| TEMPLATE_HTTPS_URL | The HTTP(S) clone link for the template repository |
| REPO_SSH_URL | The SSH clone link for the generated repository |
| TEMPLATE_SSH_URL | The SSH clone link for the template repository |