1.6.0

New Features:

• Include template path or template URL in cookiecutter context under _template, thanks to @aroig (#774)
• Add a URL abbreviation for GitLab template projects, thanks to @hackebrot (#963)
• Add option to use templates from Zip files or Zip URLs, thanks to @freakboy3742 (#961)

Bug Fixes:

• Fix an issue with missing default template abbreviations for when a user defined custom abbreviations, thanks to @noirbizarre for the issue report and @hackebrot for the fix (#966, #967)
• Preserve existing output directory on project generation failure, thanks to @ionelmc for the report and @michaeljoseph for the fix (#629, #964)
• Fix Python 3.x error handling for git operation failures, thanks to @jmcarp (#905)

Other Changes:

• Fix broken link to Copy without Render docs, thanks to @coreysnyder04 (#912)
• Improve debug log message for when a hook is not found, thanks to @raphigaziano (#160)
• Fix module summary and expand_abbreviations() doc string as per pep257, thanks to @terryjbates (#772)
• Update doc strings in cookiecutter/cli.py and cookiecutter/config.py according to pep257, thanks to @terryjbates (#922, #931)
• Update doc string for is_copy_only_path() according to pep257, thanks to @mathagician and @terryjbates (#935, #949)
• Update doc strings in cookiecutter/extensions.py according to pep257, thanks to @meahow (#996)
• Fix miscellaneous issues with building docs, thanks to @stevepiercy (#889)
• Re-implement Makefile and update several make rules, thanks to @hackebrot (#930)
• Fix broken link to pytest docs, thanks to @eyalev for the issue report and @devstrat for the fix (#939, #940)
• Add test_requirements.txt file for easier testing outside of tox, thanks to @ramnes (#945)
• Improve wording in copy without render docs, thanks to @eyalev (#938)
• Fix a number of typos, thanks to @delirious-lettuce (#968)
• Improved extra context docs by noting that extra context keys must be present in the template's cookiecutter.json, thanks to @karantan for the report and fix (#863, #864)
• Added more cookiecutter templates to the mix:
  • cookiecutter-kata-cpputest by @13coders (#901)
  • cookiecutter-kata-gtest by @13coders (#901)
  • cookiecutter-pyramid-talk-python-starter by @mikeckennedy (#915)
  • cookiecutter-android by @alexfu (#890)
  • cookiecutter-lux-python by @alexkey (#895)
  • cookiecutter-git by @tuxredux (#921)
  • cookiecutter-ansible-role-ci by @ferrarimarco (#903)
  • cookiecutter_dotfile by @bdcaf (#925)
  • painless-continuous-delivery by @painless-software (#927)
  • cookiecutter-molecule by @retr0h (#954)
  • sublime-snippet-package-template by @agenoria (#956)
  • cookiecutter-conda-python by @conda (#969)
  • cookiecutter-flask-minimal by @candidtim (#977)
  • cookiecutter-pypackage-rust-cross-platform-publish by @mckaymatt (#957)
  • cookie-cookie by @tuxredux (#951)
  • cookiecutter-telegram-bot by @Ars2014 (#984)
  • python-project-template by @Kwpolska (#986)
  • wemake-django-template by @wemake-services (#990)
  • cookiecutter-raml by @genzj (#994)
  • cookiecutter-anyblok-project by @AnyBlok (#988)
  • cookiecutter-devenv by @greenguavalabs (#991)