Tinmanworks Foundation is the template and governance organization for reusable engineering baselines.
- Host canonical template repositories (
repo-template-*) for fast, doctrine-aligned project bootstrap. - Keep repository governance and release practices consistent across template families.
- Provide a stable doctrine source for repository policy decisions.
- Pick a template repository that matches your stack and use case.
- Create your new repository using GitHub Use this template.
- Rename package/module identifiers and update ownership metadata.
- Run the template validation and CI checks before first release.
- Canonical policy repository: doctrine
- Key policy scope includes commit/signing policy, release flow, branch protection expectations, and repo visibility rules.
- Follow doctrine commit message format and branch/release workflow.
- Keep template repos minimal and reusable; avoid project-specific artifacts.
- Open pull requests with explicit rationale and risk notes for governance-impacting changes.
Use repository issues in the relevant template repo for improvements and governance clarifications.