Public vs Private Repos

In order to increase the usefulness of the Postmodern template ecosystem, full support for both Public and Private repositories are included.

What is Public?

For the purposes of this template, a Public repo is an open-source project that is visible to the internet and encourages contributions.

What is Private?

For the purposes of this template, a Private repo is a closed-source project that requires authentication to access.

Differences

Private repos omit the following features that would not be relevant to them, with reasoning for each:

Repository Management

• Contributor management and crediting via All Contributors
• Irrelevant on non-public projects

Support Files

• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• Irrelevant on non-public projects
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• Likely not needed for a private project, but you can always provide your own custom file which will be ignored by template updates
• LICENSE
• No need to license something not available to others, but you can always provide your own custom file which will be ignored by template updates