title: Is it possible to create a new git repository from a template only using the command line?
body: <p>Creating a new repo using another as a template is a great function, but I can only see how to use this ability on github.com.  Can it be done entirely from command line? Perhaps without a remote?</p>
  <p>I would like to use templates for a user to intialise a repo to store their secrets in, and it may not even require a remote, but its very important that it isn't connected to the original template repo for privacy.  The .gitignore file and the folder tree provided are the most important functions that I'm hoping to provide the user with this ability.</p>