Add ability to clone template repo settings when creating repo from template

[chrille0313]

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I have created a template repository (https://github.com/chrille0313/Improved-Repo-Workflow) to reduce a bit of repeated manual labor when setting up a development workflow on a new repository. The template repository feature from Github is great, however, I find that I still need to create all the branch protection rules from scratch whenever I create a new repository from this template (it is possible to export/import the branch rulesets, but it's still a lot of "unnecessary" work). I feel like a nice added feature would be to have the ability to clone all the settings from the template repo as well. I have a hard time seeing potential issues with this feature as I believe it's still possible to do similar things by creating a github action to setup the repo on creation. What are people's thoughts on this?

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Welcome to the GitHub Community, @chrille0313 , we're happy you're here! You are more likely to get a useful response if you are posting your question(s) in the applicable category and are explicit about what your project entails--giving a few more details might help someone give you a nudge in the right direction. I've gone ahead and moved it for you. Good luck!

[chrille0313]

I wasn't sure which category it belonged to. Thank you!