From ec8e42556183ff2c92aeb89a4fee92e246c46f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Finn Bayer <finn.o.bayer@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:52:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added init-templatedir example windows cmd/ps

added example which uses windows environment variables instead of the ~
---
 index.mako | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/index.mako b/index.mako
index d80c6585..271f6472 100644
--- a/index.mako
+++ b/index.mako
@@ -949,6 +949,18 @@ git config --global init.templateDir ~/.git-template
 pre-commit init-templatedir ~/.git-template
 ```
 
+For Windows cmd.exe use `%HOMEPATH%` instead of `~`:
+
+```batch
+pre-commit init-templatedir %HOMEPATH%\.git-template
+```
+
+For Windows PowerShell use `$HOME` instead of `~`:
+
+```powershell
+pre-commit init-templatedir $HOME\.git-template
+```
+
 Now whenever a repository is cloned or created, it will have the hooks set up
 already!