github workflow for testing the template creation

Author: andredias

.github/workflows/test_template.yml

@@ -5,16 +5,33 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
 
   test_template:
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+        matrix:
+            vcs: [hg, git]
     steps:
 
+        - name: Check out repository
+          uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
         - name: Set up python
-          uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+          uses: actions/setup-python@v6
           with:
-              python-version: '3.12'
+              python-version-file: 'pyproject.toml'
 
-        - name: Check out repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        - name: Install uv
+          uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+          with:
+              version: "0.9.8"
+              enable-cache: true
+
+        - name: Install dependencies
+          run: uv sync --locked --no-install-project
 
         - name: Test
-          run: make test
+          run: uv run make test
+          env:
+              VCS: ${{ matrix.vcs }}
+
+        - name: Minimize uv cache
+          run: uv cache prune --ci

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 TARGET_NAME := "perfect_python_project"
 PYTHON_VERSION := $(shell python --version | sed -r -e 's/Python //' -e 's/\.[0-9]+$$//')
+VCS ?= hg
 
 test:
 	@echo Target: /tmp/$(TARGET_NAME)
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ test:
     project_slug: \"$(TARGET_NAME)\"\n\
     python_version: \"$(PYTHON_VERSION)\"\n\
     line_length: 100\n\
+    version_control: \"$(VCS)\"\n\
 	" > /tmp/$(TARGET_NAME).yml
 
 	cookiecutter --no-input --config-file /tmp/$(TARGET_NAME).yml \

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[project]
+name = "perfect-python-project"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "This project template creates the basic structure for a Python project."
+authors = [
+    {name="André Miras", email="andre.miras@example.com"},
+]
+readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.14"
+dependencies = [
+    "cookiecutter",
+    "mercurial",
+]