From 30a097e829132e31da40ee8618be58d729e7a5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Kubica <104161096+jeremykubica@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:24:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add command line scripts to the template

---
 python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja         |  6 ++++++
 .../{{package_name}}_cli/__init__.py                 |  0
 .../{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja                | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja

diff --git a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 43324fa2..642f9e27 100644
--- a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ dev = [
 {%- endif %}
 ]
 
+{%- if contains_code %}
+# Command-line scripts that can be run after installing the package
+[project.scripts]
+{{package_name}}_version = "{{package_name}}_cli.{{package_name}}_version:main"
+{%- endif %}
+
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=62", # Used to build and package the Python project
diff --git a/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/__init__.py b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e902954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""Display basic version information to standard out."""
+
+from {{package_name}}._version import __version__
+
+
+def main():
+    print(f"{{package_name}}\n-----")
+    print(f"Version: {__version__}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

From 1e19a4f920748f25c8760707e81a15e64e5a927e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Kubica <104161096+jeremykubica@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:54:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update {{package_name}}_version.py.jinja

---
 .../{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja       | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja
index 7e902954..5a46c08f 100644
--- a/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja	
+++ b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja	
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from {{package_name}}._version import __version__
 
 
 def main():
+    """The main function for the example file."""
     print(f"{{package_name}}\n-----")
     print(f"Version: {__version__}")
 

From e26d6c6d6433bf3f44152b1e24c8c9cadb4f9bfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Kubica <104161096+jeremykubica@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:21:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update {{package_name}}_version.py.jinja

---
 .../{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja     | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja
index 5a46c08f..4927c2c5 100644
--- a/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja	
+++ b/python-project-template/{% if contains_code %}src{% endif %}/{{package_name}}_cli/{{package_name}}_version.py.jinja	
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ from {{package_name}}._version import __version__
 
 def main():
     """The main function for the example file."""
-    print(f"{{package_name}}\n-----")
-    print(f"Version: {__version__}")
+    print(f"{{package_name}}: {__version__}")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":