Some ideas.

- replace project_gitlab_id with $System.env.CI_PROJECT_ID, update readme
- cache gradle distro
- fix diagram creation
- add git remote after init

README.md

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Requirements:
 
 Usage:
 
-1. Create a [new project](https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/projects/new). Note the URL to clone the project and its project ID.
-2. Run `cookiecutter https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/project-templates/relast` and put in your information, especially the URL from step 1 as `project_url` and the project ID from step 1 as `project_gitlab_id`.
+1. Create a [new project](https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/projects/new). Note the URL to clone the project.
+2. Run `cookiecutter https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/project-templates/relast` and put in your information, especially the URL from step 1 as `project_url`.

cookiecutter.json

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "project_name": "My New Relational RAG Project",
   "project_short_name": "NewRelAST",
   "project_slug": "{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(' ','_')|lower}}",
-  "project_gitlab_id": "001",
   "package": "jastadd",
   "project_url": "git@git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de:{{cookiecutter.package}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}.git",
   "repo_url": "https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/{{cookiecutter.package}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}",

hooks/post_gen_project.py

-import sys
 import subprocess
 
 PROJECT_URL = '{{cookiecutter.project_url}}'
 
+
 def main():
     subprocess.call(['git', 'init'])
+    subprocess.call(['git', 'remote', 'add', 'origin', PROJECT_URL])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitlab-ci.yml

 variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
 
+before_script:
+  - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=`pwd`/.gradle
+
+cache:
+  paths:
+    - .gradle/wrapper
+    - .gradle/caches
+
 stages:
   - build
   - test
@@ -89,7 +97,8 @@ pages:
   before_script:
     - pip install -r pages/requirements.txt
   script:
-    - cp -r src/gen/resources/{{cookiecutter.project_short_name}}Grammar.png pages/docs/diagrams
+    - mkdir pages/docs/diagrams
+    - cp src/gen/resources/{{cookiecutter.project_short_name}}Grammar.png pages/docs/diagrams/
     - cd pages && mkdocs build
   artifacts:
     paths:

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/build.gradle

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jastadd {
 }
 
 
-// publish gitlab project {{cookiecutter.project_gitlab_id}}
+// publish gitlab project
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ publishing {
     }
     repositories {
         maven {
-            url "https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/api/v4/projects/{{cookiecutter.project_gitlab_id}}/packages/maven"
+            url "https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/api/v4/projects/$System.env.CI_PROJECT_ID/packages/maven"
             // Uncomment the following lines to publish manually (and comment out the other credentials section)
 //            credentials(HttpHeaderCredentials) {
 //                name = "Private-Token"