According to the docs, alembic's template can be specified as alembic init --template pylons ./scripts. But alembic searches for templates in only one folder in its root (python_path/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/templates).
Is there any way to run custom templates? The idea of the question - automatization of project setup e.g. avoiding any handmade changes (like editing env.py file).
As I can see in Alembic sources there is no way to customize template directory location. Template directory is gotten by Config.get_template_directory() and is used by list_templates().
Although you can try to use monkey patch:
from alembic.config import Config
def get_template_directory(self):
return "my/custom/template/directory"
Config.get_template_directory = get_template_directory
# Invoke Alembic code
P.S. I wonder why Alembic doesn't use entry points for collecting available templates.
