[imran3740]

No, this does not preserve the history of the repo, just gives a single commit with the existing files. You might also think of this as cloning, then squashing down the entire history (well, everything in master anyways) to a single (root) commit.

[RyJones]

Maybe I remember incorrectly, but I thought the template came from the default branch?

[phreack]

Oh I get it now, thanks!