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Customise a new project

As you saw from the First steps section, once you have set up Kedro, you can create a new project with kedro new and customise the code added to that project for its tooling and example code requirements.

The pages in this section describe in detail the various options available.

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Use kedro new to create a basic project
In the simplest instance, you can create a project using kedro new and select from a range of tools and example code options to extend the basic project.

Use kedro new with --config
Similarly, you can use kedro new but additionally pass in a configuration file, for example:

kedro new --config=config.yml

The file enables you to customise details such as the project folder name and package name.

The configuration file must contain:

• output_dir The path in which to create the project directory, which can be set to ~ for the home directory or . for the current working directory
• project_name
• repo_name
• python_package

Additionally, the configuration file may contain:

• tools: The tools to customise your project setup with. Select from comma-separated values lint, test, log, docs, data, pyspark, viz or all/none. Omitting this from your configuration file will result in the default selection of none.
• example_pipeline: Indicate yes or no to select whether you would like your project to be populated with example code. Omitting this from your configuration file will result in the default selection of no.

The output_dir can be specified as ~ for the home directory or . for the current working directory. Here is an example config.yml, which assumes that a directory named ~/code already exists:

output_dir: ~/code
project_name: My First Kedro Project
repo_name: testing-kedro
python_package: test_kedro

Use kedro new with a --starter
You can create a new Kedro project with a starter that adds code for a common project use case.

You can not combine the use of a Kedro starter with the tools and example code options listed above.