Microsoft Beginners Repositories¶

This page is for maintainers of Microsoft "For Beginners" repositories that use the shared "Other Courses" README section.

Most Co-op Translator users do not need this page.

Auto-Sync the Other Courses Section¶

Add these markers around the "Other Courses" section in your README:

<!-- CO-OP TRANSLATOR OTHER COURSES START -->
<!-- The content between START and END is auto-generated. Do not edit manually. -->
<!-- CO-OP TRANSLATOR OTHER COURSES END -->

Each time Co-op Translator runs through the CLI or GitHub Actions, it replaces the content between the markers with the packaged template.

Update the Shared Template¶

The template source lives at:

src/co_op_translator/templates/other_courses.md

To update the shared content:

Edit the template.
Open a pull request to Co-op Translator.
After the change is released, run Co-op Translator in the target repository.

Sparse Checkout Advisory¶

Large course repositories can become expensive to clone when they include many translated outputs. You can include this advisory in generated language sections:

> **Prefer to Clone Locally?**
>
> This repository includes many language translations, which can significantly increase download size. To clone without translations, use sparse checkout:
>
> ```bash
> git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/org/repo.git
> cd repo
> git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/*' '!translations' '!translated_images'
> ```