Generate app from template

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+- Start Date: 2015-04-26
+- RFC PR: (leave this empty)
+- ember-cli Issue: (leave this empty)
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+# Summary
+
+Generate a custom application from a template, bypass (or enhance) the
+default application blueprint.
+
+# Motivation
+
+To share common boilerplate application setups.
+
+# Detailed design
+
+Similar to the [Ruby on Rails application
+template](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/rails_application_templates.html) feature. Ember-cli and the Ember community could benefit
+from companies/individuals creating boilerplate applications to share
+via templates. To be run from a template:
+
+```
+# local template
+ember new foo -t /local/path/to/file.json
+
+# remote template
+ember new foo -t http://remote.path/to/file.json
+
+# maybe even gist support
+ember new foo -t http://gist.github.com/foo/1235
+```
+
+The json file should could contain post application generation
+rules.
+
+The rules could take the form of
+
+* code insertion into existing files
+* code removal from existing files
+* file creation & deletion
+* directory creation & deletion
+* command line generators to run
+
+`npm` and `bower` would be held off until *after* the
+template was applied.