Copy templates when creating userdir

freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from freqtrade import OperationalException
+from freqtrade.constants import USER_DATA_FILES
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -48,3 +50,22 @@ def create_userdata_dir(directory: str, create_dir=False) -> Path:
         if not subfolder.is_dir():
             subfolder.mkdir(parents=False)
     return folder
+
+
+def copy_sample_files(directory: Path) -> None:
+    """
+    Copy files from templates to User data directory.
+    :param directory: Directory to copy data to
+    """
+    if not directory.is_dir():
+        raise OperationalException(f"Directory `{directory}` does not exist.")
+    sourcedir = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "templates"
+    for source, target in USER_DATA_FILES.items():
+        targetdir = directory / target
+        if not targetdir.is_dir():
+            raise OperationalException(f"Directory `{targetdir}` does not exist.")
+        targetfile = targetdir / source
+        if targetfile.exists():
+            logger.warning(f"File `{targetfile}` exists already, not deploying sample file.")
+            continue
+        shutil.copy(str(sourcedir / source), str(targetfile))

freqtrade/constants.py

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ AVAILABLE_PAIRLISTS = ['StaticPairList', 'VolumePairList', 'PrecisionFilter', 'P
 DRY_RUN_WALLET = 999.9
 MATH_CLOSE_PREC = 1e-14  # Precision used for float comparisons
 
+# Soure files with destination directories
+USER_DATA_FILES = {
+    'sample_strategy.py': 'strategies',
+    'sample_hyperopt_advanced.py': 'hyperopts',
+    'sample_hyperopt_loss.py': 'hyperopts',
+    'sample_hyperopt.py': 'hyperopts',
+}
+
 TIMEFRAMES = [
     '1m', '3m', '5m', '15m', '30m',
     '1h', '2h', '4h', '6h', '8h', '12h',

freqtrade/utils.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from tabulate import tabulate
 
 from freqtrade import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.configuration import Configuration, TimeRange, remove_credentials
-from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import create_userdata_dir
+from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import create_userdata_dir, copy_sample_files
 from freqtrade.data.history import (convert_trades_to_ohlcv,
                                     refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data,
                                     refresh_backtest_trades_data)
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def start_create_userdir(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     :return: None
     """
     if "user_data_dir" in args and args["user_data_dir"]:
-        create_userdata_dir(args["user_data_dir"], create_dir=True)
+        userdir = create_userdata_dir(args["user_data_dir"], create_dir=True)
+        copy_sample_files(userdir)
     else:
         logger.warning("`create-userdir` requires --userdir to be set.")
         sys.exit(1)