Use latest LabAPI version; rename SkipGit param

.template.config/template.json

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/template",
-  "author": "Your name / organization",
   "classifications": [ "Common", "Library", "SCP:SL", "LabAPI", "Game Plugin" ],
   "identity": "SCPSL.LabApi.PluginTemplate",
   "name": "SCP: Secret Laboratory LabAPI Plugin",
@@ -12,13 +11,6 @@
   "sourceName": "LabApiPluginTemplate",
   "preferNameDirectory": true,
   "symbols": {
-    "LabApiVersion": {
-      "type": "parameter",
-      "datatype": "string",
-      "defaultValue": "1.1.7",
-      "replaces": "1.1.7",
-      "description": "Version of the Northwood.LabAPI NuGet package to install in the project."
-    },
     "PluginAuthor": {
       "type": "parameter",
       "datatype": "string",
@@ -32,7 +24,7 @@
       "description": "If set, skips running 'dotnet restore' automatically after creating the project.",
       "defaultValue": "false"
     },
-    "skipGit": {
+    "SkipGit": {
       "type": "parameter",
       "datatype": "bool",
       "description": "If set, skips printing the reminder to initialize a git repository.",
@@ -53,7 +45,7 @@
       "continueOnError": true
     },
     {
-      "condition": "(!skipGit)",
+      "condition": "(!SkipGit)",
       "description": "This project is not a git repository yet.",
       "manualInstructions": [
         { "text": "Run 'git init && git add -A && git commit -m \"Initial commit\"'" }

CLAUDE.md

@@ -13,18 +13,15 @@ are ordinary project files at that point, not template scaffolding.
 ## Repo is template *source* — read before touching any file
 
 `.template.config/template.json` sets this folder's name as the template's
-`sourceName` and defines two text-replacement `symbols` (plus `skipRestore` and
+`sourceName` and defines one text-replacement `symbol`, `PluginAuthor` (plus
-`skipGit`, which only toggle post-generation actions and replace no text). The
+`skipRestore` and `SkipGit`, which only toggle post-generation actions and replace no
-dotnet templating engine does a literal, repo-wide **string replacement** at
+text). The dotnet templating engine does a literal, repo-wide **string replacement**
-generation time — not semantic renaming — driven by that config:
+at generation time — not semantic renaming — driven by that config:
 
 - The folder/project name (`sourceName` in `template.json`, currently this repo's own
   folder name) → whatever `-n`/`--name` the consumer passes to `dotnet new`.
 - The placeholder value of the `PluginAuthor` symbol (the string currently sitting in
   `EntryPoint.cs`'s `Author` property) → the consumer's `--PluginAuthor`.
-- The placeholder value of the `LabApiVersion` symbol (the version string currently in
-  the `.csproj`'s `PackageReference` and in `EntryPoint.cs`'s `RequiredApiVersion`) →
-  the consumer's `--LabApiVersion`.
 
 Open `template.json` to see the exact current literal for each — don't hardcode them
 again here or anywhere else in prose, because this file itself ships inside every
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ generated project and any exact match gets rewritten too (self-referential text
 "the project is called X" would silently turn into nonsense after generation).
 
 Consequences:
-- Never introduce an exact match of one of those three literals elsewhere in the repo
+- Never introduce an exact match of one of those two literals elsewhere in the repo
   unless you intend it to be substituted too.
 - If you add a new thing that should be configurable at generation time, add a symbol
   to `template.json` (`type: parameter`, `replaces: "<literal>"`) instead of
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ Consequences:
 ## Repo layout (only what affects decisions)
 
 - `.template.config/template.json` — template identity, the symbols above plus
-  `skipGit` (a display-only toggle, see below), `primaryOutputs` (points at the
+  `SkipGit` (a display-only toggle, see below), `primaryOutputs` (points at the
   project file using its pre-substitution literal name — that's correct and expected,
   not a bug), and two `postActions`: the standard dotnet-templating "restore NuGet
   packages" action (id `210D431B-...`; skipped in Visual Studio, which restores on
@@ -80,7 +77,7 @@ This was a deliberate choice after testing the alternative:
 - Visual Studio's own "New Project" dialog already has a built-in "Create new Git
   repository" checkbox that works for any template, including this one, with zero
   template-side configuration — so VS users get this for free regardless.
-- CLI users see the printed reminder above (governed by the `skipGit` symbol) and run
+- CLI users see the printed reminder above (governed by the `SkipGit` symbol) and run
   the one-liner themselves.
 
 ## LabAPI contract (verified against northwood-studios/LabAPI source, not guessed)
@@ -119,6 +116,17 @@ assume one exists.
   `MSB3270` (via `ResolveAssemblyWarnOrErrorOnTargetArchitectureMismatch=None`). Don't
   broaden either into a blanket suppression and don't remove them without
   understanding why (comments sit next to both in the `.csproj`).
+- The `Northwood.LabAPI` `PackageReference` uses a floating `Version="*"` on purpose,
+  so every `dotnet restore` always pulls whatever is the latest stable release on
+  NuGet at that moment — there's no version to bump here. This is intentionally
+  **not** wired to `EntryPoint.cs`'s `RequiredApiVersion`, which can't be a floating
+  value (`System.Version` has no such concept and would throw at runtime if it tried).
+  `RequiredApiVersion` is a separate, manually-maintained literal representing the
+  minimum LabAPI version the scaffolded code is known to work with — bump it by hand
+  if you verify compatibility with a newer release, don't try to auto-sync it with the
+  floating restore. Also be aware a floating version means a plugin generated today can
+  restore a different (newer) LabAPI release than one generated last week, with no
+  pinning — that's the deliberate trade-off of "always latest" over reproducibility.
 
 ## Code style for anything you write here
 

LabApiPluginTemplate.csproj

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Northwood.LabAPI" Version="1.1.7">
+    <!-- Floating version: restore always resolves to the latest stable Northwood.LabAPI
+         release published on NuGet at the time, instead of a version pinned here. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Northwood.LabAPI" Version="*">
       <NoWarn>NU1701</NoWarn>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>