The main benefit, in my mind, over zip/tar is the built-in parameter substitution. You could imagine using this as a development dependency, to standardize the

The main benefit, in my mind, over zip/tar is the built-in parameter substitution. You could imagine using this as a development dependency, to standardize the creation of new (anything) that follows a predictable pattern. Check in your stamp file, and any junior dev who creates a new [anything] in your project can get all the custom boilerplate and best-practices right away.