diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 849d6b3765..c643a44427 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ project(git
 #TODO Enable NLS on windows natively
 
 #macros for parsing the Makefile for sources and scripts
-macro(parse_makefile_for_sources list_var regex)
-	file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile ${list_var} REGEX "^${regex} \\+=(.*)")
+macro(parse_makefile_for_sources list_var makefile regex)
+	file(STRINGS ${makefile} ${list_var} REGEX "^${regex} \\+=(.*)")
 	string(REPLACE "${regex} +=" "" ${list_var} ${${list_var}})
 	string(REPLACE "$(COMPAT_OBJS)" "" ${list_var} ${${list_var}}) #remove "$(COMPAT_OBJS)" This is only for libgit.
 	string(STRIP ${${list_var}} ${list_var}) #remove trailing/leading whitespaces
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 #build
 #libgit
-parse_makefile_for_sources(libgit_SOURCES "LIB_OBJS")
+parse_makefile_for_sources(libgit_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "LIB_OBJS")
 
 list(TRANSFORM libgit_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 list(TRANSFORM compat_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")
@@ -680,13 +680,13 @@ list(APPEND libgit_SOURCES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version-def.h")
 add_library(libgit ${libgit_SOURCES} ${compat_SOURCES})
 
 #libxdiff
-parse_makefile_for_sources(libxdiff_SOURCES "XDIFF_OBJS")
+parse_makefile_for_sources(libxdiff_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "XDIFF_OBJS")
 
 list(TRANSFORM libxdiff_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 add_library(xdiff STATIC ${libxdiff_SOURCES})
 
 #reftable
-parse_makefile_for_sources(reftable_SOURCES "REFTABLE_OBJS")
+parse_makefile_for_sources(reftable_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "REFTABLE_OBJS")
 
 list(TRANSFORM reftable_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 add_library(reftable STATIC ${reftable_SOURCES})
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ elseif(UNIX)
 endif()
 
 #git
-parse_makefile_for_sources(git_SOURCES "BUILTIN_OBJS")
+parse_makefile_for_sources(git_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "BUILTIN_OBJS")
 
 list(TRANSFORM git_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 add_executable(git ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/git.c ${git_SOURCES})
@@ -912,24 +912,14 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git-p4"
 	VERBATIM)
 add_custom_target(python-gen ALL DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git-p4")
 
-#templates
-file(GLOB templates "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/templates/*")
-list(TRANSFORM templates REPLACE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/templates/" "")
-list(REMOVE_ITEM templates ".gitignore")
-list(REMOVE_ITEM templates "Makefile")
-list(REMOVE_ITEM templates "blt")# Prevents an error when reconfiguring for in source builds
-
-list(REMOVE_ITEM templates "branches--")
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/templates/blt/branches) #create branches
-
+#${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile templates
+parse_makefile_for_sources(templates ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/templates/Makefile "TEMPLATES")
+string(REPLACE " " ";" templates ${templates})
 #templates have @.*@ replacement so use configure_file instead
 foreach(tm ${templates})
-	string(REPLACE "--" "/" blt_tm ${tm})
-	string(REPLACE "this" "" blt_tm ${blt_tm})# for this--
-	configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/templates/${tm} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/templates/blt/${blt_tm} @ONLY)
+	configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/templates/${tm} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/templates/blt/${tm} @ONLY)
 endforeach()
 
-
 #translations
 if(MSGFMT_EXE)
 	file(GLOB po_files "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/*.po")
@@ -1003,7 +993,7 @@ add_executable(test-fake-ssh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/helper/test-fake-ssh.c)
 target_link_libraries(test-fake-ssh common-main)
 
 #unit-tests
-parse_makefile_for_sources(unit-test_SOURCES "UNIT_TEST_OBJS")
+parse_makefile_for_sources(unit-test_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "UNIT_TEST_OBJS")
 list(TRANSFORM unit-test_SOURCES REPLACE "\\$\\(UNIT_TEST_DIR\\)/" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/unit-tests/")
 add_library(unit-test-lib STATIC ${unit-test_SOURCES})
 
@@ -1069,7 +1059,7 @@ if(MSVC)
 endif()
 
 #test-tool
-parse_makefile_for_sources(test-tool_SOURCES "TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS")
+parse_makefile_for_sources(test-tool_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS")
 add_library(test-lib OBJECT ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/unit-tests/test-lib.c)
 
 list(TRANSFORM test-tool_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/helper/")
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index 367ad00c24..bd1e9e30c1 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -29,24 +29,35 @@ all: boilerplates.made custom
 # in a file direc--tory--file in the source.  They will be
 # just copied to the destination.
 
-bpsrc = $(filter-out %~,$(wildcard *--*))
-boilerplates.made : $(bpsrc)
-	$(QUIET)umask 022 && ls *--* 2>/dev/null | \
-	while read boilerplate; \
+TEMPLATES  =
+TEMPLATES += description
+TEMPLATES += hooks/applypatch-msg.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/commit-msg.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/post-update.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/pre-applypatch.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/pre-commit.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/pre-merge-commit.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/prepare-commit-msg.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/pre-push.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/pre-rebase.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/pre-receive.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/push-to-checkout.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/sendemail-validate.sample
+TEMPLATES += hooks/update.sample
+TEMPLATES += info/exclude
+
+boilerplates.made: $(TEMPLATES)
+	$(QUIET)umask 022 && for template in $(TEMPLATES); \
 	do \
-		case "$$boilerplate" in *~) continue ;; esac && \
-		dst=`echo "$$boilerplate" | sed -e 's|^this|.|;s|--|/|g'` && \
-		dir=`expr "$$dst" : '\(.*\)/'` && \
+		dir=$$(dirname "$$template") && \
 		mkdir -p blt/$$dir && \
-		case "$$boilerplate" in \
-		*--) continue;; \
-		esac && \
 		sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 		    -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-		    -e 's|@PERL_PATH@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' $$boilerplate > \
-			blt/$$dst && \
-		if test -x "$$boilerplate"; then rx=rx; else rx=r; fi && \
-		chmod a+$$rx "blt/$$dst" || exit; \
+		    -e 's|@PERL_PATH@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' $$template > \
+			blt/$$template && \
+		if test -x "$$template"; then rx=rx; else rx=r; fi && \
+		chmod a+$$rx "blt/$$template" || exit; \
 	done && \
 	date >$@
 
diff --git a/templates/branches-- b/templates/branches--
deleted file mode 100644
index fae88709a6..0000000000
--- a/templates/branches--
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-: this is just to ensure the directory exists.
diff --git a/templates/this--description b/templates/description
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/this--description
rename to templates/description
diff --git a/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg.sample b/templates/hooks/applypatch-msg.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--applypatch-msg.sample
rename to templates/hooks/applypatch-msg.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--commit-msg.sample b/templates/hooks/commit-msg.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--commit-msg.sample
rename to templates/hooks/commit-msg.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--fsmonitor-watchman.sample b/templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--fsmonitor-watchman.sample
rename to templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--post-update.sample b/templates/hooks/post-update.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--post-update.sample
rename to templates/hooks/post-update.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch.sample b/templates/hooks/pre-applypatch.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--pre-applypatch.sample
rename to templates/hooks/pre-applypatch.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-commit.sample b/templates/hooks/pre-commit.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--pre-commit.sample
rename to templates/hooks/pre-commit.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-merge-commit.sample b/templates/hooks/pre-merge-commit.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--pre-merge-commit.sample
rename to templates/hooks/pre-merge-commit.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-push.sample b/templates/hooks/pre-push.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--pre-push.sample
rename to templates/hooks/pre-push.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample b/templates/hooks/pre-rebase.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample
rename to templates/hooks/pre-rebase.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-receive.sample b/templates/hooks/pre-receive.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--pre-receive.sample
rename to templates/hooks/pre-receive.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--prepare-commit-msg.sample b/templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--prepare-commit-msg.sample
rename to templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--push-to-checkout.sample b/templates/hooks/push-to-checkout.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--push-to-checkout.sample
rename to templates/hooks/push-to-checkout.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--sendemail-validate.sample b/templates/hooks/sendemail-validate.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--sendemail-validate.sample
rename to templates/hooks/sendemail-validate.sample
diff --git a/templates/hooks--update.sample b/templates/hooks/update.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hooks--update.sample
rename to templates/hooks/update.sample
diff --git a/templates/info--exclude b/templates/info/exclude
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/info--exclude
rename to templates/info/exclude