diff --git a/src/generate.jl b/src/generate.jl
index 9bcb87d..1508fe9 100644
--- a/src/generate.jl
+++ b/src/generate.jl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function gen_tests(pkg_dir::AbstractString, t::Template)
         """
 
     gen_file(joinpath(pkg_dir, "test", "runtests.jl"), text)
-    return ["Manifest.toml", "test/"]
+    return ["test/"]
 end
 
 """
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ Returns an array of generated file/directory names.
 function gen_gitignore(pkg_dir::AbstractString, t::Template)
     pkg = basename(pkg_dir)
     seen = [".DS_Store"]
+    t.manifest || push!(seen, "Manifest.toml")
     patterns = vcat(map(p -> p.gitignore, values(t.plugins))...)
     for pattern in patterns
         if !in(pattern, seen)
@@ -226,7 +227,9 @@ function gen_gitignore(pkg_dir::AbstractString, t::Template)
     text = join(seen, "\n")
 
     gen_file(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"), text)
-    return [".gitignore"]
+    files = [".gitignore"]
+    t.manifest && push!(files, "Manifest.toml")
+    return files
 end
 
 """
diff --git a/src/template.jl b/src/template.jl
index 3619ec9..6481a05 100644
--- a/src/template.jl
+++ b/src/template.jl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ create a template, you can use [`interactive_template`](@ref) instead.
   package will go. Relative paths are converted to absolute ones at template creation time.
 * `julia_version::VersionNumber=$VERSION`: Minimum allowed Julia version.
 * `ssh::Bool=false`: Whether or not to use SSH for the remote.
+* `manifest::Bool=false`: Whether or not to commit the `Manifest.toml`.
 * `plugins::Vector{<:Plugin}=Plugin[]`: A list of `Plugin`s that the package will include.
 """
 @auto_hash_equals struct Template
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ create a template, you can use [`interactive_template`](@ref) instead.
     dir::AbstractString
     julia_version::VersionNumber
     ssh::Bool
+    manifest::Bool
     plugins::Dict{DataType, Plugin}
 
     function Template(;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ create a template, you can use [`interactive_template`](@ref) instead.
         dir::AbstractString=Pkg.devdir(),
         julia_version::VersionNumber=VERSION,
         ssh::Bool=false,
+        manifest::Bool=false,
         plugins::Vector{<:Plugin}=Plugin[],
     )
         # Check for required Git options for package generation
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ create a template, you can use [`interactive_template`](@ref) instead.
             @warn "Plugin list contained duplicates, only the last of each type was kept"
         end
 
-        new(user, host, license, authors, dir, julia_version, ssh, plugin_dict)
+        new(user, host, license, authors, dir, julia_version, ssh, manifest, plugin_dict)
     end
 end
 
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, t::Template)
     println(io, "$spc→ Package directory: $(replace(maybe(t.dir), homedir() => "~"))")
     println(io, "$spc→ Minimum Julia version: v$(version_floor(t.julia_version))")
     println(io, "$spc→ SSH remote: $(t.ssh ? "Yes" : "No")")
+    println(io, "$spc→ Commit Manifest.toml: $(t.manifest ? "Yes" : "No")")
 
     print(io, "$spc→ Plugins:")
     if isempty(t.plugins)
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
     kwargs = Dict{Symbol, Any}()
 
     default_user = LibGit2.getconfig("github.user", "")
-    print("Enter your username [$(isempty(default_user) ? "REQUIRED" : default_user)]: ")
+    print("Username [$(isempty(default_user) ? "REQUIRED" : default_user)]: ")
     user = readline()
     kwargs[:user] = if !isempty(user)
         user
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
         "https://github.com"
     else
         default_host = "github.com"
-        print("Enter the code hosting service [$default_host]: ")
+        print("Code hosting service [$default_host]: ")
         host = readline()
         isempty(host) ? default_host : host
     end
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
     kwargs[:license] = if fast
         "MIT"
     else
-        println("Select a license:")
+        println("License:")
         io = IOBuffer()
         available_licenses(io)
         licenses = ["" => "", collect(LICENSES)...]
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
     else
         default_authors = LibGit2.getconfig("user.name", "")
         default_str = isempty(default_authors) ? "None" : default_authors
-        print("Enter the package author(s) [$default_str]: ")
+        print("Package author(s) [$default_str]: ")
         authors = readline()
         isempty(authors) ? default_authors : authors
     end
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
         Pkg.devdir()
     else
         default_dir = Pkg.devdir()
-        print("Enter the path to the package directory [$default_dir]: ")
+        print("Path to package directory [$default_dir]: ")
         dir = readline()
         isempty(dir) ? default_dir : dir
     end
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
         VERSION
     else
         default_julia_version = VERSION
-        print("Enter the minimum Julia version [$(version_floor(default_julia_version))]: ")
+        print("Mminimum Julia version [$(version_floor(default_julia_version))]: ")
         julia_version = readline()
         isempty(julia_version) ? default_julia_version : VersionNumber(julia_version)
     end
@@ -196,10 +200,17 @@ function interactive_template(; fast::Bool=false)
         false
     else
         print("Set remote to SSH? [no]: ")
-        in(uppercase(readline()), ["Y", "YES", "T", "TRUE"])
+        uppercase(readline()) in ["Y", "YES", "T", "TRUE"]
     end
 
-    println("Select plugins:")
+    kwargs[:manifest] = if fast
+        false
+    else
+        print("Commit Manifest.toml? [no]: ")
+        uppercase(readline()) in ["Y", "YES", "T", "TRUE"]
+    end
+
+    println("Plugins:")
     # Only include plugin types which have an `interactive` method.
     plugin_types = filter(t -> hasmethod(interactive, (Type{t},)), fetch(plugin_types))
     type_names = map(t -> split(string(t), ".")[end], plugin_types)
diff --git a/test/interactive/interactive.jl b/test/interactive/interactive.jl
index f520d0e..fea759f 100644
--- a/test/interactive/interactive.jl
+++ b/test/interactive/interactive.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @testset "Interactive mode" begin
     @testset "Template creation" begin
-        write(stdin.buffer, "$me\n\n\r\n\n\nd")
+        write(stdin.buffer, "$me\n\n\r\n\n\n\nd")
         t = interactive_template()
         @test t.user == me
         @test t.host == "github.com"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         end
 
         down = '\x1b' * "[B"  # Down array key.
-        write(stdin.buffer, "$me\ngitlab.com\n$down\r$me\n$test_file\n0.5\nyes\n$down\r$down\rd\n\n")
+        write(stdin.buffer, "$me\ngitlab.com\n$down\r$me\n$test_file\n0.5\nyes\nyes\n$down\r$down\rd\n\n")
         t = interactive_template()
         @test t.user == me
         @test t.host == "gitlab.com"
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         @test t.dir == abspath(test_file)
         @test t.julia_version == v"0.5.0"
         @test t.ssh
+        @test t.manifest
         # Like above, not sure which plugins this will generate.
         @test length(t.plugins) == 2
 
@@ -39,12 +40,13 @@
         @test t.dir == default_dir
         @test t.julia_version == VERSION
         @test !t.ssh
+        @test !t.manifest
         @test isempty(t.plugins)
         println()
     end
 
     @testset "Package generation" begin
-        write(stdin.buffer, "$me\n\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\nd")
+        write(stdin.buffer, "$me\n\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\nd")
         generate_interactive(test_pkg; gitconfig=gitconfig)
         @test isdir(joinpath(default_dir, test_pkg))
         rm(joinpath(default_dir, test_pkg); force=true, recursive=true)
diff --git a/test/tests.jl b/test/tests.jl
index 8d1aa67..58834d9 100644
--- a/test/tests.jl
+++ b/test/tests.jl
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ write(test_file, template_text)
     @test t.authors == LibGit2.getconfig("user.name", "")
     @test t.dir == default_dir
     @test t.julia_version == VERSION
+    @test !t.ssh
+    @test !t.manifest
     @test isempty(t.plugins)
 
     # Checking non-default field assignments.
@@ -72,6 +74,12 @@ write(test_file, template_text)
     t = Template(; user=me, julia_version=v"0.1.2")
     @test t.julia_version == v"0.1.2"
 
+    t = Template(; user=me, ssh=true)
+    @test t.ssh
+
+    t = Template(; user=me, manifest=true)
+    @test t.manifest
+
     # The template should contain whatever plugins you give it.
     t = Template(;
         user=me,
@@ -114,6 +122,7 @@ end
           → Package directory: $pkg_dir
           → Minimum Julia version: v$(PkgTemplates.version_floor())
           → SSH remote: No
+          → Commit Manifest.toml: No
           → Plugins: None
         """
     @test text == rstrip(expected)
@@ -121,6 +130,7 @@ end
         user=me,
         license="",
         ssh=true,
+        manifest=true,
         plugins=[
             TravisCI(),
             Codecov(),
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ end
           → Package directory: $pkg_dir
           → Minimum Julia version: v$(PkgTemplates.version_floor())
           → SSH remote: Yes
+          → Commit Manifest.toml: Yes
           → Plugins:
             • Codecov:
               → Config file: None
@@ -186,10 +197,7 @@ end
     gen_readme(pkg_dir, t)
     readme = readchomp(joinpath(pkg_dir, "README.md"))
     rm(joinpath(pkg_dir, "README.md"))
-    @test <(
-        something(findfirst("coveralls", readme)).start,
-        something(findfirst("baz", readme)).start,
-    )
+    @test findfirst("coveralls", readme).start < findfirst("baz", readme).start
 
     # Test the gitignore generation.
     @test gen_gitignore(pkg_dir, t) == [".gitignore"]
@@ -197,11 +205,17 @@ end
     gitignore = read(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"), String)
     rm(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"))
     @test occursin(".DS_Store", gitignore)
+    @test occursin("Manifest.toml", gitignore)
     for p in values(t.plugins)
         for entry in p.gitignore
             @test occursin(entry, gitignore)
         end
     end
+    t = Template(; user=me, manifest=true)
+    @test gen_gitignore(pkg_dir, t) == [".gitignore", "Manifest.toml"]
+    gitignore = read(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"), String)
+    @test !occursin("Manifest.toml", gitignore)
+    rm(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"))
 
     # Test the license generation.
     @test gen_license(pkg_dir, t) == ["LICENSE"]
@@ -219,7 +233,7 @@ end
     rm(joinpath(pkg_dir, "REQUIRE"))
 
     # Test the test generation.
-    @test gen_tests(pkg_dir, t) == ["Manifest.toml", "test/"]
+    @test gen_tests(pkg_dir, t) == ["test/"]
     @test isfile(joinpath(pkg_dir, "Project.toml"))
     project = read(joinpath(pkg_dir, "Project.toml"), String)
     @test occursin("[extras]\nTest = ", project)
@@ -285,6 +299,26 @@ end
     generate(test_pkg, t; gitconfig=gitconfig)
     @test isdir(joinpath(temp_dir, test_pkg))
     rm(temp_dir; recursive=true)
+
+    # Check that the Manifest.toml is not commited by default.
+    t = Template(; user=me)
+    generate(test_pkg, t; gitconfig=gitconfig)
+    @test occursin("Manifest.toml", read(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"), String))
+    # I'm not sure this is the "right" way to do this.
+    repo = GitRepo(pkg_dir)
+    idx = LibGit2.GitIndex(repo)
+    @test findall("Manifest.toml", idx) === nothing
+    rm(pkg_dir; recursive=true)
+
+    # And that it is when you tell it to be.
+    t = Template(; user=me, manifest=true)
+    generate(test_pkg, t; gitconfig=gitconfig)
+    @test !occursin("Manifest.toml", read(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".gitignore"), String))
+    # I'm not sure this is the "right" way to do this.
+    repo = GitRepo(pkg_dir)
+    idx = LibGit2.GitIndex(repo)
+    @test findall("Manifest.toml", idx) !== nothing
+    rm(pkg_dir; recursive=true)
 end
 
 @testset "Version floor" begin