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User's JSON parse error causes ugly Python exception #809

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  • Cookiecutter version: 1.4.0
  • Template project url: all
  • Python version: 3.5.2
  • Operating System: Windows 10

Description:

  1. Create a subtly malformed .json file in a project directory
  2. Run cookiecutter on that project
  3. Observe your eyes glazing over as a huge python exception comes out of it.

Expected results: Succinct user facing error message with descriptive parse error.

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