`{% extends %}` Tag

signals that the template extends a parent template.

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Argument(s): parent_template
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Signals that the template extends a parent template.

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The parent template marks its overridable regions with block tags; extending gives you those blocks to fill in.

This is well documented under Template Inheritance in the official documentation.

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