Freshly-built project doesn't get a README.md file in project root

[geerlingguy]

My system information:

• Operating system type: macOS
• Operating system version: 10.12.1
• BLT version: 8.5.2

Output of blt doctor:

$ blt doctor
Buildfile: /Users/jeff.geerling/Sites/acquia/site/vendor/acquia/blt/phing/build.xml

blt > doctor:

Changed current directory to /home/vagrant/.composer
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Property             | Value                                                                           |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| %paths               |                                                                                 |
|  - %root             | /var/www/site/docroot                                                         |
|  - %site             | sites/default                                                                   |
|  - %modules          | modules                                                                         |
|  - %themes           | themes                                                                          |
|  - %config-sync      | /var/www/site/config/default                                                  |
|  - %files            | sites/default/files                                                             |
|  - %private          | /var/www/site/files-private                                                   |
|  - %temp             | /tmp                                                                            |
| admin-theme          | seven                                                                           |
| blt-version          | 8.5.2                                                                           |
| bootstrap            | Successful                                                                      |
| config-sync          | /var/www/site/config/default                                                  |
| db-driver            | mysql                                                                           |
| db-hostname          | localhost                                                                       |
| db-name              | drupal                                                                          |
| db-password          | drupal                                                                          |
| db-port              | 3306                                                                            |
| db-username          | drupal                                                                          |
| drupal-settings-file | sites/default/settings.php                                                      |
| drupal-version       | 8.2.3                                                                           |
| drush-alias-files    | /var/www/site/docroot/../drush/site-aliases/aliases.drushrc.php               |
|                      | /var/www/site/docroot/../drush/site-aliases/example.acsf.aliases.drushrc.php  |
|                      | /var/www/site/docroot/../drush/site-aliases/example.local.aliases.drushrc.php |
| drush-conf           | /var/www/site/drush/drushrc.php                                               |
| drush-script         | /var/www/site/vendor/drush/drush/drush.php                                    |
| drush-temp           | /tmp                                                                            |
| drush-version        | 9.0.0-alpha1                                                                    |
| files                | sites/default/files                                                             |
| install-profile      | lightning                                                                       |
| local-drushrc        | /var/www/site/docroot/sites/default/local.drushrc.php                         |
| local-settings       | /var/www/site/docroot/sites/default/settings/local.settings.php               |
| modules              | modules                                                                         |
| php-bin              | /usr/bin/php                                                                    |
| php-conf             | /etc/php/5.6/cli/php.ini                                                        |
| php-os               | Linux                                                                           |
| private              | /var/www/site/files-private                                                   |
| root                 | /var/www/site/docroot                                                         |
| site                 | sites/default                                                                   |
| temp                 | /tmp                                                                            |
| theme                | bartik                                                                          |
| themes               | themes                                                                          |
| uri                  | http://local.site.com                                                         |
| user                 |                                                                                 |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Check                    | Outcome                                                                          |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| checkDocrootExists       | Found docroot.                                                                   |
| checkCoreExists          | Drupal core exists                                                               |
| checkSettingsFile        | BLT settings are included in settings file.                                      |
| checkLocalSettingsFile   | Found your local settings file.                                                  |
| checkLocalDrushFile      | Found your local drush settings file.                                            |
| checkUri                 | $options['uri'] is set.                                                          |
| checkUriResponse         | Received a response from site http://local.site.com.                           |
| checkFileSystem:%files   | Public files directory is writable.                                              |
| checkFileSystem:%private | Private files directory is writable.                                             |
| checkFileSystem:%temp    | Temporary files directory is writable.                                           |
| checkDbConnection        | Connected to database.                                                           |
| checkDrupalBootstrapped  | Bootstrapped Drupal via drush.                                                   |
| checkDrupalInstalled     | Drupal is installed.                                                             |
| checkCaching:page        | Drupal cache is disabled.                                                        |
| checkCaching:css         | CSS preprocessing is disabled.                                                   |
| checkCaching:js          | JS preprocessing is disabled.                                                    |
| checkNvmExists           | NVM does not exist.                                                              |
|                          |                                                                                  |
|                          | It is recommended that you use NVM to manage multiple versions of NodeJS on one  |
|                          | machine.                                                                         |
|                          | Instructions for installing NVM can be found at:                                 |
|                          |   https://github.com/creationix/nvm#installation                                 |
| checkComposer:require    | acquia/blt is in composer.json's require object.                                 |
| checkComposer:plugins    | hirak/prestissimo plugin for composer is installed.                              |
| checkBehat:exists        | Behat local settings file exists.                                                |
| checkBehat:root          | You have DrupalVM initialized, but drupal_root in tests/behat/local.yml does not |
|                          | reference the DrupalVM docroot.                                                  |
|                          |   Behat drupal_root is /Users/jeff.geerling/Sites/acquia/site/docroot.         |
|                          |   To resolve, remove tests/behat/local.yml, ssh into the VM, and run blt         |
|                          | setup:behat.                                                                     |
| checkProjectYml:keys     | project.yml has no deprecated keys.                                              |
| checkAcsfConfig          | BLT settings are included in your pre-settings-php include.                      |
| checkDrupalVm:alias      | drush.aliases.local exists your drush aliases file.                              |
| checkDrupalVm            | Drupal VM is configured correctly.                                               |
| checkPhpDateTimezone     | PHP setting for date.timezone is correctly set                                   |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

When I run this command:

composer create-project acquia/blt-project MY_PROJECT --no-interaction

The generated project doesn't contain a README.md file.

It looks like this file (https://github.com/acquia/blt/blob/8.x/template/README.md) is supposed to be copied over, but it never makes it :(

[grasmash]

I believe this has been addressed by #913