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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def cookiecutter(template, checkout=None, no_input=False, extra_context=None):
 """ Replacement for cookiecutter's own cookiecutter. The difference with cookiecutter's cookiecutter function is that this one doesn't automatically str() all the values passed along to the template. :param template: A directory containing a project template directory, or a URL to a git repository. :param checkout: The branch, tag or commit ID to checkout after clone. :param no_input: Prompt the user at command line for manual configuration? :param extra_context: A dictionary of context that overrides default and user configuration. """


    # Get user config from ~/.cookiecutterrc or equivalent
    # If no config file, sensible defaults from config.DEFAULT_CONFIG are used
    config_dict = get_user_config()

    template = expand_abbreviations(template, config_dict)

    # TODO: find a better way to tell if it's a repo URL
    if 'git@' in template or 'https://' in template:
        repo_dir = clone(
            repo_url=template,
            checkout=checkout,
            clone_to_dir=config_dict['cookiecutters_dir'],
            no_input=no_input
        )
    else:
        # If it's a local repo, no need to clone or copy to your
        # cookiecutters_dir
        repo_dir = template

    context_file = os.path.join(repo_dir, 'cookiecutter.json')
    logging.debug('context_file is {0}'.format(context_file))

    context = generate_context(
        context_file=context_file,
        default_context=config_dict['default_context'],
        extra_context=extra_context,
    )

    # Create project from local context and project template.
    generate_files(
        repo_dir=repo_dir,
        context=context
    )