Dynamic answer file naming

[nilsdebruin]

Hi all!

It is possible to define an answer file in the copier.yml like for example:

_answers_file: .copier-answers-copier-template.yml

It would be really nice if this could be extended with a dynamic value that you could set as a jinja variable like this:

_answers_file: .copier-answers-copier-template-{{module_name}}.yml

Where module_name is an answer you can give in copier.yml like:

module_name:
  type: str

This would make It possible to create multiple instances of a template in the same structure like:

root_level/{{module_name_1}}
root_level/{{module_name_2}}

This would create two answer files:

.copier-answers-copier-template-module_name_1.yml
.copier-answers-copier-template-module_name_2.yml

These template instances could then be updated based on these answer files.

[yajo]

Can't that be done already?

[nilsdebruin]

That would be great, but unfortunately when I implement this, the answer file will be named .copier-answers-copier-template-{{module_name}}.yml without the module_name which you supply. Am I missing something? Thanks for taking the time to answer and looking into this!

[yajo]

Then that's probably a bug because other options let you do that. I'll convert this to issue for you, so you can track it there (or fix it! 😜).

Thanks!

[nilsdebruin]

Great thanks @yajo!

[nilsdebruin]

This has been fixed in pull request: #1027 I have validated that this works as expected, @icj217 and @yajo thanks for fixing this!

[nilsdebruin]

Has been fixed