Feature request: Append to destination file #308

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1. rkeithhill commented on Jan 31, 2018

   

   rkeithhill

   on Jan 31, 2018

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   There is currently a modifyFile directive that is oriented around regex modifications. That could be used to append to a file I think. We could add an appendFile directive but one of the principles we've been trying to maintain is that you run the template on an existing directory and that would work reasonably well. Hence the modifyFile directive IIRC wouldn't modify a file if it detects the modifications are already in place. That said, we could allow for the same condition checking on an appendFile directive.
2. jdhitsolutions commented on Feb 1, 2018

   

   jdhitsolutions

   on Feb 1, 2018

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   I'm thinking more along the lines of when I use a template like this:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <plasterManifest
     schemaVersion="1.1"
     templateType="Item" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/PowerShell/Plaster/v1">
     <metadata>
       <name>myFunction</name>
       <id>1e3644a0-53bf-427e-8c5c-94b804343d85</id>
       <version>0.9.0</version>
       <title>myFunction</title>
       <description>Template for a PowerShell advanced function</description>
       <author>Jeff Hicks</author>
       <tags>function</tags>
     </metadata>
     <parameters>
         <parameter name='Name' type='text' prompt='Enter the name of your function.'/>
         <parameter name="ShouldProcess" type="choice" prompt="Do you need to support -WhatIf>" default='1'>
           <choice label="&amp;Yes" help="Adds SupportsShouldProcess" value="Yes" />
           <choice label="&amp;No" help="Does not add SupportsShouldProcess" value="No" />
         </parameter>
         <parameter name="Help" type="choice" prompt="Do you need comment based help?>" default='1'>
           <choice label="&amp;Yes" help="Add comment based help outline" value="Yes" />
           <choice label="&amp;No" help="Does not add comment based help" value="No" />
           </parameter>
         <parameter name="ComputerName" type="choice" prompt="Add a parameter for Computername?>" default='0'>
           <choice label="&amp;Yes" help="Adds a default parameter for computername" value="Yes" />
           <choice label="&amp;No" help="Does not include computername parameter" value="No" />
           </parameter>
     </parameters>
     <content>
         <message>&#10;&#10;Scaffolding your PowerShell function $PLASTER_PARAM_Name...&#10;&#10;&#10;</message>
         <templateFile source='template.ps1' destination='${PLASTER_PARAM_Name}.ps1'/>
         <message>Your function, '$PLASTER_PARAM_Name', has been saved to '$PLASTER_DestinationPath\$PLASTER_PARAM_Name.ps1'</message>
     </content>
   </plasterManifest>
   

   Right now if I run Invoke-Plaster 3 times to create a Get-Foo, Set-Foo and Invoke-Foo, I end up with 3 separate files where ideally I'd like to put them all in a single ps1 or psm1 file. I can probably work around this with some tooling that would create the files then merge the contents into a single file.
3. jdhitsolutions

   closed this as completedon Feb 26, 2021
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   locked and limited conversation to collaborators on Feb 26, 2021