Level 15: template copying becomes an action plugin in targets¶
With .moban.yml, you can copy templates to your destination. More information is documented in misc-1-copying-template.
Explicit syntax:
targets:
- output: explicit
template: template_file
template_type: copy
Implicit syntax:
targets:
- output: explicit
template: template_file.copy
Shorthand syntax:
targets:
- explicit: template_file.copy
No implicit nor short hand syntax for the following directory copying unless you take a look at force-template-type. When you read level-17-force-template-type-from-moban-file/README.rst, you will find out more.
Directory copying syntax:
targets:
- output: dest-dir
template: source-dir
template_type: copy
Recursive directory copying syntax:
targets:
- output: dest-dir
template: source-dir/**
template_type: copy
Evaluation¶
Here is example moban file for copying:
configuration:
template_dir:
- template-sources
targets:
- output: simple.file.copy
template: file-in-template-sources-folder.txt
template_type: copy
- output: target_without_template_type
template: file_extension_will_trigger.copy
- target_in_short_form: as_long_as_this_one_has.copy
- output: "misc-1-copying/can-create-folder/if-not-exists.txt"
template: file-in-template-sources-folder.txt
template_type: copy
- output: "test-dir"
template: dir-for-copying
template_type: copy
- output: "test-recursive-dir"
template: dir-for-recusive-copying/**
template_type: copy
template copy does:
- copies any template inside pre-declared template directory to anywhere. moban will create directory if needed.
- copies any directory to anywhere. If “**” is followed, moban attempts to do recursive copying.