Can files/folders be created in a loop?

[zedlander1000]

Say I have a question:

Enter a list of directory names:
input: ['dir1', 'dir2', 'dir3']

How could I loop through that list and create a directory for each name?
For example:
I have the src directory and within the src directory, I want to create dir1, dir2, and dir3.

[% for dir in dir_names %][[dir]][% endfor %]

The above jinja simply just concatenates the names into a single directory.
There either is some mechanism i am not aware of, or this simply is not possible.

If this is not possible, this would be a wonderful feature to have, though I assume there are many design questions that need to be answered in order to make that work. Otherwise, would this be possible with jinja extensions?

[pawamoy]

That's indeed not possible right now. It would be complicated to design and implement I think. You would typically use tasks to handle this use-case.

[zedlander1000]

Could copier (or its users with a custom jinja extension) potentially create a custom Jinja tag to handle this?
i.e.

[% createfor <dir or file name> in <list of names> %]...[% endcreatefor %]

I'm sure it is probably a lot less simple than adding a custom tag since the loop would have to respect subdirs and child files.

[yajo]

Possibly you'll be able to achieve what you want with a bit of creativity and the proposed solution of tasks.

If so, please share around here, to help others 😃