Run copier in task

[tpluscode]

Hi. I. have this app template, which in a task run copier copy of a "api" template. Possibly multiple times, based on answers.

Right now that is a .copier/generate_apis.sh script, executed in a task

tasks:
  - "sh .copier/generate_apis.sh"

How would I run copier directly, using python and not default shell in the task?

Alternatively, change .sh.jinja into .py.jinja. We tried this task:

tasks:
  - ["{{ _copier_python }}", '.copier/generate_apis.py']

but this way, the output was

> Running task 2 of 3: ['',  '.copier/_generate_apis.py']

Maybe _copier_python is not yet available in 6.0.0a9?

[yajo]

Maybe _copier_python is not yet available in 6.0.0a9?

Yep. Try v6.0.0b0, released today.

[tpluscode]

Awesome. Works like a charm

[tpluscode]

A quick follow-up question. Is it possible to reference scripts from the template repo and not the generated repo?

See, in our setup the .copier dir is part of the generated output which we then delete. Would be nice if it never made it to the generated dir

[yajo]

Yes, see this: https://github.com/Tecnativa/doodba-copier-template/blob/38970f25cbeab810a273d7e5dade36f50c965976/copier.yml#L51