Make it possible to run multiple templates in one run

[frenzymadness]

Possibilities

• folder with templates
• globbing (on shell side - multiple CLI arguments) or Python side (expanding single argument containing some special char)
• multiple templates in one yaml file

[mcurlej]

Have a identificator for template files which need to be run together, something like a group_id and also and order property which template files should be run first. Both should be optional.

[mcurlej]

1. use case when we are running templates without group_id and order:

• templates are ordered in alphabetical order and run one after each other.
• if there is a mix of templates with order property and without first the ordered templates will be run according to the set order and then the unordered in alphabetical order one after each other.

[mcurlej]

2. use case when running with a group_id:

• if only one group_id is present and all templates are in one group. They will be run according to a order property.
• If there is a template without order property inside the group the unordered templates will be run last in alphabetical order in the group.
• if there are multiple group_id they will be ordered in alphabetical order and run one after each other. Each template inside the group will be run according to the order property. If a template inside a group does not have a order property, it will be run in alphabetical order last in the group.
• If there are some template without group_id they will be run after all the groups execute. They will run as defined in use case 1.

[mcurlej]

3. CLI argument --templates which will consume multiple file names as arguments. The order will be defined by the user, how he adds the filenames to the --teamplates argument.

$ joft run --templates file1.yaml file2.yaml ... filen.yaml

[mcurlej]

WDYT? @frenzymadness

[mcurlej]

4. CLI argument --dir <dir_of_template_file_path>. It will load a whole directory of teamplates and run them.

[frenzymadness]

I'd start with something simple like the option 3 for running multiple templates in the order specified by the order of the filenames on CLI.