Is it possible to use rendered template files as a source to nfpm contents?

[ryancurrah]

I would like to use the new https://goreleaser.com/customization/templatefiles/ feature to provide rendered files to the nfpms[0].contents section. Where the src would be a rendered file from a template. Is it possible to do that? This would help us reduce a lot of manual editing of nfpm scripts.

nfpms:
    - id: widgetmaker-service-deb
      contents:
        - src: '.packaging/systemd_starter.sh'
          dst: '/opt/acme/bin/systemd_starter.sh'
        - src: '.packaging/systemd_unit.service'
          dst: '/opt/acme/etc/{{.Binary}}.service'

[caarlos0]

not at this moment, but I plan to make it available directly into some pipes, e.g.:

nfpms:
    - id: widgetmaker-service-deb
      contents:
        - src_template_file: '.packaging/systemd_starter.sh.tpl'
          dst: '/opt/acme/bin/systemd_starter.sh'

# or:
      template_contents:
        - src: '.packaging/systemd_unit.service.tpl'
          dst: '/opt/acme/etc/{{.Binary}}.service'

that was my idea, at least. Any thoughts?

[caarlos0]

oh, the dockerfile contents itself not at the moment, sounds like something nice to add though 🤔

[caarlos0]

#4166

[ryancurrah]

@caarlos0 are we able to template scripts as well?

scripts:
  preinstall: "scripts/preinstall.sh"
  postinstall: "scripts/postinstall.sh"
  preremove: "scripts/preremove.sh"
  postremove: "scripts/postremove.sh"

[caarlos0]

their contents? nope, will add it too!

[caarlos0]

yes! use templated_scripts instead https://goreleaser.com/customization/nfpm/