hashicorp/packer

Allow include/exclude for file provisioner

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#9,671 opened on Jul 29, 2020

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Description

It seems #1811 was closed as won't fix for....no other reason than it would be confusing.

This is a misstep as having that functionality would severely improve the usability of the file provisioner, without having to have multiple steps or convoluted shell/powershell code to clean up after it.

Please consider adding this feature.

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Research direction
Examine the file provisioner implementation in Packer, review the discussion in issue #1811, and propose an include/exclude mechanism using Go's filepath.Match or similar.
Tech stack
go
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Stale
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Clear
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GoGit
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50