Merge pull request #166 from Tecnativa/fix-custom-answers-file-cli

Fix --answers-file
copier-org · Mar 25, 2020 · 7049a62 · 7049a62
2 parents de5a1ec + 58210e6
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diff --git a/copier/cli.py b/copier/cli.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class CopierApp(cli.Application):
     CALL_MAIN_IF_NESTED_COMMAND = False
     data: AnyByStrDict = {}
 
-    answers_file = cli.Flag(
+    answers_file = cli.SwitchAttr(
         ["-a", "--answers-file"],
         default=None,
         help=(

diff --git a/tests/demo_simple/[[ _copier_conf.answers_file ]].tmpl b/tests/demo_simple/[[ _copier_conf.answers_file ]].tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
+[[ _copier_answers|to_nice_yaml ]]
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import yaml
 from plumbum.cmd import copier as copier_cmd
 
 from copier.cli import CopierApp
@@ -8,12 +9,17 @@
 
 
 def test_good_cli_run(dst):
-    run_result = CopierApp.run(["--quiet", str(SIMPLE_DEMO_PATH), str(dst)], exit=False)
+    run_result = CopierApp.run(
+        ["--quiet", "-a", "altered-answers.yml", str(SIMPLE_DEMO_PATH), str(dst)],
+        exit=False,
+    )
     a_txt = dst / "a.txt"
     assert run_result[1] == 0
     assert a_txt.exists()
     assert a_txt.is_file()
     assert a_txt.read_text().strip() == "EXAMPLE_CONTENT"
+    answers = yaml.safe_load((dst / "altered-answers.yml").read_text())
+    assert answers["_src_path"] == str(SIMPLE_DEMO_PATH)
 
 
 def test_help():
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		# Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
		[[ _copier_answers\|to_nice_yaml ]]