Overriding DEFAULT_EXCLUDE list

[rszamszur]

I was wondering if there is a way to override DEFAULT_EXCLUDE list? Otherwise, if you are interested in such "feature" I could try to prepare a contribution for this.

copier/copier/template.py

Lines 42 to 51 in 5ec47d9

	DEFAULT_EXCLUDE: Tuple[str, ...] = (
	"copier.yaml",
	"copier.yml",
	"~*",
	"*.py[co]",
	"__pycache__",
	".git",
	".DS_Store",
	".svn",
	)

Long story short: I have a copier template that generates copier templates, and now copier.yml being by default excluded requires some workarounds. Currently, I just name copier.yml as copier.ym.keep and rename it in the task stage. It works, but there is a limiting factor of using mv coreutil to rename it.

Core codebase: https://github.com/fastapi-mvc/fastapi-mvc
Generator template: https://github.com/fastapi-mvc/copier-generator

I think with copier being a superb tool for templating and scaffolding, it might be of interest for some people to use it for metaprogramming as well (in this case generating templates from templates).

Have a good one!

[yajo]

Hi there! Thanks for your initiative and good comments. I'm happy to help others with this project ❤️

I never designed it for metaprogramming, but indeed it should be perfectly possible.

It seems to me like all you need to do is define a valid exclude option in your main template.

When exclusions are defined in the template, the default is not used.

Would that work for you?

[rszamszur]

Yes, definitely.