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Don't template YAML, poke it

Post by YesThatTom2 » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC

Don't template YAML, poke it
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Re: Don't template YAML, poke it

Post by YesThatTom2 » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC

Poking values into your YAML or JSON files has benefits over building them with templates.

Re: Don't template YAML, poke it

Post by PaulHoule » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

YesThatTom2 wrote: post #2

Poking values into your YAML or JSON files has benefits over building them with templates.

Ouch!

Re: Don't template YAML, poke it

Post by YesThatTom2 » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #3

YesThatTom2 wrote: post #2

Poking values into your YAML or JSON files has benefits over building them with templates.

Ouch!

Oh, damn! I should have picked a name that references "you'll poke your eye out!"

Re: Don't template YAML, poke it

Post by polski-g » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC

I have a direct use for this. Very nice! Would be nice to also support list modification.

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