--append mode should discover previous generated resource names

[hguy]

I succesfuly generate tf files from a ressource group then i tried to include afterward some containers using a "query --recursive --append" but the default naming rule restart at "0" which make import collid.

How to use --append and ensuring new resources stack in the main.tf without name collision ?
How to force an "resource override recursive" ?

[magodo]

@hguy In this case, you can use --name-pattern/-p to specify the pattern to something other than res-* to avoid name collision. Currently, aztfy is not smart enough to start the index of * from what is left in the state file.

[hguy]

@hguy In this case, you can use --name-pattern/-p to specify the pattern to something other than res-* to avoid name collision. Currently, aztfy is not smart enough to start the index of * from what is left in the state file.

Thank you for that tip.
It could be very useful to add these params in addition to --name-pattern.

--name-startindex #default `0`
--append-main #default `false`, require `--append`. If `true` append HCL to `main.tf`, append to `main.aztfy.tf` otherwise.

[magodo]

--append-main is not necessary as users can always append the content of main.aztfy.tf to main.tf by themselves.

--name-pattern-start-index is what I've also thought about :)