feat(cli): --all flag to select all stacks

packages/aws-cdk/README.md

@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ currently deployed stack to the template and tags that are about to be deployed
 will skip deployment if they are identical. Use `--force` to override this behavior
 and always deploy the stack.
 
+##### Deploying multiple stacks
+
+You can have multiple stacks in a cdk app. An example can be found in [how to create multiple stacks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/stack_how_to_create_multiple_stacks.html).
+
+In order to deploy them, you can list the stacks you want to deploy.
+
+If you want to deploy all of them, you can use the flag `--all` or the wildcard `*` to deploy all stacks in an app. 
+
 ##### Parameters
 
 Pass parameters to your template during deployment by using `--parameters

packages/aws-cdk/bin/cdk.ts

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ async function parseCommandLineArguments() {
     .option('verbose', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'v', desc: 'Show debug logs (specify multiple times to increase verbosity)', default: false })
     .count('verbose')
     .option('profile', { type: 'string', desc: 'Use the indicated AWS profile as the default environment', requiresArg: true })
-    .option('proxy', { type: 'string', desc: 'Use the indicated proxy. Will read from HTTPS_PROXY environment variable if not specified.', requiresArg: true })
-    .option('ca-bundle-path', { type: 'string', desc: 'Path to CA certificate to use when validating HTTPS requests. Will read from AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable if not specified.', requiresArg: true })
-    .option('ec2creds', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'i', default: undefined, desc: 'Force trying to fetch EC2 instance credentials. Default: guess EC2 instance status.' })
+    .option('proxy', { type: 'string', desc: 'Use the indicated proxy. Will read from HTTPS_PROXY environment variable if not specified', requiresArg: true })
+    .option('ca-bundle-path', { type: 'string', desc: 'Path to CA certificate to use when validating HTTPS requests. Will read from AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable if not specified', requiresArg: true })
+    .option('ec2creds', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'i', default: undefined, desc: 'Force trying to fetch EC2 instance credentials. Default: guess EC2 instance status' })
     .option('version-reporting', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Include the "AWS::CDK::Metadata" resource in synthesized templates (enabled by default)', default: undefined })
     .option('path-metadata', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Include "aws:cdk:path" CloudFormation metadata for each resource (enabled by default)', default: true })
     .option('asset-metadata', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Include "aws:asset:*" CloudFormation metadata for resources that user assets (enabled by default)', default: true })
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ async function parseCommandLineArguments() {
       .option('cloudformation-execution-policies', { type: 'array', desc: 'The Managed Policy ARNs that should be attached to the role performing deployments into this environment (may be repeated, modern bootstrapping only)', default: [], nargs: 1, requiresArg: true })
       .option('force', { alias: 'f', type: 'boolean', desc: 'Always bootstrap even if it would downgrade template version', default: false })
       .option('termination-protection', { type: 'boolean', default: undefined, desc: 'Toggle CloudFormation termination protection on the bootstrap stacks' })
-      .option('show-template', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Instead of actual bootstrapping, print the current CLI\'s bootstrapping template to stdout for customization.', default: false })
-      .option('template', { type: 'string', requiresArg: true, desc: 'Use the template from the given file instead of the built-in one (use --show-template to obtain an example).' }),
+      .option('show-template', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Instead of actual bootstrapping, print the current CLI\'s bootstrapping template to stdout for customization', default: false })
+      .option('template', { type: 'string', requiresArg: true, desc: 'Use the template from the given file instead of the built-in one (use --show-template to obtain an example)' }),
     )
     .command('deploy [STACKS..]', 'Deploys the stack(s) named STACKS into your AWS account', yargs => yargs
-      .option('build-exclude', { type: 'array', alias: 'E', nargs: 1, desc: 'Do not rebuild asset with the given ID. Can be specified multiple times.', default: [] })
+      .option('all', { type: 'boolean', default: false, desc: 'Deploy all available stacks' })
+      .option('build-exclude', { type: 'array', alias: 'E', nargs: 1, desc: 'Do not rebuild asset with the given ID. Can be specified multiple times', default: [] })
       .option('exclusively', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'e', desc: 'Only deploy requested stacks, don\'t include dependencies' })
       .option('require-approval', { type: 'string', choices: [RequireApproval.Never, RequireApproval.AnyChange, RequireApproval.Broadening], desc: 'What security-sensitive changes need manual approval' })
       .option('ci', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Force CI detection', default: process.env.CI !== undefined })
@@ -95,9 +96,10 @@ async function parseCommandLineArguments() {
       .option('parameters', { type: 'array', desc: 'Additional parameters passed to CloudFormation at deploy time (STACK:KEY=VALUE)', nargs: 1, requiresArg: true, default: {} })
       .option('outputs-file', { type: 'string', alias: 'O', desc: 'Path to file where stack outputs will be written as JSON', requiresArg: true })
       .option('previous-parameters', { type: 'boolean', default: true, desc: 'Use previous values for existing parameters (you must specify all parameters on every deployment if this is disabled)' })
-      .option('progress', { type: 'string', choices: [StackActivityProgress.BAR, StackActivityProgress.EVENTS], desc: 'Display mode for stack activity events.' }),
+      .option('progress', { type: 'string', choices: [StackActivityProgress.BAR, StackActivityProgress.EVENTS], desc: 'Display mode for stack activity events' }),
     )
     .command('destroy [STACKS..]', 'Destroy the stack(s) named STACKS', yargs => yargs
+      .option('all', { type: 'boolean', default: false, desc: 'Destroy all available stacks' })
       .option('exclusively', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'e', desc: 'Only destroy requested stacks, don\'t include dependees' })
       .option('force', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'f', desc: 'Do not ask for confirmation before destroying the stacks' }))
     .command('diff [STACKS..]', 'Compares the specified stack with the deployed stack or a local template file, and returns with status 1 if any difference is found', yargs => yargs
@@ -210,9 +212,14 @@ async function initCommandLine() {
     const toolkitStackName: string = ToolkitInfo.determineName(configuration.settings.get(['toolkitStackName']));
     debug(`Toolkit stack: ${colors.bold(toolkitStackName)}`);
 
+    if (args.all && args.STACKS) {
+      throw new Error('You must either specify a list of Stacks or the `--all` argument');
+    }
+
     args.STACKS = args.STACKS || [];
     args.ENVIRONMENTS = args.ENVIRONMENTS || [];
 
+    const stacks = (args.all) ? ['*'] : args.STACKS;
     const cli = new CdkToolkit({
       cloudExecutable,
       cloudFormation,
@@ -292,7 +299,7 @@ async function initCommandLine() {
           }
         }
         return cli.deploy({
-          stackNames: args.STACKS,
+          stackNames: stacks,
           exclusively: args.exclusively,
           toolkitStackName,
           roleArn: args.roleArn,
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ async function initCommandLine() {
 
       case 'destroy':
         return cli.destroy({
-          stackNames: args.STACKS,
+          stackNames: stacks,
           exclusively: args.exclusively,
           force: args.force,
           roleArn: args.roleArn,

packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/cxapp/cloud-assembly.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
           if (stacks.length === 1) {
             return new StackCollection(this, stacks);
           } else {
-            throw new Error('Since this app includes more than a single stack, specify which stacks to use (wildcards are supported)\n' +
+            throw new Error('Since this app includes more than a single stack, specify which stacks to use (wildcards are supported) or specify `--all`\n' +
               `Stacks: ${stacks.map(x => x.id).join(' ')}`);
           }
         default:

packages/aws-cdk/test/api/cloud-assembly.test.ts

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test('select behavior: single', async () => {
 
   // WHEN
   await expect(cxasm.selectStacks([], { defaultBehavior: DefaultSelection.OnlySingle }))
-    .rejects.toThrow('Since this app includes more than a single stack, specify which stacks to use (wildcards are supported)');
+    .rejects.toThrow('Since this app includes more than a single stack, specify which stacks to use (wildcards are supported) or specify `--all`');
 });
 
 test('select behavior: repeat', async () => {

packages/aws-cdk/test/cdk-toolkit.test.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ describe('deploy', () => {
       await toolkit.deploy({ stackNames: ['Test-Stack-A', 'Test-Stack-B'] });
     });
 
+    test('with one stack specified', async () => {
+      // GIVEN
+      const toolkit = defaultToolkitSetup();
+
+      // WHEN
+      await toolkit.deploy({ stackNames: ['Test-Stack-A'] });
+    });
+
+    test('with stacks all stacks specified as wildcard', async () => {
+      // GIVEN
+      const toolkit = defaultToolkitSetup();
+
+      // WHEN
+      await toolkit.deploy({ stackNames: ['*'] });
+    });
+
     test('with sns notification arns', async () => {
       // GIVEN
       const notificationArns = ['arn:aws:sns:::cfn-notifications', 'arn:aws:sns:::my-cool-topic'];