_copy_without_render does not work properly

[rdvansloten]

• Cookiecutter version: 2.1.1
• Template project url: Private
• Python version: 3.10.9
• Operating System: MacOS

Description:

I have a Terraform Docs file inside my {{cookiecutter.module_name}} folder with this content;

formatter: markdown table

sort:
  enabled: true
  by: required

output:
  file: README.md
  mode: inject
  template: |-
    [//]: # (BEGIN_TF_DOCS)
    {{ .Content }}
    
    [//]: # (END_TF_DOCS)

And cookiecutter does not handle the {{ .Content }} line.

What I've run:

"_copy_without_render": [
    "{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/.terraform-docs.yml"
]

"_copy_without_render": [
    "*/.terraform-docs.yml"
]

"_copy_without_render": [
    ".terraform-docs.yml"
]

Thinking maybe the leading period matters, I renamed the file, also did not work:
"_copy_without_render": [
    "terraform-docs.yml"
]

I have also tried wrapping it, to no avail: ${{ "{{" }} .Content {{ "}}" }}

When using _copy_without_render:

  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 936, in handle_exception
    raise rewrite_traceback_stack(source=source)
  File "terraform-docs.yml", line 12, in template
jinja2.exceptions.TemplateSyntaxError: unexpected '.'
  File "terraform-docs.yml", line 12
    {{ .Content }}

When wrapping in multiple brackets:

Unable to create file 'pipelines/terraform-docs.yml'
Error message: 'parameters' is undefined
Context: {
    "cookiecutter": {
        "_copy_without_render": [
            "{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/.terraform-docs.yml"
        ],

[matt-horwood-mayden]

• Cookiecutter version: 2.3.1
• Template project url: Private
• Python version: 3.10.13
• Operating System: MacOS

This is still a bug, how do we get it fixed please

[padraic-padraic]

I've been using _copy_without_render myself; the paths you specify are actually relative to the template directory, so you don't need the {{cookiecutter.module_name}}/ there!

[matt-horwood-mayden]

I tryied with and without, this is the config I have that doesnt work

    "_copy_without_render": [
      "*/create.yml",
      "*/destroy.yml"
    ]

[maurczz]

I was having the same issue and had to debug the source code to understand what was happening. This is the line that checks if the path you have in _copy_without_render matches the path that cookiecutter is parsing from your template.

I'd advise you to just add a breakpoint() in there to check why your paths were not properly excluded from the rendering process. I was going a bit insane but in my case it was totally my fault due to a malformed path. Worth noting that I'm not saying it's your fault either; just trying to help.