Inject multiple times to the same file

[GuyPie]

When trying to inject multiple times to the same file, only one of the injections applies.

[jondot]

Hi! currently this is by design. Multiple different injections require multiple different files. If you have a ton of injections, which make up most of the content of a file, consider rebuilding the entire file with generators each time.

[GuyPie]

That was fast! Unfortunately re-generating the entire file isn't possible for me, specifically what I'm trying to do is add an import to a file and then use that import, so I need to insert two non-consecutive lines, but I don't want the rest of the file to change, nor can I tell what its current content is.

[tobmaster]

@GuyPie You can write multiple template files that target the same file but different before/after locations.
e.g:
01_inject_a_file.txt

---
to: path/to/file.txt
inject: true
after: LOCATION_A
---
first injection

02_inject_b_file.txt

---
to: path/to/file.txt
inject: true
after: LOCATION_B
---
second injection

That way you should be able to achive your goal while separating the different "concerns".

Hope it helps

[GuyPie]

Thanks @tobmaster, but that's exactly what I tried initially and it doesn't work - what ends up happening is only one the injections takes effect.

[tobmaster]

Oh, I thought I tried that before. Then sorry for misleading you. I will retry it

[tobmaster]

I retried it successfully in hygen 1.4.8 with this:
https://gist.github.com/tobmaster/8489f1b0a850216c73c2619144a69e90

It produced in some/target.txt

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- Maria

Have you checked the regex for insertion?

[GuyPie]

You're right! I had a skip_if that stopped it from working. Sorry, closing this.