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Expandable Buildkite Plugin

A Buildkite plugin to expand properties in files with values.

Example

Expand a property in a file

steps:
  - plugins:
      - xwlee/expandable#v1.0.0:
          files:
            - /path/to/file/config.josn
          properties:
            LOG_LEVEL: error # string value

In your code, add the property surrounded by %property%

{
  "baseUrl": "https://example.com",
  "log_level": "%LOG_LEVEL%"
}

Expand properties in a file with env values

You can use ENV. to specify an env value

steps:
  - plugins:
      - xwlee/expandable#v1.0.0:
          files:
            - /path/to/file/config.json
          properties:
            HIRER_LOGIN_ID: ENV.login_id # env value
            HIRER_PASSWORD: ENV.password # env value

In your code, add the properties surrounded by %property%

{
  "baseUrl": "https://example.com",
  "loginID": "%HIRER_LOGIN_ID%",
  "password": "%HIRER_PASSWORD%"
}

Expand properties in all files in a directory

You can also specify the directory to expand

steps:
  - plugins:
      - xwlee/expandable#v1.0.0:
          directories:
            - /path/config
          properties:
            LOG_LEVEL: error # string value

License

MIT (see LICENSE)

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