symlinks? submodules? both would work transparent to both devs and the deployment.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Brian Jones <caneri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Where should I locate files that Ansible template steps need? My developers > want to locate the files next to their Java code. I want the template files > located in the Ansible source repository under the roles/name/templates > directories. If we optimize for developers, then when I deploy, I'll need to > checkout both the Ansible code and any git repositories containing > templates, which seems brittle. Say I have a tomcat application and I want > to deliver property files and config files for my application. The > developers want these files to live next to their java code, not next to the > Ansible code. > > A - Templates next to the code: > > app1 (developers for app1 just work here) > +--- templates somewhere in the tree next to the java code > > app2 (developers for app2 just work here) > +--- templates somewhere in the tree next to the java code > > Ansible > roles > some-role-that-uses-templates > references app1 files via path > some-other-role-that-uses-templates > references app2 files via path > > RESULT: > * Developers like where templates are > * Deployment process does not like where templates are. All 3 repositories > have to be checked out to deploy. > > > B - Templates next to Ansible code: > > app1 > > app2 > > Ansible > roles > some-role-that-uses-templates > templates for app1 here > some-other-role-that-uses-templates > templates for app2 here > > RESULT: > * Developers not happy because they have to edit two locations (app# + > Ansible), and create two commits to modify code/deployment > * Deployment process is simplified, only checkout Ansible repository. > > Or is there some third better way of doing this that I'm not aware of? > > Brian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/ab4f494f-05fb-4ca8-ad25-916e0b88ab78%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Brian Coca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAJ5XC8k4p%3D5O%2B-wJ1Dw9AA9mZ5v_-r-GdqK6mZhUSB_iGvbuOg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
