Explain `[ path ...]` about consulator

[lewispeckover]

If a path is specified, file extensions are used to determine the format.
If reading from stdin, you need to specify the format.

This way you can simply point consulator at a file/directory, or, you can just pipe to it directly from a git archive or curl .. or whatever.

[prologic]

So to be clear; the following are exactly equivalent:

$ cat foo.yaml | consulator import -yaml

and:

$ consulator import foo.yaml

?

As well as for example:

$ mkdir -p foo
$ cat > foo/foo.yaml <<EOF
foo: bar
EOH
$ consulator import ./foo/

[lewispeckover]

Mostly :)

When you specify a directory rather than a specific file, the relative paths of files within it are used as part of the resulting key names.

For example, given a directory structure like this:
./abc/def/xyz.yaml
with xyz.yaml containing foo: bar

consulator import ./ would result in a key path of "abc/def/xyz/foo: bar
consulator import ./abc would result in a key path of "def/xyz/foo: bar

For your examples, the first two would have a key path of just foo: bar whereas the last one would end up as foo/foo: bar due to the foo.yaml filename.

consulator dump is useful for testing things like this without polluting or needing to run consul.

[prologic]

Got it! Thanks!

On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 16:28, Lewis Peckover ***@***.***> wrote: Mostly :) When you specify a directory rather than a specific file, the relative paths of files within it are used as part of the resulting key names. For example, given a directory structure like this: ./abc/def/xyz.yaml with xyz.yaml containing foo: bar consulator import ./ would result in a key path of "abc/def/xyz/foo: bar consulator import ./abc would result in a key path of "def/xyz/foo: bar For your examples, the first two would have a key path of just foo: bar whereas the last one would end up as foo/foo: bar due to the foo.yaml filename. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#10?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAJ276T5U7YDE24SC6JKN2TP5GPYNA5CNFSM4H4OMHM2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGODY5DY2Q#issuecomment-507133034>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAJ276X2RB3Y6FNHXGKGFB3P5GPYNANCNFSM4H4OMHMQ> .

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