Is it possible to skip chosen parameters from cookiecutter.json?

Question

I'm wondering, if it's possible to skip prompt for chosen parameters in cookiecutter.json based on value of other parameter? For example for cookiecutter.json:

{
  "ask_for_more": ["y", "n"],
  "some_parameter": "test"
}

I'd like to skip prompt for some_parameter if the answer to ask_for_more was n.

Is it possible ?

What prompt are you talking about? Also what have you tried so far? — Tankobot, Nov 18 '16 at 15:29
I'm talking about prompt for parameters during generating "project" from cookiecutter template. — pgrzesik, Nov 18 '16 at 15:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '22 at 14:33

At the time of this writing, it is not possible to do it directly via the cookiecutter.json
I think even with pre-gen hook it might not be possible as the cookiecutter jinja templating executes regardless of the if/else python conditions.

There are however lots of PR's and discussions to add this feature. See these links:

Closed threads:
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/issues/881 https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/issues/913

Open threads:
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/pull/1645 https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/issues/1438

Is it possible to skip chosen parameters from cookiecutter.json?

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