How to automatically pass multiple inputs to prompts in circleci?

Question

I am trying to apply a cookiecutter template. When I run the command "cookiecutter private_git_repo", it asks if I want to use overlays or not? So, I need to pass "yes" to that. Later, it gives multiple options to ask which overlay I want to use. Since, I want to achieve this in circleci config, I want an automatic way to pass "yes" and "overlay_name" to the command.

I am not able to use | to pass multiple inputs to the prompt questions. How can one achieve this in linux terminal?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '19 at 03:05

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From the docs here: https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme.html

Unless you suppress it with --no-input, you are prompted for input.

Short Answer: you need to run cookiecutter private_git_repo --no-input in order to bypass the command prompt asking you to type yes.

However, can you please clarify what you mean when you say that you get prompted for "overlays"? I'm not familiar with the term "overlays" in cookiecutter. Do you mean templates?

answered Dec 17 '19 at 03:05

Parzie

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Yes, I mean templates. – loadbox Dec 18 '19 at 03:31
cool. Can you please edit your question say templates instead of overlays? Also - Did you try the --no-input flag as I suggested in my answer? – Parzie Dec 19 '19 at 14:24

How to automatically pass multiple inputs to prompts in circleci?

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