Add "--config" option to plonecli "create" and "add" commands

[me-kell]

It would be very helpful if plonecli could accept a configuration file to specify mr.bob variables.

This could be easily be done in the functions create and add in plonecli.cli.py by adding a click.option and extending the list passed to mrbobmain as follows:

plonecli/plonecli/cli.py

Line 77 in d49d7c7

def create(context, template, name):

...
@click.option("-c", "--config", default=None, help="Configuration file to specify either [mr.bob] or [variables] sections.")
...
def create(context, template, name, config):
    ...
    mrbob_args = [bobtemplate, "-O", name]
    if config is not None:
        mrbob_args.extend(["-c", config])
    mrbobmain(mrbob_args)

plonecli/plonecli/cli.py

Line 97 in d49d7c7

def add(context, template):

@click.option("-c", "--config", default=None, help="Configuration file to specify either [mr.bob] or [variables] sections.")
...
def add(context, template, config):
    ...
    mrbob_args = [bobtemplate]
    if config is not None:
        mrbob_args.extend(["-c", config])
    mrbobmain(mrbob_args)

[MrTango]

You can set these variables in your home in:

$ cat ~/.mrbob 
[mr.bob]
verbose = False

[variables]
# all variables answered here, will not being ask again:

author.name = Maik Derstappen
author.email = [email protected]
author.github.user = MrTango
package.venv.disabled = n
package.git.disabled = n
package.git.init = y
package.git.autocommit = y

[defaults]
# set your default values for questions here, they questions are still being ask
# but with your defaults:

plone.version = 5.2.5
#dexterity_type_global_allow = n
#dexterity_type_filter_content_types = y
#dexterity_type_activate_default_behaviors = n
#dexterity_type_supermodel = y
python.version = /home/maik/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/bin/python3.8

the existing config command is generating this config for you after asking some questions.

What would the purpose of additional configuration be?

[me-kell]

@MrTango "What would the purpose of additional configuration be?"
The purpose would be to pass the a config file to mrbob --config.

IMHO there is no need to obfuscate mrbob's config option.

When creating several different templates with mrbob setting the variables in ~/.mrbob is not optimal.
Using specific config files is reusable, reproducible and allows adding those config files to a version control system.

[erral]

We also need this to be able to call plonecli through cookiecutter-plone-starter see collective/cookiecutter-plone-starter#25