JSONNet Example for use of "template repo"

[stbischof]

Most of the repos looks the same

 orgs.newRepo('%__THE_REPO_NAME__%') {
      allow_squash_merge: false,
      allow_update_branch: false,
      delete_branch_on_merge: false,
      dependabot_security_updates_enabled: true,
      description: "%__THE_REPO_DESCRIPTION__%",
      has_wiki: false,
      variables: [
        orgs.newRepoVariable('SONAR_ORGANIZATION') {
          value: "eclipse-daanse",
        },
        orgs.newRepoVariable('SONAR_PROJECT_KEY') {
          value: "eclipse-daanse_%__THE_REPO_NAME__%",
        },
      ],
      branch_protection_rules: [
        orgs.newBranchProtectionRule('main') {
          required_approving_review_count: 0,
          requires_linear_history: true,
          requires_strict_status_checks: true,
        },
      ],
    },

The only diff is:

• %THE_REPO_NAME%
• %THE_REPO_DESCRIPTION%

would me great if jsopnnet could help me by reusing existing repo:

 orgs.newRepo: self.templaeRepo { name: "Foo" ,description "Bar" },

Could you provide support/examples?

[mbarbero]

One of Jsonnet's strengths is the ability to define functions that reuse or extend existing functions. You can see an example of this in the Adoptium Jsonnet settings.

Please let us know if you need more information or support with this.

[netomi]

Another nice example can be found here: https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/.eclipsefdn/blob/main/otterdog/eclipse-vertx.jsonnet#L10

[netomi]

To dynamically create strings from other properties you can use some build in functions of jsonnet, again the adoptium project does something like that here: https://github.com/adoptium/.eclipsefdn/blob/main/otterdog/adoptium.jsonnet#L45

Using the playground at https://daanse.org/.eclipsefdn/playground/ should also allow you to experiment with that.

[stbischof]

Thx. i looked for this!!