How to include/exclude files using Giter8

Question

According to docs conditional truthy could also be used include/exclude files or directories . how can I do it in practice ? if I add all the files and directories to the template, how can I exclude them from the project based on the condition ? * According to this issue, it is not possible but according to the docs (IIUC) it should work. This is pretty confusing

Answer 1

If you don't want to include some files, you should set its name to be something like $if(some_condition.truthy)$your_file_name.scala$endif$

When some_condition is false, this file won't be created.

There are some examples in http4s.g8. In directory src/main/g8/, there is a file called $if(graal_native_image.truthy)$native-image-readme.md$endif$. If the variable graal_native_image is set to true, a file named native-image-readme.md will be created. Otherwise, this file won't be created.

This method is also worked for directories, as long as you use the same pattern for the directory name.