how to best short-circuit entire template evaluation
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Description
possible workaround, from conv w dimitry, using a `.lib.yaml`....
**Describe the problem/challenge you have**
Right now, we have to sometimes nest 1000s of lines of yaml in a
```
#@ if
...
#@end
```
block, which can be hard to reason about (i.e. what is this `#@end` referring to?)...
https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/blob/main/pkg/v1/providers/infrastructure-vsphere/v0.7.10/ytt/overlay.yaml
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Something like
```
#@ if not data.values.IS_WINDOWS_WORKLOAD_CLUSTER:
#@ break;
#@end
```
so that we can short circuit (or not) the processing of a file in some way.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked overlay.yaml and review the described .lib.yaml workaround alongside the proposed #@ break syntax. Define done as a supported way to short-circuit an entire template file without wrapping thousands of YAML lines; the issue does not identify implementation files or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100