[Feature] support boolean values in select_in_values about ffizer HOT 5 OPEN

This also worked

{{ #if (str_to_json(repo_init)) }}
git init
git worktree add --track -b gh-pages site origin/gh-pages
{{ /if }}

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Hi,

Thanks for trying ffizer and for reporting this issue.

This is how I did in my template:

{{#if (eq  repo_init "true") }}
 ....
{{/if}}

But I agree it could be better :

• try to support boolean and other types, without breaking existing templates, for the variables (into the .ffizer.yaml and template)
  • for default_value
  • for select_in_values
  • for input value (maybe template creator will need to request type, true != "true" but I don't want to force the user to enclose input in " for string, the most common input (and the only one today ;-))
• provide some how-to in the template authoring doc for common use case

I'll try to work on this suggest asap.

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for input value (maybe template creator will need to request type, true != "true" but I don't want to force the user to enclose input in " for string, the most common input (and the only one today ;-))

Another option is to use something as follows:

• introduce value field
• use types as defined in a yaml file (i.e. use boolean true if it is written without quotes)
• add special key with suffix __input into context
• add implicit value: "{{{<name>__input}}}"

This approach would allow to assign value as a function of user input. It would be possible to express something like this:

  - name: license_text
    ask: Enter URL of a license
    value: {{http_get license_text__input}}

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👍 Yes it could become a useful features.

As side-note for license you can do:

variables:
  - name: licenses_json
    default_value: '{{ http_get "https://spdx.org/licenses/licenses.json" }}'
    hidden: true
  - name: license_id
    default_value: "Apache-2.0"
    ask: select a license
    select_in_values: '{{ json_str_query "licenses[? !isDeprecatedLicenseId].licenseId" licenses_json }}'

Or simpler, import the template oss_license (like in this extract from https://github.com/davidB/amethyst-starter-2d/blob/variant/ffizer/ )

imports:
  - uri: "[email protected]:ffizer/templates_default.git"
    rev: "master"
    subfolder: "oss_license"

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introduction of type for value is made as part of 2.x
it's breaking change because

• in 1.x when a user respond to prompt with
  • true the value becomes "true"(a string)
  • "true" the value becomes "\"true\"" (a string with quote)
• in 1.x when a user respond to prompt with
  • true the value becomes true(a boolean)
  • "true" the value becomes "true" (a string)

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