Replace variables-modules-merge.tf for json

Makefile

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import:
 	$(foreach i,$(filter https://% http://%, $(IMPORT_SOURCES)),curl -sLO $(i);)
 	$(foreach i,$(filter-out https://% http://%, $(IMPORT_SOURCES)),cp -f $(i) ./;)
 
-modules: variables-modules-merge.tf
-variables-modules-merge.tf: variables-modules.tf
+modules: variables-modules-merge.tf.json
+variables-modules-merge.tf.json: variables-modules.tf
 	./make-modules $< > $@
 
 test: modules fmt lint init validate

make-modules

@@ -7,23 +7,25 @@ from hcl2.parser import hcl2
 display_path = '<stdin>' if len(sys.argv) < 2 else sys.argv[1]
 path = sys.stdin if len(sys.argv) < 2 else open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
 data = hcl2.parse(path.read())
+indent = 2
+locals_block = {
+    '//': ['This file was auto-generated by command:', f'$ {sys.argv[0]} {display_path}']
+}
 
-print('''
-## This file is auto-generated by command:
-## $ %s %s
-
-locals {
-  modules = {'''.strip() % (sys.argv[0], display_path))
+def update(d, parents=[]):
+    for k, v in d.items():
+        if isinstance(v, dict):
+            d[k] = update(d[k], parents + [k])
+        else:
+            path = '.'.join(parents + [k])
+            d[k] = f'${{try(var.modules.{path}, var.modules_defaults.{path})}}'
+    return d
 
 for variables in data['variable']:
-    for name, value in variables.items():
-        if name != 'modules_defaults':
+    for var_name, var_value in variables.items():
+        if var_name != 'modules_defaults':
             continue
-        for var_default_name, var_default_value in value['default'].items():
-            print(f'    {var_default_name} = {{')
-            for var_default_value_item_name in var_default_value:
-                module_item = f'{var_default_name}.{var_default_value_item_name}'
-                print(f'      {var_default_value_item_name} = try(var.modules.{module_item}, var.modules_defaults.{module_item})')
-            print('    }')
-print('  }')
-print('}')
+        default = var_value['default']
+        locals_block['locals'] = { 'modules': update(default) }
+
+print(json.dumps(locals_block,indent=indent))

variables-modules-merge.tf.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "//": [
+    "This file was auto-generated by command:",
+    "$ ./make-modules variables-modules.tf"
+  ],
+  "locals": {
+    "modules": {}
+  }
+}