load input files dynamically

[fchastanet]

Hello,

is possible to load input files dynamically from the first input file.
In other words, I would like to combine yaml files like it's done in the guide https://cuelang.org/docs/howto/combine-multiple-yaml-files-by-using-file-metadata/ but dynamically.

First input file would be:

vars:
  REPOSITORY_URL: https://github.com/fchastanet/bash-tools-framework
includes:
  - path/fileToinclude1.yaml
  - path/fileToinclude2.yaml

path/fileToinclude1.yaml content:

binFile:
  relativeRootDirBasedOnTargetDir: ..
  templateFile: binFile.gtpl

path/fileToinclude2.yaml content:

vars:
  MAIN_FUNCTION_NAME: main

The resulting file would be:

vars:
  REPOSITORY_URL: https://github.com/fchastanet/bash-tools-framework
  MAIN_FUNCTION_NAME: main
binFile:
  relativeRootDirBasedOnTargetDir: ..
  templateFile: binFile.gtpl

So in cue file, I could have something like
Writing this issue, I realized that I don't know how I could merge these files even by passing them via command line
this would probably not work

# provide first input file 
input: _
mergeIncludes: {
  for _content in input.includes {
    _content
  }
}

[jpluscplusm]

@fchastanet Is the set of files that might be referenced inside includes known in advance - either explicitly, or by one or more FS globs?

[fchastanet]

Hello @jpluscplusm the files can be relative to the current file being processed or I could imagine passing some environment variables in order to resolve paths location.

[fchastanet]

Finally I defined my own yaml format by adding this extends key
I preprocess the yaml file using "github.com/goccy/go-yaml" generating final yaml file
and then I load it into cue