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Generate code by terraform plan -generate-config-out

#1860 #1870 v1.7.0

import block and terraform plan -generate-config-out are very useful to import resources.

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/import

But some users can't run terraform plan on their laptop, so they can't run it.

tfaction provides an action generating Terraform code by terraform plan -generate-config-out.

How to use​

Please see the example workflow.

  1. Write import blocks and create a feature branch
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We considered creating import blocks and pull requests by workflow, but unfortunately it was difficult because input types of workflow_dispatch event don't support multiline text.

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/12882

So we gave up it and decided to have users add import blocks and create a feature branch themselves.

  1. Run the workflow by workflow_dispatch event

The workflow generate code by terraform plan -generate-config-out and pushes a commit to the feature branch.