Very work in progress pushed for sync

cmd/deploy.go

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ var deploy_NonInteractive *bool
 var deploy_CreateChangeset *bool
 var deploy_DeployChangeset *bool
 var deploy_DefaultTags *bool
+var deploy_DeploymentFile *string
 var deployment lib.DeployInfo
 
 func init() {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ func init() {
 	deploy_CreateChangeset = deployCmd.Flags().Bool("create-changeset", false, "Only create a change set")
 	deploy_DeployChangeset = deployCmd.Flags().Bool("deploy-changeset", false, "Deploy a specific change set")
 	deploy_DefaultTags = deployCmd.Flags().Bool("default-tags", true, "Add any default tags that are specified in your config file")
+	deploy_DeploymentFile = deployCmd.Flags().StringP("deployment-file", "d", "", "The file to use for the deployment")
 }
 
 func deployTemplate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -106,6 +108,10 @@ func deployTemplate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		failWithError(err)
 	}
+	if *deploy_DeploymentFile != "" && (*deploy_Template != "" || *deploy_Parameters != "" || *deploy_Tags != "") {
+		outputsettings.StringFailure("You can't provide a deployment file and other parameters at the same time")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 	deployment.IsNew = deployment.IsNewStack(awsConfig.CloudformationClient())
 	if !deployment.IsNew {
 		if ready, status := deployment.IsReadyForUpdate(awsConfig.CloudformationClient()); !ready {

lib/files.go

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func ReadParametersfile(parametersName string) (string, string, error) {
 	return ReadFile(&parametersName, "parameters")
 }
 
+func ReadDeploymentFile(deploymentmentFileName string) (string, string, error) {
+	return ReadFile(&deploymentmentFileName, "deployments")
+}
+
 func UploadTemplate(templateName *string, template string, bucketName *string, svc *s3.Client) (string, error) {
 	// use the template name with a timestamp that should be unique
 	// prefix with fog to make it easier to set up specific lifecycle rules