feat(cli): directly deploy stacks in nested assemblies

packages/@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema/lib/cloud-assembly/schema.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ export interface ArtifactManifest {
    * @default - no properties.
    */
   readonly properties?: ArtifactProperties;
+
+  /**
+   * A string that represents this artifact. Should only be used in user interfaces.
+   *
+   * @default - no display name
+   */
+  readonly displayName?: string;
 }
 
 /**

packages/@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema/schema/cloud-assembly.schema.json

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
                             "$ref": "#/definitions/NestedCloudAssemblyProperties"
                         }
                     ]
+                },
+                "displayName": {
+                    "description": "A string that represents this artifact. Should only be used in user interfaces. (Default - no display name)",
+                    "type": "string"
                 }
             },
             "required": [

packages/@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema/schema/cloud-assembly.version.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"9.0.0"}
+{"version":"10.0.0"}

packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/stack-synthesizers/_shared.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function addStackArtifactToAssembly(
     properties,
     dependencies: deps.length > 0 ? deps : undefined,
     metadata: Object.keys(meta).length > 0 ? meta : undefined,
+    displayName: stack.node.path,
   });
 }
 

packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/synthesis.test.ts

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ nodeunitShim({
           type: 'aws:cloudformation:stack',
           environment: 'aws://unknown-account/unknown-region',
           properties: { templateFile: 'one-stack.template.json' },
+          displayName: 'one-stack',
         },
       },
     });

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/lib/cloud-artifact.ts

@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ export class CloudArtifact {
 
     return messages;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * An identifier that shows where this artifact is located in the tree
+   * of nested assemblies, based on their manifests. Defaults to the normal
+   * id. Should only be used in user interfaces.
+   */
+  public get hierarchicalId(): string {
+    return this.manifest.displayName ?? this.id;
+  }
 }
 
 // needs to be defined at the end to avoid a cyclic dependency

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/lib/cloud-assembly.ts

@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
    * @returns a `CloudFormationStackArtifact` object.
    */
   public getStackArtifact(artifactId: string): CloudFormationStackArtifact {
-    const artifact = this.tryGetArtifact(artifactId);
+    const artifact = this.tryGetArtifactRecursively(artifactId);
+
     if (!artifact) {
       throw new Error(`Unable to find artifact with id "${artifactId}"`);
     }
@@ -120,6 +121,27 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
     return artifact;
   }
 
+  private tryGetArtifactRecursively(artifactId: string): CloudArtifact | undefined {
+    return this.stacksRecursively.find(a => a.id === artifactId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns all the stacks, including the ones in nested assemblies
+   */
+  public get stacksRecursively(): CloudFormationStackArtifact[] {
+    function search(stackArtifacts: CloudFormationStackArtifact[], assemblies: CloudAssembly[]): CloudFormationStackArtifact[] {
+      if (assemblies.length === 0) {
+        return stackArtifacts;
+      }
+
+      const [head, ...tail] = assemblies;
+      const nestedAssemblies = head.nestedAssemblies.map(asm => asm.nestedAssembly);
+      return search(stackArtifacts.concat(head.stacks), tail.concat(nestedAssemblies));
+    };
+
+    return search([], [this]);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a nested assembly artifact.
    *

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/cloud-assembly.test.ts

@@ -151,3 +151,14 @@ test('can read assembly with asset manifest', () => {
   expect(assembly.stacks).toHaveLength(1);
   expect(assembly.artifacts).toHaveLength(2);
 });
+
+test('getStackArtifact retrieves a stack by artifact id from a nested assembly', () => {
+  const assembly = new CloudAssembly(path.join(FIXTURES, 'nested-assemblies'));
+
+  expect(assembly.getStackArtifact('topLevelStack').stackName).toEqual('topLevelStack');
+  expect(assembly.getStackArtifact('stack1').stackName).toEqual('first-stack');
+  expect(assembly.getStackArtifact('stack2').stackName).toEqual('second-stack');
+  expect(assembly.getStackArtifact('topLevelStack').id).toEqual('topLevelStack');
+  expect(assembly.getStackArtifact('stack1').id).toEqual('stack1');
+  expect(assembly.getStackArtifact('stack2').id).toEqual('stack2');
+});

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/fixtures/nested-assemblies/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "subassembly": {
+      "type": "cdk:cloud-assembly",
+      "properties": {
+        "directoryName": "subassembly",
+        "displayName": "subassembly"
+      }
+    },
+    "topLevelStack": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://111111111111/us-east-1",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "topLevelStack.template.json",
+        "stackName": "topLevelStack"
+      },
+      "displayName": "topLevelStack"
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/fixtures/nested-assemblies/subassembly/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "subsubassembly": {
+      "type": "cdk:cloud-assembly",
+      "properties": {
+        "directoryName": "subsubassembly",
+        "displayName": "subsubassembly"
+      }
+    },
+    "stack1": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://37736633/us-region-1",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "template.json",
+        "stackName": "first-stack"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/fixtures/nested-assemblies/subassembly/subsubassembly/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "stack2": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://37736633/us-region-1",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "template.2.json",
+        "stackName": "second-stack"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/fixtures/nested-assemblies/subassembly/subsubassembly/template.2.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "Resources": {
+    "MyBucket": {
+      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket"
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/fixtures/nested-assemblies/subassembly/template.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "Resources": {
+    "MyBucket": {
+      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket"
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/test/stack-artifact.test.ts

@@ -130,3 +130,30 @@ test('read tags from stack metadata', () => {
   // THEN
   expect(assembly.getStackByName('Stack').tags).toEqual({ foo: 'bar' });
 });
+
+test('user friendly id is the assembly display name', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  builder.addArtifact('Stack', {
+    ...stackBase,
+    displayName: 'some/path/to/the/stack',
+  });
+
+  // WHEN
+  const assembly = builder.buildAssembly();
+
+  // THEN
+  expect(assembly.getStackByName('Stack').hierarchicalId).toEqual('some/path/to/the/stack');
+});
+
+test('user friendly id is the id itself if no display name is given', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  builder.addArtifact('Stack', {
+    ...stackBase,
+  });
+
+  // WHEN
+  const assembly = builder.buildAssembly();
+
+  // THEN
+  expect(assembly.getStackByName('Stack').hierarchicalId).toEqual('Stack');
+});

packages/aws-cdk/README.md

@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ and always deploy the stack.
 
 You can have multiple stacks in a cdk app. An example can be found in [how to create multiple stacks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/stack_how_to_create_multiple_stacks.html).
 
-In order to deploy them, you can list the stacks you want to deploy.
+In order to deploy them, you can list the stacks you want to deploy. If your application contains pipeline stacks, the `cdk list` command will show stack names as paths, showing where they are in the pipeline hierarchy (e.g., `PipelineStack`, `PipelineStack/Prod`, `PipelineStack/Prod/MyService` etc).
 
-If you want to deploy all of them, you can use the flag `--all` or the wildcard `*` to deploy all stacks in an app.
+If you want to deploy all of them, you can use the flag `--all` or the wildcard `*` to deploy all stacks in an app. Please note that, if you have a hierarchy of stacks as described above, `--all` and `*` will only match the stacks on the top level. If you want to match all the stacks in the hierarchy, use `**`. You can also combine these patterns. For example, if you want to deploy all stacks in the `Prod` stage, you can use `cdk deploy PipelineStack/Prod/**`.
 
 #### Parameters
 

packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/cxapp/cloud-assembly.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ export enum DefaultSelection {
   OnlySingle = 'single',
 
   /**
-   * If no selectors are provided, returns all stacks in the app.
+   * Returns all stacks in the main (top level) assembly only.
+   */
+  MainAssembly = 'main',
+
+  /**
+   * If no selectors are provided, returns all stacks in the app,
+   * including stacks inside nested assemblies.
    */
   AllStacks = 'all',
 }
@@ -71,20 +77,23 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
     selectors = selectors.filter(s => s != null); // filter null/undefined
     selectors = [...new Set(selectors)]; // make them unique
 
-    const stacks = this.assembly.stacks;
+    const stacks = this.assembly.stacksRecursively;
     if (stacks.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('This app contains no stacks');
     }
 
     if (selectors.length === 0) {
+      const topLevelStacks = this.assembly.stacks;
       switch (options.defaultBehavior) {
+        case DefaultSelection.MainAssembly:
+          return new StackCollection(this, topLevelStacks);
         case DefaultSelection.AllStacks:
           return new StackCollection(this, stacks);
         case DefaultSelection.None:
           return new StackCollection(this, []);
         case DefaultSelection.OnlySingle:
-          if (stacks.length === 1) {
-            return new StackCollection(this, stacks);
+          if (topLevelStacks.length === 1) {
+            return new StackCollection(this, topLevelStacks);
           } else {
             throw new Error('Since this app includes more than a single stack, specify which stacks to use (wildcards are supported) or specify `--all`\n' +
               `Stacks: ${stacks.map(x => x.id).join(' ')}`);
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
 
     const allStacks = new Map<string, cxapi.CloudFormationStackArtifact>();
     for (const stack of stacks) {
-      allStacks.set(stack.id, stack);
+      allStacks.set(stack.hierarchicalId, stack);
     }
 
     // For every selector argument, pick stacks from the list.
@@ -105,8 +114,9 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
       let found = false;
 
       for (const stack of stacks) {
-        if (minimatch(stack.id, pattern) && !selectedStacks.has(stack.id)) {
-          selectedStacks.set(stack.id, stack);
+        const id = stack.hierarchicalId;
+        if (minimatch(id, pattern) && !selectedStacks.has(id)) {
+          selectedStacks.set(id, stack);
           found = true;
         }
       }
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ export class CloudAssembly {
     }
 
     // Filter original array because it is in the right order
-    const selectedList = stacks.filter(s => selectedStacks.has(s.id));
+    const selectedList = stacks.filter(s => selectedStacks.has(s.hierarchicalId));
 
     return new StackCollection(this, selectedList);
   }
@@ -282,7 +292,7 @@ function includeUpstreamStacks(
 
     for (const stack of selectedStacks.values()) {
       // Select an additional stack if it's not selected yet and a dependency of a selected stack (and exists, obviously)
-      for (const dependencyId of stack.dependencies.map(x => x.id)) {
+      for (const dependencyId of stack.dependencies.map(x => x.manifest.displayName ?? x.id)) {
         if (!selectedStacks.has(dependencyId) && allStacks.has(dependencyId)) {
           added.push(dependencyId);
           selectedStacks.set(dependencyId, allStacks.get(dependencyId)!);

packages/aws-cdk/lib/cdk-toolkit.ts

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export class CdkToolkit {
 
     if (!options.force) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-      const confirmed = await promptly.confirm(`Are you sure you want to delete: ${colors.blue(stacks.stackArtifacts.map(s => s.id).join(', '))} (y/n)?`);
+      const confirmed = await promptly.confirm(`Are you sure you want to delete: ${colors.blue(stacks.stackArtifacts.map(s => s.hierarchicalId).join(', '))} (y/n)?`);
       if (!confirmed) {
         return;
       }
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export class CdkToolkit {
 
     // just print stack IDs
     for (const stack of stacks.stackArtifacts) {
-      data(stack.id);
+      data(stack.hierarchicalId);
     }
 
     return 0; // exit-code
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ export class CdkToolkit {
     const assembly = await this.assembly();
     const stacks = await assembly.selectStacks(stackNames, {
       extend: exclusively ? ExtendedStackSelection.None : ExtendedStackSelection.Upstream,
-      defaultBehavior: DefaultSelection.AllStacks,
+      defaultBehavior: DefaultSelection.MainAssembly,
     });
 
     await this.validateStacks(stacks);