How do I prevent lots of same hcl files across many environments

[cveld]

We have a folder structure:

├───_template
│   ├───_namespace
│   │   ├───component1
│   │   ├───component2
├───acc-weu-01
│   ├───acc
│   │   ├───component1
│   │   ├───component2
├───prd-weu-01
│   ├───prd
│   │   ├───component1
│   │   ├───component2

In all component folders there is this hcl file:

# for the component across all environments.
include "root" {
  path   = find_in_parent_folders()
  expose = true
}

# Include the common configuration for the component. The common configuration contains settings that are common
# for the component across all environments.
include "common" {
  path   = "${dirname(find_in_parent_folders())}/Infrastructure/${basename(get_terragrunt_dir())}/terragrunt.hcl"
  expose = true
}

Is it possible to run terragrunt against a list of virtual components? Ideally we should not have this hcl file copied many times across all components, all environment combinations.

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Tracked in ticket #110903

[denis256]

Hi,
if without a terragrunt.hcl file, Terragrunt will not be able to detect if this is a valid directory to use or not

[cveld]

@denis256 I think the product must be amended so that it will read terragrunt.hcl in the current directory or so to get directives?

[denis256]

Hm,
without terragrunt.hcl, it will not be clear in which directory to run Terragrunt or not

I think some workarounds can be implemented through --terragrunt-strict-include / --terragrunt-include-dir