From 85fa44504f40a8f310f27b393069376055ec27e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aq17 <aqiu@pulumi.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 13:48:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add *[TYPE] to [TYPE]ptr methods

---
 ...cast-pointer-types-to-corresponding-pulumi-ptr-types.yaml | 4 ++++
 sdk/go/pulumi/generate/templates/types_builtins.go.template  | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/pending/20221205--sdk--add-methods-to-cast-pointer-types-to-corresponding-pulumi-ptr-types.yaml

diff --git a/changelog/pending/20221205--sdk--add-methods-to-cast-pointer-types-to-corresponding-pulumi-ptr-types.yaml b/changelog/pending/20221205--sdk--add-methods-to-cast-pointer-types-to-corresponding-pulumi-ptr-types.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98064d91c897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/pending/20221205--sdk--add-methods-to-cast-pointer-types-to-corresponding-pulumi-ptr-types.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+changes:
+- type: feat
+  scope: sdk
+  description: Add methods to cast pointer types to corresponding Pulumi Ptr types
diff --git a/sdk/go/pulumi/generate/templates/types_builtins.go.template b/sdk/go/pulumi/generate/templates/types_builtins.go.template
index 0777ad28c864..e3a8985738df 100644
--- a/sdk/go/pulumi/generate/templates/types_builtins.go.template
+++ b/sdk/go/pulumi/generate/templates/types_builtins.go.template
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ type {{.PtrType}} {{.ElemElementType}}
 func {{.Name}}(v {{.ElemElementType}}) {{.Name}}Input {
 	return ({{.InputType}})(&v)
 }
+{{if .ImplementsPtrType}}
+func {{.Name}}(v *{{.ElemElementType}}) {{.Name}}Input {
+	return ({{.InputType}})(v)
+}
+{{end}}
 {{end}}
 {{if .DefineInputMethods}}
 // ElementType returns the element type of this Input ({{.ElementType}}).