Merge remote-tracking branch 'steven/initial-manifest-from-stdin'

bin/cdist

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def commandline():
          help='Change cdist home (default: .. from bin directory)',
          action='store')
     parser['configinstall'].add_argument('-i', '--initial-manifest', 
-         help='Path to a cdist manifest',
+         help='Path to a cdist manifest or \'-\' to read from stdin.',
          dest='manifest', required=False)
     parser['configinstall'].add_argument('-p', '--parallel',
          help='Operate on multiple hosts in parallel',
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ def configinstall(args, mode):
     import multiprocessing
     import time
 
+    initial_manifest_tempfile = None
+    if args.manifest == '-':
+        # read initial manifest from stdin
+        import tempfile
+        handle, initial_manifest_temp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='cdist.stdin.')
+        with os.fdopen(handle, 'w') as fd:
+            fd.write(sys.stdin.read())
+        args.manifest = initial_manifest_temp_path
+        import atexit
+        atexit.register(lambda: os.remove(initial_manifest_temp_path))
+
     try:
         process = {}
         failed_hosts = []

doc/dev/fancy-ideas

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+== types with namespaces ==
+- allow types to have namespaces, e.g.
+   __path/my/type
+implemented as a proof of concept at:
+https://github.com/asteven/cdist/tree/type-namespaces
+
+