How to exclude .jinja files

[liborjelinek]

I have a template in the template/ folder. The generated project needs to contain .jinja files, but they are not Copier templates, as the Copier thinks.

I have the following structure:

├── template
│   ├── README.md.jinja
│   ├── pyproject.toml.jinja
│   ├── src
│   │   └── {{ project_slug }}
│   │       ├── __init__.py.jinja
│   │       ├── static                               <<<-- *.jinja files here are not Copier templates!
│   │       │   ├── documentation_options.js.jinja   

How do I properly tell the Copier to just copy template/src/{{ project_slug }}/static/*.jinja files, not interpret them? (The files are Sphinx theme static files.)

In my copier.yaml, I tried almost everything under _exclude, but *.jinja under template/src/{{ project_slug }}/static are still recognized by Copier as its templates (and Copier crash, because they are not)...

# Template lives in
_subdirectory: template
_exclude:
  - "template/src/{{ project_slug }}/static/*.jinja"
  - "src/{{ project_slug }}/static/*.jinja"
  - "static/documentation_options.js.jinja"
  - "documentation_options.js.jinja"

project_name:
  type: str

[pawamoy]

You could use a different suffix for the Copier templates (like .j2), so that the Sphinx templates are copied untouched. See https://copier.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuring/#templates_suffix.

[liborjelinek]

I know, but I still prefer just to exclude a few files instead... How to properly write exclude path?

[pawamoy]

I don't think you want to exclude them. Exclude means "don't copy at all". IIUC you want "copy without rendering". Unfortunately I don't think there's such a setting.

[liborjelinek]

Aaah, thanks. You are right. Does Copier offer "copy without rendering"?

[pawamoy]

I checked the docs and I don't think so.