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Bug 363782

Summary:	Support "once" file generation mode
Product:	[Modeling] Acceleo	Reporter:	Laurent Goubet <laurent.goubet>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Project Inbox <acceleo-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Laurent Goubet

2011-11-15 04:13:10 EST

The file generation currently supports a boolean for the "mode" : append or overwrite. There should also be a mode in which Acceleo would not touch a file if it already exists : "once".

For example, MANIFEST.MF files do not support "comments" in their syntax, preventing the use of protected areas or @generated anotations. For such files, Acceleo should provide a "default" generation if it does not exist yet ... and never touch it again if it exists.

Comment 1 Laurent Goubet

2016-04-06 11:00:51 EDT

Still holds true to this day... requires a parser change