From e3a3427c191ead5d21f344bb2937a475d90ef541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Mendoza <miguelmendoza@google.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 05:53:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: allow using - for stdout when rending template

---
 pkg/render/render.go | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/render/render.go b/pkg/render/render.go
index d28568c..8010663 100644
--- a/pkg/render/render.go
+++ b/pkg/render/render.go
@@ -65,17 +65,20 @@ func RenderGeneric(context any, cFlags *CommonFlags, dryRun bool) error {
 	}
 
 	//write rendered template to output
-	if !dryRun {
+	useStdout := false
+	if cFlags.OutputFile == "-" || dryRun == true {
+		useStdout = true
+	}
+
+	if useStdout {
+		fmt.Print(string(rendered))
+	} else {
 		err = os.WriteFile(string(cFlags.OutputFile), rendered, os.ModePerm)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.New(err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if dryRun {
-		fmt.Print(string(rendered))
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }