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@Emyrk Emyrk commented Jul 23, 2025

Required for detecting variables in coder/coder

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Pull Request Overview

This PR implements functionality to parse and extract Terraform variables from modules, adding comprehensive support for detecting variables in the coder/coder system as specified in the description.

  • Adds a new variables() function that extracts variable definitions from root Terraform modules
  • Implements a Variable type with comprehensive metadata including type, default values, and validation
  • Integrates variable extraction into the main preview pipeline and includes extensive test coverage

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Copilot reviewed 7 out of 7 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File Description
variables.go Implements core variable extraction logic from Terraform modules
types/terraform.go Defines the Variable struct with JSON serialization support
extract/variable.go Contains detailed variable parsing logic with error handling and type conversion
preview.go Integrates variable extraction into the main Preview function output
preview_test.go Adds comprehensive test coverage for variable extraction functionality
testdata files Provides test cases with various variable configurations

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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if typeAttr, exists := attributes["type"]; exists {
ty, def, err := typeAttr.DecodeVarType()
if err != nil {
var subject hcl.Range
if typeAttr.HCLAttribute() != nil {
subject = typeAttr.HCLAttribute().Range
}
return types.Variable{
Name: block.Label(),
Diagnostics: types.Diagnostics{&hcl.Diagnostic{
Severity: hcl.DiagError,
Summary: "Failed to decode variable type for " + block.Label(),
Detail: err.Error(),
Subject: &subject,
}},
}
}
valType = ty
defaults = def
}

var val cty.Value
var defSubject hcl.Range
if def, exists := attributes["default"]; exists {
val = def.NullableValue()
defSubject = def.HCLAttribute().Range
}

if valType != cty.NilType {
// TODO: If this code ever extracts the actual value of the variable,
// then we need to source the value from that, rather than the default.
if defaults != nil {
val = defaults.Apply(val)
}

canConvert := !val.IsNull() && val.IsWhollyKnown() && valType != cty.NilType

if canConvert {
typedVal, err := convert.Convert(val, valType)
if err != nil {
return types.Variable{
Name: block.Label(),
Diagnostics: types.Diagnostics{&hcl.Diagnostic{
Severity: hcl.DiagError,
Summary: fmt.Sprintf("Failed to convert variable default value to type %q for %q",
valType.FriendlyNameForConstraint(), block.Label()),
Detail: err.Error(),
Subject: &defSubject,
}},
}
}
val = typedVal
}
} else {
valType = val.Type()
}
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This code is taken from trivy. Unfortunately it is not exported, so I had to copy paste it.

@Emyrk Emyrk requested a review from SasSwart July 23, 2025 18:31
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