Hello just a quick question slightly smiling face Is there a

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Hello just a quick question slightly smiling face Is there any way how to write comments to `infracost usage yml` without them being erased with the next ` sync usage file` My intention is to write helpful comments for the rest of team why some usage param was chosen how it was chosen E g ``` azurerm monitor action group default monthly notifications 90 1 notification per every day per every environment``` Now it seems that some comments get persisted when there was a generic comment on the line generated before but others get erased Is there some special comment syntax to instruct the sync functionality to ignore that particular comments and leave them in the file Or some other way how to achieve what I m trying to achieve slightly smiling face

busy-agent-35515 · Answer

Hello I ve just tested this on our example <https github com infracost infracost blob master examples terraform infracost usage yml L8 L9> it kept the comments although adding a bunch of commented out stuff too Could you please show what was before the sync and after so I can try to reproduce it

busy-agent-35515 · Answer

For reference I had ```version 0 1 resource usage aws lambda function hello world monthly requests 100000000 Foobar request duration ms 250 Bar foo foobar 111 test``` and I got ```resource usage aws lambda function hello world monthly requests 0 Foobar request duration ms 0 Bar foo foobar 111 test```

busy-agent-35515 · Answer

Can it be that your TF code doesn t have `azurerm monitor action group default` resource If a resource from the usage file is not found it is deleted If you want to specify a default usage for all resources of the same type you can use a separate block ```resource type default usage azurerm monitor action group monthly notifications 90 1 notification per every day per every environment```

rapid-salesmen-91626 · Answer

Thank you for your response < busy agent 35515> Sorry I wasn t clear enough In some cases it keeps the comment my example is the case of it working OK white check mark Cases that don t work ```version 0 1 resource type default usage We set storage account usage globally as it s really cheap and we don t mind slight differences azurerm storage account ``` point up comment gets deleted ```version 0 1 resource type default usage azurerm storage account We set storage account usage globally as it s really cheap and we don t mind slight differences ``` point up comment gets deleted ```version 0 1 resource type default usage azurerm storage account data at rest storage gb 0 0``` point up here I deleted the comment as it seems unnecessary to me but it gets re added frankly most of the comments for Azure seem obvious to me as they just copy the name of the property so I d be nice for me to have the ability of removing all of the comments and only keeping my comments so they stand out slightly smiling face

busy-agent-35515 · Answer

Ah I see what you mean thank you for the examples Indeed the sync flag overrides the content of the file disregarding any additional comments attributes I must say this flag is still experimental so it surely can be improved Unfortunately there is no a workaround just now apart from not using the ` sync usage file` flag confused One of the possible solutions might be adding an additional flag like ` keep comments` or something to adjust the generator behavior but we d need to implement it May I ask you to create a new issue here so other community members can see it and upvote it and you can follow the status If there is interest to this problem we may prioritize it or maybe somebody can contribute too <https github com infracost infracost issues>

rapid-salesmen-91626 · Answer

Will do thank you heart