[BUG] dbt_coves/templates not working as expected

[davidggphy]

Describe the bug
I created a custom model_props.ylm template, to ensure that all my models enforce the contract.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Run command "dbt-coves generate templates"
2. cd into the folder ".dbt_coves/templates/" and edit model_props.ylm

version: 2

models:
  - name: {{ model.lower() }}
    description: ""
    config:
      contract:
        enforced: true
    columns:
{%- for col in columns %}
      - name: {{ col['id'] }}
      {%- if col['description'] %}
        description: "{{ col['description'] }}"
      {%- endif %}
{%- endfor %}

3. Run dbt-coves generate properties --templates-folder .dbt_coves/templates/ , select all models and "Update all"

Expected behaviour
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

I would expect that all models would get the following extra lines:

    config:
      contract:
        enforced: true

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS 14.6.1 (23G93)
• dbt-coves Version: 1.8.0

[BAntonellini]

Hi @davidggphy, strategy update only updates columns and descriptions inside of models.

For the time being, I recommend you go for the recreate strategy, which will replace the "old" model with the "new" one entirely (recreate the property file with the new template result).

[davidggphy]

Hey @BAntonellini , thanks for your response.

But does recreate keep the old information, such as descriptions, tests, etc?

[BAntonellini]

@davidggphy unfortunately no, any content that you added manually to the generated template would be lost if you go for recreate