Internally a data source read is represented as a creation diff for the
resource, but in the UI we'll show it as a distinct icon and color so that
the user can more easily understand that these operations won't affect
any real infrastructure.
Unfortunately by the time we get to formatting the plan in the UI we
only have the resource names to work with, and can't get at the original
resource mode. Thus we're forced to infer the resource mode by exploiting
knowledge of the naming scheme.
This means that terraform commands like `plan`, `apply`, `show`, and
`graph` will expand all modules by default.
While modules-as-black-boxes is still very true in the conceptual design
of modules, feedback on this behavior has consistently suggested that
users would prefer to see more verbose output by default.
The `-module-depth` flag and env var are retained to allow output to be
optionally limited / summarized by these commands.
Previously the plan summary output would consider -/+ diffs as changes
even though they actually destroy and create instances. This was
misleadning and inconsistent with the accounting that gets done for the
similar summary written out after "apply".
Instead we now count the -/+ diffs as both adds and removes, which should
mean that the counts output in the plan summary should match those in
the apply summary, as long as no errors occur during apply.
This fixes#3163.
Add `-target=resource` flag to core operations, allowing users to
target specific resources in their infrastructure. When `-target` is
used, the operation will only apply to that resource and its
dependencies.
The calculated dependencies are different depending on whether we're
running a normal operation or a `terraform destroy`.
Generally, "dependencies" refers to ancestors: resources falling
_before_ the target in the graph, because their changes are required to
accurately act on the target.
For destroys, "dependencies" are descendents: those resources which fall
_after_ the target. These resources depend on our target, which is going
to be destroyed, so they should also be destroyed.
Mitchell Hashimoto