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Create or update a versioned profile pair (versioned + unversioned extends pattern).

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Create or update a versioned profile.

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

Expected arguments: <action> <profile_name> <product(s)> [version]

Actions:

  • create — Create a new versioned profile pair (versioned + unversioned)
  • update — Bump an existing profile to a new version

For example:

  • create cis ocp4 1.7.0
  • update cis ocp4 1.8.0

Background: Profile Versioning Pattern

This project uses a two-file versioning pattern for profiles (browse existing profiles under products/<product>/profiles/ for examples):

  • Versioned profile (e.g., cis-v1-7-0.profile): Contains the actual selections, metadata.version, and all profile configuration. Users pin to this for a stable baseline.
  • Unversioned profile (e.g., cis.profile): Contains extends: cis-v1-7-0 and no selections of its own. Users referencing this always get the latest version.

When multiple products are specified (e.g., ocp4,rhcos4), both profile pairs are created/updated under their respective products/<product>/profiles/ directories.

Action: create

Step 1: Validate

  1. Parse the product list (comma-separated). Valid product IDs are subdirectory names under products/.
  2. Verify products/<product>/profiles/ exists for each product.
  3. Check that the profile does not already exist. If it does, suggest using update instead.
  4. Convert the version to a filename-safe format by replacing dots with dashes (e.g., 2.0.0 → v2-0-0).

Step 2: Check for a Control File

Check if a control file exists that matches the profile name. Control files live under controls/ and products/*/controls/, typically named <profile>_<product>.yml or as a split directory with the same base name. If found:

  1. Read the control file's top-level YAML to check the product field.
  2. If the product field does not list all the products from the argument, warn the user and offer to update it. A control file needs all target products listed in its product field to work with each product's profile. Check existing multi-product control files for examples of this pattern.

Step 3: Show the Proposed Files

For each product, show the two files that will be created:

Versioned profile (products/<product>/profiles/<name>-<version>.profile):

---
documentation_complete: true

title: '<Title> for <Product Full Name>'

platform: <product>

metadata:
    version: <Version>

description: |-
    <Description text.>

selections:
    - <control_id>:all

Unversioned profile (products/<product>/profiles/<name>.profile):

---
documentation_complete: true

title: '<Title> for <Product Full Name>'

platform: <product>

metadata:
    version: <Version>

description: |-
    <Description text.>

extends: <name>-<version>

Ask the user to confirm before creating.

Step 4: Apply

Create all files for each product after approval.

Action: update

Step 1: Validate

  1. Parse the product list.
  2. Locate the existing unversioned profile for each product at products/<product>/profiles/<name>.profile.
  3. Read the unversioned profile to find the current extends target (e.g., cis-v1-7-0).
  4. Read the current versioned profile to get its selections and other configuration.
  5. Convert the new version to filename-safe format (e.g., 2.1.0 → v2-1-0).

If the unversioned profile doesn't use extends, warn the user that it doesn't follow the versioning pattern and offer to convert it.

Step 2: Show the Proposed Changes

For each product, show what will happen:

  1. New versioned profile (<name>-<new_version>.profile): Created with the same selections as the current versioned profile (the user can modify selections afterward).
  2. Previous versioned profile (<name>-<old_version>.profile): Add status: deprecated to mark it as superseded.
  3. Unversioned profile (<name>.profile): Update extends to point to the new version and update metadata.version.

Ask the user to confirm before applying.

Step 3: Apply

After approval:

  1. Create the new versioned profile by copying the current versioned profile's content and updating metadata.version.
  2. Add status: deprecated to the previous versioned profile.
  3. Update the unversioned profile's extends field to reference the new versioned profile.
  4. Update the unversioned profile's metadata.version to the new version.
  5. Show the final state of all modified/created files.

Notes

  • Product full names for titles/descriptions: Read the full_name field from products/<product>/product.yml for each product.
  • Version format in filenames: Replace dots with dashes and prefix with v (e.g., 2.0.0 → v2-0-0, V2R3 → v2r3).
  • Version format in metadata: Use the version as provided by the user (e.g., V2.0.0, V2R3).
  • Always show the full proposed file contents before creating or modifying.
  • When updating, preserve all existing selections, filter_rules, variables, and other configuration from the current versioned profile.