Execute command before moving file into its final location

[ferki]

User story

As a rex user, I would like to execute some commands before a file is moved to its final location, so I can to validate file content, or show diff before the changes are applied.

Describe the solution you'd like

Currently we can use file hooks for similar purposes, but those hook apply for all file commands globally. We could either allow general file hooks on a case-by-case basis:

file '/etc/ssh/sshd_config',
  source        => 'files/etc/ssh/sshd_config',
  before_change => sub { run 'sshd -t <%= $filename %>'}; # template format

or introduce a new, purpose-made validate option:

file '/etc/ssh/sshd_config',
  source   => 'files/etc/ssh/sshd_config',
  validate => sub { run 'sshd -t %s'}; # string placeholder format

It would only copy the temporary file to its final location if this hook returns success.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Filename matching is possible inside the global hooks too, but it feels like the configuration for that would be far away from its context.

Additional context

Ansible has a similar validate logic too, but I think I would prefer a more generic solution, especially given we already have various file hooks in place, it's just hard to configure those on a per-file basis.