implement addDeletionOverride for Terraform resources

[rirze]

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Description

It would be helpful to be able to delete keys and their values from the generated Terraform output, similar to the CDK for Cloudformation. Would provide a stopgap for when bugs are found and resources need to be created with correct specifications.

References

CDK docs on escape hatches: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/cfn_layer.html#cfn_layer_raw

Historical PR in aws-cdk for escape hatches: aws/aws-cdk#784
Current implementation in aws-cdk: https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/master/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/cfn-resource.ts

[ansgarm]

Hi @rirze,
this should already be possible by using .addOverride("some_attribute", undefined). Have you tried that?

[rirze]

Would that be .addOverride("some_attribute", None) in python?

[ansgarm]

@rirze sorry for the late reply: Yes, use None in Python 👍

[ansgarm]

I'm going to close this, as using undefined works to delete attributes 👍

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