Add change log and --output for app-json.py

Closes coop-cloud/auto-apps-json#2.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 - Add `--bump` to `deploy` command to allow packagers to make minor package related releases ([#173](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra/issues/173))
 - Drop `--skip-version-check`/`--no-domain-poll`/`--no-state-poll` in favour of `--fast` ([#169](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra/issues/169))
+- Move `abra` image under the new `thecoopcloud/...` namespace ([#1](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/auto-apps-json/issues/1))
+- Add a `--output` flag to the `app-json.py` app generator for the CI environment ([#2](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/auto-apps-json/issues/2))
 
 # abra 9.0.0 (2021-06-10)
 

bin/app-json.py

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 # ~/.abra/apps), and format it as JSON so that it can be hosted here:
 # https://apps.coopcloud.tech
 
+import argparse
 from json import dump
 from os import chdir, getcwd, listdir
 from os.path import basename
+from pathlib import Path
 from re import findall, search
 from subprocess import DEVNULL
 
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ from abralib import (
     log,
 )
 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Generate a new apps.json")
+parser.add_argument("--output", type=Path, default=f"{getcwd()}/apps.json")
+
 
 def get_published_apps_json():
     """Retrieve already published apps json."""
@@ -195,11 +200,12 @@ def get_app_versions(app_path, cached_apps_json):
 
 def main():
     """Run the script."""
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
     repos_json = get_repos_json()
     clone_all_apps(repos_json)
 
-    target = f"{getcwd()}/apps.json"
+    with open(args.output, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
-    with open(target, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
         dump(
             generate_apps_json(repos_json),
             handle,
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@ def main():
             sort_keys=True,
         )
 
-    log.info(f"Successfully generated {target}")
+    log.info(f"Successfully generated {args.output}")
 
 
 main()