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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# role/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+# Generates platform-specific files for ansible roles
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import os
+import jinja2
+
+from cookiecutter import generate as ccg
+from cookiecutter.environment import StrictEnvironment
+import cookiecutter.utils as utils
+
+# Docs for hooks
+# https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/hooks.html
+
+# Tickets related to what thei above
+# https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/issues/474
+# https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/issues/851
+
+# other implementations
+# https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/master/contrib/cookiecutter/ckan_extension/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+
+# CWD is output dir
+PROJECT_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.join("..", os.path.curdir))
+
+# Hack, but 'cookiecutter._template' is a relative path
+TEMPLATE_DIR = os.path.realpath(
+    os.path.join(os.path.curdir, "../{{ cookiecutter._template }}")
+)
+
+# script is rendered as a template, so this will be filled in with the
+# cookiecutter dict, which is why noqa is needed.
+CONTEXT = {{cookiecutter | jsonify}}  # noqa: F821, E227
+
+
+def delete_file(filepath):
+    """ delete generated file from output directory """
+    os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, filepath))
+
+
+def generate_platforms():
+    """ Generate files specific to each platform in platforms dict """
+
+    # list all platform tmplated files here
+    # {% raw %}
+    platform_files = [
+        "{{cookiecutter.role_name}}/tasks/{{cookiecutter.platform}}.yml",
+        "{{cookiecutter.role_name}}/vars/{{cookiecutter.platform}}.yml",
+    ]
+    # {% endraw %}
+
+    # delete the unneded file generated by platform_files earlier
+    env = StrictEnvironment(context={"cookiecutter": CONTEXT})
+    for infile in platform_files:
+        outfile_tmpl = env.from_string(infile)
+        delete_file(outfile_tmpl.render({"cookiecutter": CONTEXT}))
+
+    platforms = list(CONTEXT["platforms"].keys())
+
+    # Combine Ubuntu and Debian as they're the same ansible_os_family
+    if "Ubuntu" in platforms and "Debian" not in platforms:
+        platforms.remove("Ubuntu")
+        platforms.append("Debian")
+
+    # Iterate over platforms creating files
+    for platform in platforms:
+
+        # assign platform name to cookiecutter.platform
+        CONTEXT.update({"platform": platform})
+
+        # build jinja2 environment
+        env = StrictEnvironment(
+            context={"cookiecutter": CONTEXT}, keep_trailing_newline=True,
+        )
+
+        # must be in template dir for generate_file to work
+        with utils.work_in(TEMPLATE_DIR):
+            env.loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(".")
+
+            for infile in platform_files:
+                ccg.generate_file(
+                    project_dir=PROJECT_DIR,
+                    infile=infile,
+                    context={"cookiecutter": CONTEXT},
+                    env=env,
+                )
+
+
+def delete_inactive_licenses():
+
+    # get list of licenses written to output
+    license_dir = os.path.join(os.path.curdir, "LICENSES")
+    license_files = os.listdir(license_dir)
+
+    # delete any files that don't start with the license identifier
+    for licfile in license_files:
+        if not licfile.startswith(CONTEXT["license"]):
+            os.remove(os.path.join(os.path.curdir, "LICENSES", licfile))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    generate_platforms()
+    delete_inactive_licenses()