feat: allow the entire ECS schema folder to be easily ignored

Author: maihde

scripts/generator.py

@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ def main() -> None:
         ecs_generated_version += "+exp"
         print('Experimental ECS version ' + ecs_generated_version)
 
-    fields: dict[str, FieldEntry] = loader.load_schemas(ref=args.ref, included_files=args.include)
+    fields: dict[str, FieldEntry] = loader.load_schemas(
+        ref=args.ref,
+        included_files=args.include,
+        no_ecs=args.no_ecs
+    )
     cleaner.clean(fields, strict=args.strict)
     finalizer.finalize(fields)
     fields, docs_only_fields = subset_filter.filter(fields, args.subset, out_dir)
@@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ def argument_parser() -> argparse.Namespace:
                         help='enforce strict checking at schema cleanup')
     parser.add_argument('--intermediate-only', action='store_true',
                         help='generate intermediary files only')
+    parser.add_argument('--no-ecs', action='store_true',
+                        help='do not include ECS schemas')
     parser.add_argument('--force-docs', action='store_true',
                         help='generate ECS docs even if --subset, --include, or --exclude are set')
     args = parser.parse_args()

scripts/schema/loader.py

@@ -77,13 +77,18 @@
 
 def load_schemas(
     ref: Optional[str] = None,
-    included_files: Optional[List[str]] = []
+    included_files: Optional[List[str]] = [],
+    no_ecs: Optional[bool] = False
 ) -> Dict[str, FieldEntry]:
     """Loads ECS and custom schemas. They are returned deeply nested and merged."""
     # ECS fields (from git ref or not)
-    schema_files_raw: Dict[str, FieldNestedEntry] = load_schemas_from_git(
-        ref) if ref else load_schema_files(ecs_helpers.ecs_files())
-    fields: Dict[str, FieldEntry] = deep_nesting_representation(schema_files_raw)
+    if not no_ecs:
+        schema_files_raw: Dict[str, FieldNestedEntry] = load_schemas_from_git(
+            ref) if ref else load_schema_files(ecs_helpers.ecs_files())
+        fields: Dict[str, FieldEntry] = deep_nesting_representation(schema_files_raw)
+    else:
+        print('Not loading ECS schemas')
+        fields = {}
 
     # Custom additional files
     if included_files and len(included_files) > 0: