Golang template engine pipelines
问题 I have a Golang template, defined like this {{- define "test" -}} {{- printf "%s" .Name | trunc 24 -}} {{- end -}} Then I use it in one of my files: {{ template "test" . }} What does the dot mean after "test"? Golang template docs say: {{template "name" pipeline}} The template with the specified name is executed with dot set to the value of the pipeline. But I am not sure what pipeline is. Reading documentation gave no results, could anyone explain once again? Also, why do we have to start