How do you programmatically import files in Google Deployment Manager - google-cloud-platform

Question

I'm looking at this example which uses deployment manager to deploy a cloud function: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/deploymentmanager-samples/tree/master/examples/v2/cloud_functions
One of the things that makes this unwieldy and not very usable is this, it requires you explicitly import EVERY file in the function:
imports:
- path: cloud_function.py
# The function code will be defined for the files in function/
- path: function/index.js
- path: function/package.json
It's not acceptable to have to add to that every time there is a new file. Deployment Manager also does not support wildcards.
How can you import files programmatically?
This is the part of cloud_function.py that references the imported files, I tried to just use a string but it seems that import actually copies files somewhere? How do I do that programmatically so I don't need to explicitly define every individual file?
files = ["function/index.js","function/package.json"] # this does not work if these files have not been declared via "import"
#for imp in ctx.imports:
for imp in files:
if imp.startswith(ctx.properties['codeLocation']):
zip_file.writestr(imp[len(ctx.properties['codeLocation']):],
ctx.imports[imp])

Answer 1

You have to turn on globbing, in this way config files can now use glob patterns in import paths:
gcloud config set deployment_manager/glob_imports True
Here are examples where entire folders can be added:
imports:
- path: templates/simple_frontend.py
name: simple_frontend.py
# Helper classes
- path: helper/*.py
# Configuration files
- path: configs/*.yaml
- path: configs/*/*.yaml
The full documentation can be found here.