Enable using these modules with version constraints

README.md

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 # terraform-cloudgov
 
-Terraform modules for cloud.gov managed services commonly used by [18f/rails-template](https://github.com/18f/rails-template) based apps
+Terraform modules for working with cloud.gov commonly used by [18f/rails-template](https://github.com/18f/rails-template) based apps
 
 ## Module Examples
 
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+
+## Staying up to date
+
+Note that [Terraform doesn't support version constraints for github module sources](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/modules/sources#github). To use the latest available versions of these modules using a version constraint, use our [semver module](./semver). 

semver/README.md

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+# terraform-cloudgov/semver 
+
+Find a tag for this repository matching NPM-style version constraints
+
+## Example
+
+```terraform
+# Specify a version constraint for each module we plan to use
+locals {
+  module_versions = {
+    database = ">0.5.0",
+    s3       = ">0.6.0"
+  }
+}
+
+# Divine the most recent versions matching those constraints...
+module "version" {
+  for_each           = local.module_versions
+  source             = "github.com/18f/terraform-cloudgov//semver"
+  version_constraint = each.value
+}
+
+# ...then refer to the source for those modules using the calculated versions.
+
+module "database" {
+  source = "github.com/18f/terraform-cloudgov//database?ref=v${module.version["database"].target_version}"
+  # [...]
+}
+
+module "s3" {
+  source = "github.com/18f/terraform-cloudgov//s3?ref=v${module.version["s3"].target_version}"
+  # [...]
+}
+```
+

semver/main.tf

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+# This is just a thin wrapper around the following module, prefilling
+# the 18f/terraform-cloudgov repository
+# https://registry.terraform.io/modules/rhythmictech/find-release-by-semver
+
+# Just accepts the one parameter
+variable "version_constraint" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "The NPM-style version constraint you want to use to find the right version"
+}
+
+module "find-cloudgov-module-version" {
+  source  = "rhythmictech/find-release-by-semver/github"
+  version = "~> 1.1.2"
+
+  repo_name          = "terraform-cloudgov"
+  repo_owner         = "18f"
+  version_constraint = var.version_constraint
+}
+
+output "target_version" {
+  description = "Version matched to constraint"
+  value       = module.find-cloudgov-module-version.target_version
+}
+
+output "version_info" {
+  description = "All available info about the target release"
+  value       = module.find-cloudgov-module-version.version_info
+}

semver/tests/default/default.tf

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+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    test = {
+      # See https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/modules/testing-experiment#writing-tests-for-a-module
+      source = "terraform.io/builtin/test"
+    }
+    http = {
+      source = "hashicorp/http"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Fixture constraints
+locals {
+  module_versions = {
+    greaterthan = ">0.5.0",
+  }
+
+  latest_tag = trimprefix(jsondecode(data.http.latest_version.response_body).tag_name, "v")
+}
+
+# Divine the most recent versions matching fixture
+module "version" {
+  for_each           = local.module_versions
+  source             = "../.."
+  version_constraint = each.value
+}
+
+data "http" "latest_version" {
+  url = "https://api.github.com/repos/18f/terraform-cloudgov/releases/latest"
+
+  request_headers = {
+    accept = "vnd.github+json"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "test_assertions" "greater-than-is-latest" {
+  component = "outputs"
+  equal "target_version" {
+    description = "greater than should always be the latest in the repo"
+    got  = module.version["greaterthan"].target_version
+    # want = "0.7.0" # Need to programmatically derive this
+    want = local.latest_tag
+  }
+}
+