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This currently says:

Error: Could not run: Could not retrieve dependency 'Exec["echo hi"]' of File[/home/animesh/TrashThings/testing/puppet/file-link]

which is obvious as I've not defined that anywhere...

as you said, you don't have it defined anywhere 🙂

Um, ok, but it might be actually useful to run command on changes that way actually 🤔 even if its currently not implemented like so...

that's really what puppet apply is made for

I mean its what puppet is for, but this cli interface can be useful for imperative management while using puppet provider ecosystem which support many os.

yes. and you can do that with puppet apply as well

Anyway, I would like to try adding a --on-change "cmd" in fork if I'm able to, would be great to understand puppet from inner side as well... puppet manifest can notify variety of resources, though if using from cli, notifying a command is enough i guess.

the whole concept of

puppet resource

is to manage a single resource

there is Puppet Bolt for this I’d say