move render events to after template command

README.md

@@ -555,7 +555,9 @@ template {
   command = "restart service foo"
 
   # This is the maximum amount of time to wait for the optional command to
-  # return. Default is 30s.
+  # return. If you set the timeout to 0s the command is run in the background
+  # without monitoring it for errors. If also using Once, consul-template can
+  # exit before the command is finished. Default is 30s.
   command_timeout = "60s"
 
   # Exit with an error when accessing a struct or map field/key that does not

manager/runner.go

@@ -556,23 +556,6 @@ func (r *Runner) Run() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Check if we need to deliver any rendered signals
-	if wouldRenderAny || renderedAny {
-		// Send the signal that a template got rendered
-		select {
-		case r.renderedCh <- struct{}{}:
-		default:
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Check if we need to deliver any event signals
-	if newRenderEvent {
-		select {
-		case r.renderEventCh <- struct{}{}:
-		default:
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Perform the diff and update the known dependencies.
 	r.diffAndUpdateDeps(runCtx.depsMap)
 
@@ -601,6 +584,23 @@ func (r *Runner) Run() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Check if we need to deliver any rendered signals
+	if wouldRenderAny || renderedAny {
+		// Send the signal that a template got rendered
+		select {
+		case r.renderedCh <- struct{}{}:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check if we need to deliver any event signals
+	if newRenderEvent {
+		select {
+		case r.renderEventCh <- struct{}{}:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If we got this far and have a child process, we need to send the reload
 	// signal to the child process.
 	if renderedAny && r.child != nil {