Empty -target= points to all resources in state

[beanaroo]

Terraform Version

0.10.7

Since #2253 is still open, consider the following command:

$ terraform apply -target=aws_subnet.public-1 -target=aws_subnet.public-2 
-target=aws_subnet.public-3 -target=aws_subnet.database-1 -target=aws_subnet.database-2 
-target=aws_subnet.database-3 -target=aws_subnet.application-1 -target=aws_subnet.application-2 
-target=aws_subnet.application-3 -target=aws_route_table_association.public-1 
-target=aws_route_table_association.public-2 -target= -target=aws_route_table_association.public-3 
-target=aws_route_table_association.public -target=aws_route_table_association.database 
-target=aws_route_table_association.database-1 -target=aws_route_table_association.database-2 
-target=aws_route_table_association.database-3 -target=aws_route_table_association.application 
-target=aws_route_table_association.application-1 -target=aws_route_table_association.application-2 
-target=aws_route_table_association.application-3 -target=aws_route.application-1

The accidental -target= results in all resources being targeted.

An error would be useful to prevent unwanted changes.

[stephenchu]

The consequence of this bug could actually be disastrous... Hope this gets fixed soon!

[ghost]

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