Create change sets for nested stacks with CodePipeline native Cloudformation action

Question

I have CloudFormation templates in a CodeCommit repository with CodePipeline deploying the stacks. There is a root template with many nested stacks.
Whenever there's a change in the repository, I create a change set for the root template using CodePipeline's native CloudFormation action "Create or replace a change set". But the change set is created only for the root stack, not the nested stacks.

In the web console, nested stacks change sets are enabled by default. With AWS CLI, `--include-nested-stacks` option can be used.
But I found no way to do it using the CodePipeline action, is there any?

Thanks.

Answer

Hello.

I have checked the following documents.  
There was no mention of nested stacks in CodePipeline's CloudFormation action.  
Therefore, nested stacks may not currently be available in CloudFormation actions.  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/action-reference-CloudFormation.html

Therefore, it may be possible to create a change set using the AWS CLI in CodeBuild's buildspec.yml, or by using the method introduced in the AWS blog below.  
https://aws.amazon.com/jp/blogs/devops/continuous-delivery-of-nested-aws-cloudformation-stacks-using-aws-codepipeline/

Create change sets for nested stacks with CodePipeline native Cloudformation action

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