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Hey, is there a shorthand to "use existing value for this stack, otherwise set to ..."? For example, I want to use the latest AMI for an EC2 instance, unless I am referring to a server that already exists, in which case I want to leave it alone so it doesnt redeploy?

I say shorthand, because I could do a `StackReference -&gt; getOutput` dance, but would prefer not to if there's a shorter way :slightly_smiling_face:

There is not currently - but <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/2277> is tracking this.

Oh cool, thanks. That would be a nice way to solve it.