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Is it possible to initialize a stack without creating a `.yaml` file in the current folder?
(I plan on using `--config-file`)

I don't believe so because of the tight coupling with the `pulumi config` command, even in the automation API.

<https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/blob/master/sdk/nodejs/automation/localWorkspace.ts#L416>

which has that annoying side effect of removing your YAML file when you `pulumi stack rm`

Yeah, I kind of wish stacks were more internal than the `.yaml` that ends up functioning as config.

There's a design choice somewhere inside of how stacks and stack configs work that make them difficult to reuse between projects.

I don't know if this is the right way to put it, but it's almost like I wish "stack state supported multiple projects".

Yes, I ran into this issue when trying to abuse Config for my own needs, not a stack.  I had manage my own YAML separately :disappointed: (first world cloud development problems)

Yeah, and now I find myself writing shell scripts to manage this away as I don't want to be managing multiple files all with the same base settings.

I think I've got a strategy for it, but it's just obviously weird.

The symlinking to the `.yaml` file helps me keep just one config file with config for all my projects in it.