feat(automate): make temporary working dir optional

app/cli/automate.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
+import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from traceback import TracebackException
@@ -108,8 +109,12 @@ def run_job(job_cls: Type[BaseAutomation], *,
     automation.state = AutomationState.RUNNING
     db.session.commit()
     try:
-        job: BaseAutomation = job_cls()
-        tempdir_path = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        if 'TERRAFORM_DIRECTORY' in app.config:
+            working_dir = os.path.join(app.config['TERRAFORM_DIRECTORY'],
+                                       job_cls.short_name or job_cls.__class__.__name__.lower())
+        else:
+            working_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        job: BaseAutomation = job_cls(working_dir)
         success, logs = job.automate()
         # We want to catch any and all exceptions that would cause problems here, because
         # the error handling process isn't really handling the error, but rather causing it
@@ -123,7 +128,9 @@ def run_job(job_cls: Type[BaseAutomation], *,
         automation.state = AutomationState.IDLE
         automation.next_run = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(
             minutes=getattr(job, "frequency", 7))
-        shutil.rmtree(tempdir_path)
+        if not 'TERRAFORM_DIRECTORY' in app.config:
+            # We used a temporary working directory
+            shutil.rmtree(working_dir)
     else:
         automation.state = AutomationState.ERROR
         automation.enabled = False