Added a description field for the vmware builder that is written to the vm after a build

builder/vmware/builder.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type config struct {
 	VMXTemplatePath   string            `mapstructure:"vmx_template_path"`
 	VNCPortMin        uint              `mapstructure:"vnc_port_min"`
 	VNCPortMax        uint              `mapstructure:"vnc_port_max"`
+	Description       string            `mapstructure:"description"`
 
 	RawBootWait        string `mapstructure:"boot_wait"`
 	RawSingleISOUrl    string `mapstructure:"iso_url"`
@@ -138,6 +139,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	if b.config.ToolsUploadPath == "" {
 		b.config.ToolsUploadPath = "{{ .Flavor }}.iso"
 	}
+	
+	if b.config.Description == "" {
+		b.config.Description = "<No Description>"
+	}
 
 	// Errors
 	templates := map[string]*string{

builder/vmware/builder_test.go

@@ -744,6 +744,34 @@ func TestBuilderPrepare_VNCPort(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuilderPrepare_Description(t *testing.T) {
+	var b Builder
+	config := testConfig()
+	
+	// Test with no description field
+	config["description"] = ""
+	warns, err := b.Prepare(config)
+	if len(warns) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", warns)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if b.config.Description != "<No Description>" {
+		t.Fatalf("Wrong value: %s", b.config.Description)
+	}
+
+	// Test with a description field
+	config["description"] = "VM description"
+	warns, err = b.Prepare(config)
+	if len(warns) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", warns)
+	}
+	if b.config.Description != "VM description" {
+		t.Fatalf("Wrong value: %s", b.config.Description)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuilderPrepare_VMXData(t *testing.T) {
 	var b Builder
 	config := testConfig()

builder/vmware/step_create_vmx.go

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ func (stepCreateVMX) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	// Set this so that no dialogs ever appear from Packer.
 	vmxData["msg.autoAnswer"] = "true"
+	// prints the template description into the "notes" field on VMWare
+	vmxData["annotation"] = config.Description
 
 	vmxPath := filepath.Join(config.OutputDir, config.VMName+".vmx")
 	if err := WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmxData); err != nil {