I have been building a lot of packs and have found that my templates/ directory often has only one file. To make things concise and easy I have found that I can just name the job template file: .nomad.tpl. This works and I have not yet run into any problems.
I am wondering if anyone else can think of potential pitfalls of naming the job template file in this way.
I tend to do it the other way around so .template.nomad this way my code editor I use auto picks up the language and i get all the syntax loaded automatically. I don’t use packs though and instead am using levant for templating so this might not be applicable in this case 
Though most modern editors allow you to specify what language certain extensions use so the way you specified would work in an IDE too
@CarbonCollins, I have not used levant. Packs requires the .nomad.tpl extension. I agree, it is nice to have modern IDEs that can be modified so easily.
Could you mention the IDE and extensions you use to work with Nomad Packs?
Currently for me its the most painful part of the process, I am writing templated hcl with no syntax highlighting nor auto-formatting. 
I use Goland with the Terraform and HCL plugin.
Thanks!, I had to reassign the File Type to use HCL. That’s a bit better, but does the code reformatting works for you? My just messes everything.