From 8f5360d9d55efefc7bdfa9e182b279bb046ce733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <jakub.trllo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 18:28:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added ability to keep '<>' without formatting content
 unchanged

---
 openpype/lib/path_templates.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openpype/lib/path_templates.py b/openpype/lib/path_templates.py
index c1282016ef..e4b18ec258 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/path_templates.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/path_templates.py
@@ -211,15 +211,28 @@ class StringTemplate(object):
                 if counted_symb > -1:
                     parts = tmp_parts.pop(counted_symb)
                     counted_symb -= 1
+                    # If part contains only single string keep value
+                    #   unchanged
                     if parts:
                         # Remove optional start char
                         parts.pop(0)
-                        if counted_symb < 0:
-                            out_parts = new_parts
-                        else:
-                            out_parts = tmp_parts[counted_symb]
-                        # Store temp parts
-                        out_parts.append(OptionalPart(parts))
+
+                    if not parts:
+                        value = "<>"
+                    elif (
+                        len(parts) == 1
+                        and isinstance(parts[0], six.string_types)
+                    ):
+                        value = "<{}>".format(parts[0])
+                    else:
+                        value = OptionalPart(parts)
+
+                    if counted_symb < 0:
+                        out_parts = new_parts
+                    else:
+                        out_parts = tmp_parts[counted_symb]
+                    # Store value
+                    out_parts.append(value)
                     continue
 
             if counted_symb < 0:
@@ -793,6 +806,7 @@ class OptionalPart:
         parts(list): Parts of template. Can contain 'str', 'OptionalPart' or
             'FormattingPart'.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, parts):
         self._parts = parts