diff --git a/config.schema.json b/config.schema.json
index 5a6dc69..6326a3e 100644
--- a/config.schema.json
+++ b/config.schema.json
@@ -273,20 +273,86 @@
             "items": {
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
-                    "name": {
+                    "type": {
                         "type": "string",
-                        "description": "The name that appears in the template"
-                    },
-                    "data": {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "The data that is to be inserted"
+                        "enum": [
+                            "string",
+                            "array"
+                        ],
+                        "description": "The type of data included. Can be omitted, which then defaults to string",
+                        "default": "string"
                     }
                 },
+                "if": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "type": {
+                            "const": "array"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "required": [
+                        "type"
+                    ]
+                },
+                "then": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "type": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "enum": [
+                                "string",
+                                "array"
+                            ],
+                            "description": "The type of data included. Can be omitted, which then defaults to string",
+                            "default": "string"
+                        },
+                        "name": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "description": "The name that appears in the template"
+                        },
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "string"
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "template": {
+                            "type": "string"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "required": [
+                        "items",
+                        "template",
+                        "name"
+                    ],
+                    "additionalProperties": false
+                },
+                "else": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "name": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "description": "The name that appears in the template"
+                        },
+                        "type": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "enum": [
+                                "string",
+                                "array"
+                            ],
+                            "description": "The type of data included. Can be omitted, which then defaults to string",
+                            "default": "string"
+                        },
+                        "data": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "description": "The data that is to be inserted"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "required": [
+                        "data"
+                    ],
+                    "additionalProperties": false
+                },
                 "required": [
-                    "name",
-                    "data"
-                ],
-                "additionalProperties": false
+                    "name"
+                ]
             }
         },
         "symlinks": {
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 1a7ca4c..b730470 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ git:
 
 template_data:
   - name: template_data_name
-    data: the_data
+    type: array
+    template: |
+      test {{ data }}
+    items:
+      - test
 
 cmds:
   always: