When I need to alias some task's name, how should I do it?
For example, how do I turn the task name:
rake db:table
rake db:create
rake db:schema
rake db:migration
to:
rake db:t
rake db:c
rake db:s
rake db:m
Editing after getting the answer:
def alias_task(tasks)
tasks.each do |new_name, old_name|
task new_name, [*Rake.application[old_name].arg_names] => [old_name]
end
end
alias_task [
[:ds, :db_schema],
[:dc, :db_create],
[:dr, :db_remove]
]
Why do you need an alias? You may introduce a new task without any code, but with a prerequisite to the original task.
namespace :db do
task :table do
puts "table"
end
#kind of alias
task :t => :table
end
This can be combined with parameters:
require 'rake'
desc 'My original task'
task :original_task, [:par1, :par2] do |t, args|
puts "#{t}: #{args.inspect}"
end
#Alias task.
#Parameters are send to prerequisites, if the keys are identic.
task :alias_task, [:par1, :par2] => :original_task
To avoid to search for the parameters names you may read the parameters with arg_names:
#You can get the parameters of the original
task :alias_task2, *Rake.application[:original_task].arg_names, :needs => :original_task
Combine it to a define_alias_task-method:
def define_alias_task(alias_task, original)
desc "Alias #{original}"
task alias_task, *Rake.application[original].arg_names, :needs => original
end
define_alias_task(:alias_task3, :original_task)
Tested with ruby 1.9.1 and rake-0.8.7.
Hmmm, well, I see that's more or less exactly the same solution RyanTM already posted some hours ago.
Here is some code someone wrote to do it: https://gist.github.com/232966
def alias_task(name, old_name)
t = Rake::Task[old_name]
desc t.full_comment if t.full_comment
task name, *t.arg_names do |_, args|
# values_at is broken on Rake::TaskArguments
args = t.arg_names.map { |a| args[a] }
t.invoke(args)
end
end
Related
I want to call a function that is in another rake file.
Rake File 1:
task :build => [:some_other_tasks] do
foo
end
def foo(type = :debug)
# ...
end
Rake File 2:
require_relative 'path_to_rake_file_1'
task :foo2 => [:some_other_tasks] do
foo
end
I am currently getting a no such file to load error despite confirming the path is absolutely correct.
Instead of defining methods inside rake files and sharing them among rake tasks, it is best practice to create a RakeHelper module and include it in your rake file. So, you could have something like:
rake_helper.rb
module RakeHelper
def self.foo
end
end
task1.rake
include RakeHelper
task :build => [:some_other_tasks] do
RakeHelper.foo
end
task2.rake
include RakeHelper
task :foo2 => [:some_other_tasks] do
RakeHelper.foo
end
Is there a straight forward way to modify a Rake task to run some bit of code before running the existing task? I'm looking for something equivalent to enhance, that runs at the beginning rather than the end of the task.
Rake::Task['lame'].enhance(['i_run_afterwards_ha_ha'])
You can use the dependency of Rake task to do that, and the fact that Rake allows you to redefine existing task.
Rakefile
task :your_task do
puts 'your_task'
end
task :before do
puts "before"
end
task :your_task => :before
As result
$ rake your_task
before
your_task
Or you could use the rake-hooks gem to do before and after hooks:
https://github.com/guillermo/rake-hooks
namespace :greetings do
task :hola do puts "Hola!" end ;
task :bonjour do puts "Bonjour!" end ;
task :gday do puts "G'day!" end ;
end
before "greetings:hola", "greetings:bonjour", "greetings:gday" do
puts "Hello!"
end
rake greetings:hola # => "Hello! Hola!"
According to http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rakefile_rdoc.html, you can create a task that accepts parameters and also has prerequisites:
task :name, [:first_name, :last_name] => [:pre_name] do |t, args|
But what if :pre_name is a task that also accepts parameters? What is the syntax for passing parameters to :pre_name when it is used as a prerequisite?
It's actually pretty simple - the :pre task will receive the same parameters as the original task. All you need to do is make sure that the signature is similar - for instance if the first task receives :a,:b the :pre task needs to receive them as well.
See more here: rake with params
I know I'm late to the party, but I had the same problem and figured something out that didn't use environment variables. You can use Rake::Task.invoke to do this. Here's an example for a database backup rake task:
namespace :db do
task :dump_db, [:dump_file, :rails_env] do |t, args|
puts "dumping to #{args[:dump_file]} with rails env = #{args[:rails_env]}"
end
task :stop_slave do
puts "stopping slave"
end
task :start_slave do
puts "starting slave"
end
task :upload_dump, [:dump_file] do |t, args|
puts "uploading #{args[:dump_file]}"
end
task :backup_to_s3, [:dump_file, :rails_env] do |t, args|
Rake::Task["db:stop_slave"].invoke()
Rake::Task["db:dump_db"].invoke(args[:dump_file], args[:rails_env])
Rake::Task["db:start_slave"].invoke()
Rake::Task["db:upload_dump"].invoke(args[:dump_file])
end
end
I don't have a direct answer, but I do have an alternative solution that might work for you. None of my rake tasks use parameters. (I think I tried to use parameters and had trouble getting them to work.) Instead, I rely on the ENV array. So, for example, I would write that example task as:
task :name =>:pre_name do
do_something_with_name(ENV['first_name'], ENV['last_name'])
end
which would be invoked as:
$ rake name first_name=John last_name=Smith
The ENV array data would be available to the pre_name task as well.
namespace :shell do
desc "Local hostname"
task :hostname do
puts "Local hostname"
sh "hostname"
end
desc "Local uptime"
task :uptime do
puts "Local uptime"
sh "uptime"
end
desc "Echo something"
task :echo,[:someword] do |t,args|
puts "--- #{args[:someword]} ---"
end
end
desc "Run all tasks"
task :all , [:someword] => ["shell:hostname","shell:uptime","shell:echo"] do
puts "Done."
end
Rake allows for the following syntax:
task :my_task, :arg1, :arg2 do |t, args|
puts "Args were: #{args}"
end
I'd like to be able to do the same, but with RSpecs SpecTask.
The following unfortunately fails:
desc "Run example with argument"
SpecTask.new('my_task'), :datafile do |t, args|
t.spec_files = FileList['*_spec.rb -datafile=#{args}']
t.spec_opts = ["-c -f specdoc"]
end
Is it possible to achieve this with a SpecTask, or is there an alternative approach?
if rspec doesn't support the args variable, you could pass it in as a command line parameter and/or a variable from another location.
rake datafile=somevalue
#datafile = ENV["datafile"]
desc "Run example with argument"
SpecTask.new :my_task do |t|
t.spec_files = FileList["*._spec.rb -datafile=#{#datafile}"]
#... etc
end
Given something like:
namespace :my_tasks do
task :foo do
do_something
end
task :bar do
do_something_else
end
task :all => [:foo, :bar]
end
How do I make :all be the default task, so that running rake my_tasks will call it (instead of having to call rake my_tasks:all)?
Place it outside the namespace like this:
namespace :my_tasks do
task :foo do
do_something
end
task :bar do
do_something_else
end
end
task :all => ["my_tasks:foo", "my_tasks:bar"]
Also... if your tasks require arguments then:
namespace :my_tasks do
task :foo, :arg1, :arg2 do |t, args|
do_something
end
task :bar, :arg1, :arg2 do |t, args|
do_something_else
end
end
task :my_tasks, :arg1, :arg2 do |t, args|
Rake::Task["my_tasks:foo"].invoke( args.arg1, args.arg2 )
Rake::Task["my_tasks:bar"].invoke( args.arg1, args.arg2 )
end
Notice how in the 2nd example you can call the task the same name as the namespace, ie 'my_tasks'
Not very intuitive, but you can have a namespace and a task that have the same name, and that effectively gives you what you want. For instance
namespace :my_task do
task :foo do
do_foo
end
task :bar do
do_bar
end
end
task :my_task do
Rake::Task['my_task:foo'].invoke
Rake::Task['my_task:bar'].invoke
end
Now you can run commands like,
rake my_task:foo
and
rake my_task
I suggest you to use this if you have lots of tasks in the namespace.
task :my_tasks do
Rake.application.in_namespace(:my_tasks){|namespace| namespace.tasks.each(&:invoke)}
end
And then you can run all tasks in the namespace by:
rake my_tasks
With this, you don't need to worry to change your :all task when you add new tasks into that namespace.
I use this Rakefile for cucumber:
require 'cucumber'
require 'cucumber/rake/task'
namespace :features do
Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:fast) do |t|
t.profile = 'fast'
end
Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:slow) do |t|
t.profile = 'slow'
end
task :ci => [:fast, :slow]
end
task :default => "features:ci"
Then if I type just:
rake
It runs the default task, which runs both fast and slow tests.
I learned this from Cheezy's blog.
The way I'm reading obvio171's question is that he is asking1) for a systematic way to invoke a certain task in a namespace by invoking the namespace as a task.
I've frequently encountered the same need. I like to logically group tasks into namespaces. Often that grouping resembles a hierarchy. Hence the desire to invoke the group makes very much sense to me.
Here's my take:
module Rake::DSL
def group(name, &block)
ns = namespace name, &block
default = ns[:default]
task name => "#{name}:default" if default
ns
end
end
group :foo do
task :foo1 do |t| puts t.name end
task :foo2 do |t| puts t.name end
task :default => [:foo1, :foo2]
end
task :default => :foo
1)...or was asking, years ago. Nonetheless a still interesting question.
Add the following task outside of the namespace:
desc "Run all my tasks"
task :my_tasks => ["my_tasks:all"]
Keep in mind, that you can have a task with the same name as the namespace.
And hier a bigger example, that shows, how you can make use of tasks, which have the same name as the namespace, even when nesting namespaces:
namespace :job1 do
task :do_something1 do
puts "job1:do_something1"
end
task :do_something2 do
puts "job1:do_something2"
end
task :all => [:do_something1, :do_something2]
end
desc "Job 1"
task :job1 => ["job1:all"]
# You do not need the "all"-task, but it might be handier to have one.
namespace :job2 do
task :do_something1 do
puts "job2:do_something1"
end
task :do_something2 do
puts "job2:do_something2"
end
end
desc "Job 2"
task :job2 => ["job2:do_something1", "job2:do_something2"]
namespace :superjob do
namespace :job1 do
task :do_something1 do
puts "superjob:job1:do_something1"
end
task :do_something2 do
puts "superjob:job1:do_something2"
end
end
desc "Job 1 in Superjob"
task :job1 => ["job1:do_something1", "job1:do_something2"]
namespace :job2 do
task :do_something1 do
puts "superjob:job2:do_something1"
end
task :do_something2 do
puts "superjob:job2:do_something2"
end
end
desc "Job 2 in Superjob"
task :job2 => ["job2:do_something1", "job2:do_something2"]
end
desc "My Super Job"
task :superjob => ["superjob:job1", "superjob:job2"]
# Do them all just by calling "$ rake"
task :default => [:job1, :job2, :superjob]
Just copy it and try it out.
Based on Rocky's solution Default task for namespace in Rake
And this dexter's answer Is there a way to know the current rake task?
namespace :root do
namespace :foo do
end
namespace :target do
task :all do |task_all|
Rake.application.in_namespace(task_all.scope.path) do |ns|
ns.tasks.each { |task| task.invoke unless task.name == task_all.name }
end
end
task :one do
end
task :another do
end
end
end
Combining Szymon Lipiński's and Shyam Habarakada's answers, here is what I think is the most idiomatic and consise answer:
namespace :my_tasks do
task :foo do
do_something
end
task :bar do
do_something_else
end
end
task :my_tasks => ["my_tasks:foo", "my_tasks:bar"]
allows you to do rake my_tasks while avoiding cumbersome invocation of the subtasks.