cake 0.2.2

Minimalistic Python build tool inspired by Rake

It uses a simple python script (Cakefile) located in the project root to define its tasks. Cake can be run and can run tasks from anywhere within the project.

Features

• Task descriptions

• Task arguments

• Colored output

Usage

List all tasks

cake

Execute task

cake [name] [args]

Example

$ cat Cakefile
import subprocess as sbp

from cake.lib import task, path, puts

@task("description override")
def test():
    """ task description """
    print('current dir: %s' % path.current)
    print('project dir: %s' % path.root)

@task
def shell(value):
    """ execute a custom shell command """
    puts('{magenta}>>{yellow} %s' % value)
    sbp.call(value, shell=True)

$ cake
(in /home/alex/work/cake/examples)
cake shell                                 # execute a custom shell command
cake test                                  # description override

$ cake shell "date"
(in /home/alex/work/cake/examples)
>> date
Thu Jul 21 20:15:37 EEST 2011

Install

pip install cake