Minimalistic Python build tool inspired by Rake
Project description
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
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