tox-backtick 2.3.0

Backticks tox plugin for tox v.4.x.x.

tox-backtick

Backticks tox plugin for tox v.4.x.x.

Overview

tox-backtick is a strict fork of Damien Nadé’s tox-backtocks package (v.0.4.0) with a fixes allowing to work on Python 3.8 or higher and on Windows with a little code reformatting and minor improvements.

PyPI record.

Documentation.

Overview below is a copy from the original tox-backtocks README.md:

tox-backtocks

A refreshed backticks tox plugin

This is a very early stage release. Use it at your own risks.

Here’s the roadmap to 1.0 release and our current status:

• [x] define a backquote var in set_env with a

  backquoted expression (and nothing else) and evaluate it through bash, inside the tox virtual environment.

• [x] Make of a backquote var usable in commands section.

• [x] Allow another variable to be referenced inside the

  backquoted expression

• [x] Strip the trailing newline characters of the

  backquoted expression

• [ ] Allow user configure the evaluation of backquote expression

  to be with a shell or not (either fork the command directly, either fork a shell and evaluate a possible-complex shell expression)

• [ ] Allow a backquote var value to contain regular string parts

  and a backquote expression

• [ ] Allow a backquote var value to contain more than one

  backquote expression

• [ ] Allow user to configure if we should strip the trailing newline

  characters or not.

• [x] Allow another variable to reuse the evaluated

  backquoted expression

• [x] Allow another variable to reuse the evaluated

  backquoted expression without reevaluating it :) (I mean, it’s hacked, but heh, better than nothing)

• [x] If evaluating through a shell, automatically add said shell to

  allowlist_externals section

• [x] Use the command string as is if 1st character in the command string

  is the + char (immediately after initial backtick). Bypasses the use of shlex.split() before handing off to tox_env.execute().

• [x] Have a working package

• [ ] Write user documentation

Usage

TBD…

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.10 or higher

  • https://www.python.org/

• pip

  • https://pypi.org/project/pip/

To install run:

python -m pip install --upgrade tox-backtick

Development

Prerequisites:

• Development is strictly based on nox. To install it run:

  python -m pip install --upgrade nox

Visit Development page.

Installation from sources:

clone the sources:

git clone https://github.com/karpierz/tox-backtick tox-backtick

and run:

python -m pip install ./tox-backtick

or on development mode:

python -m pip install --editable ./tox-backtick

License

Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Adam Karpierz

Copyright (c) 2023 Damien Nadé

Copyright (c) 2025 Steve Hespelt

Licensed under the LGPL-2.1-or-later License

https://opensource.org/license/lgpl-2-1

Please refer to the accompanying LICENSE file.

Authors

• Damien Nadé <[e-mail]>

• Adam Karpierz <[e-mail]>

• Steve Hespelt

Sponsoring

If you would like to sponsor the development of this project, your contribution is greatly appreciated.

As I am now retired, any support helps me dedicate more time to maintaining and improving this work.

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