makeyfile

A minimal runner that allows you to specify shell commands, python code, or a sequence containing commands/code.

Inspired by the fact that people end up using Make to specify build/test/run scripts for projects, despites its limited capabilities.

Install

$ pip install makeyfile

For development install

$ pip install -e git+git@github.com:translate/makeyfile#egg=makeyfile
$ pip install makeyfile[test]

Configuration

makeyfile looks for a .Makeyfile.json in the current directory.

In this configuration file you can specify python callable code, shell commands, or sequences that may contain any other python/shell/sequences.

Example configuration:

{
    "sequence": {
        "command-sequence0": [
            "shell-command0",
            "shell-command1"
        ],
        "command-sequence1": [
            "command-sequence0",
            "python-command1",
            "shell-command0"
        ],
    },
    "python": {
        "python-command0": "some.module0.callable_code",
        "python-command1": "some.module1.callable_code"
    },
    "shell": {
        "shell-command0": "./runsomething",
        "shell-command1": "run-something-else --with flags"
    }
}

You can also specify shell and python paths. These are appended to $PYTHONPATH and $PATH before any scripts or code are run.

For example if you have some python code in a folder called scripts (scripts/module0.py in the following example) and some executables in a folder ./some/custom/bin, the following config will allow you to call them.

{
    "scripts": ["./scripts"],
    "paths": ["./some/custom/.bin"],
    "python": {
        "python-command0": "module0.callable_code"
    },
    "shell": {
        "shell-command0": "run-something"
    }
}

Usage

Once configured you can call any of your sequences/code/commands using the makey command.

$ makey command-sequence0
$ makey python-command0
$ makey shell-command0

Passing args

For python commands, all args specified when calling makey are passed through to the python callable as argv.

$ makey python-command0 foo bar # python code receives ["foo", "bar"]

For shell commands, calling args are appended to the specified command.

$ makey shell-command0 foo bar # shell command is called with ``foo bar`` appended

For sequences, you cannot specify any additional command line args at runtime.