I'm writing an SBT Plugin that adds a Command and would like users to be able to configure this Command by setting variables in their build.sbt
. What is the simplest way to achieve this?
Here is an simplified example of what the Plugin looks like:
import sbt.Keys._
import sbt._
object MyPlugin extends Plugin {
override lazy val settings = Seq(commands += Command.args("mycommand", "myarg")(myCommand))
def myCommand = (state: State, args: Seq[String]) => {
//Logic for command...
state
}
}
I would like someone to be able to add the follow to their build.sbt
file:
newSetting := "light"
How do I make this available as a String
variable from inside the myCommand
Command above?
Take a look at the example here: http://www.scala-sbt.org/release/docs/Extending/Plugins.html#example-plugin
In this example, a task and setting are defined:
val newTask = TaskKey[Unit]("new-task")
val newSetting = SettingKey[String]("new-setting")
val newSettings = Seq(
newSetting := "test",
newTask <<= newSetting map { str => println(str) }
)
A user of your plugin could then provide their own value for the newSetting
setting in their build.sbt:
newSetting := "light"
EDIT
Here's another example, closer to what you're going for:
Build.scala:
import sbt._
import Keys._
object HelloBuild extends Build {
val newSetting = SettingKey[String]("new-setting", "a new setting!")
val myTask = TaskKey[State]("my-task")
val mySettings = Seq(
newSetting := "default",
myTask <<= (state, newSetting) map { (state, newSetting) =>
println("newSetting: " + newSetting)
state
}
)
lazy val root =
Project(id = "hello",
base = file("."),
settings = Project.defaultSettings ++ mySettings)
}
With this configuration, you can run my-task
at the sbt prompt, and you'll see newSetting: default
printed to the console.
You can override this setting in build.sbt:
newSetting := "modified"
Now, when you run my-task
at the sbt prompt, you'll see newSetting: modified
printed to the console.
EDIT 2
Here's a stand-alone version of the example above: https://earldouglas.com/ext/stackoverflow.com/questions/17038663/
I've accepted @James's answer as it really helped me out. I moved away from using a Commands in favour of a Task (see this mailing list thread). In the end my plugin looked something like this:
package packge.to.my.plugin
import sbt.Keys._
import sbt._
object MyPlugin extends Plugin {
import MyKeys._
object MyKeys {
val myTask = TaskKey[Unit]("runme", "This means you can run 'runme' in the SBT console")
val newSetting = SettingKey[String]("newSetting")
}
override lazy val settings = Seq (
newSetting := "light",
myTask <<= (state, newSetting) map myCommand
)
def myCommand(state: State, newSetting: String) {
//This code runs when the user types the "runme" command in the SBT console
//newSetting is "light" here unless the user overrides in their build.sbt (see below)
state.log.info(newSetting)
}
}
To override the newSetting
in the build.sbt
of a project that uses this plugin:
import packge.to.my.plugin.MyKeys._
newSetting := "Something else"
The missing import statement had me stuck for a while!