On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:10:09 +0100 Boris Kotov <b...@webdeb.de> wrote:
> Hello BusyBox community, > > > my name is Boris, I would like to make a small feature request regarding > the `ash` shell. > > It would be really handy to have a simple Makefile-like wrapper scripts > syntax just to execute some common commands on it: > > > ``` > > hello: > > echo hello > > build: > > docker build -t image . > > push: > > docker push -t image > > ``` > > > Right now, if you want to have that on alpine you would have to include > make, which is about 230kb!! > > > Most people are doing this blackbox approach: > > ``` > > scripts/ > > hello.sh > > build.sh > > push.sh > > ``` How about using shell functions instead: ``` #!/bin/sh -e hello () { echo hello } build() { docker build -t image . } push() { docker push -t image } "$@" ``` If you call that minimake.sh, then you call it as: ``` ./minimake.sh hello ./minimake.sh build ./minimake.sh push ``` > > > Blackbox, because its not clear what's in there, you have open each > file, then your whole terminal window or IDE fills an empty file with > one/two valuable lines. > > However Makefile syntax is very nice, could we just include something > like `minimake` or called it (do) which only supports naming tasks? > > I think this is such a basic feature, that every language has build its > own (mix, npm, rake, etc..) > > Why not include it directly into the most minimal basic shell itself to > make our scripts simpler, and the world better. > > > Thank you very much > > Boris > > _______________________________________________ > busybox mailing list > busybox@busybox.net > http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox