I have raised ticket #9447 http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/9947
As you will see on the ticket I'm not sure how to continue. Any feedback welcome. On Oct 1, 10:37 pm, Adam Salter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm actually in a position where I should be able to "justify" this > time :) > > I'm confused that Capistrano doesn't use any of Rake's code as they > seem so close in many ways. I thought Cap was just an extended Rake. > No matter either way of course :) > > I'll raise a ticket in the next few days. > > Cheers, > -Adam > > On 01/10/2007, at 8:22 PM, Jamis Buck wrote: > > > Adam, > > > I know Rake has added support for parameterized tasks in the last > > year or so. Capistrano doesn't reuse any of Rake's code, but > > perhaps it's implementation of the feature might prove > > inspirational. As ever, if you want something bad enough, the > > quickest way to see it find its way into capistrano is via a patch. > > > - Jamis > > > On Sep 30, 2007, at 11:37 PM, Adam Salter wrote: > > >> Ok. I guess that will have to do (not much choice :). > > >> Seems like a workable solution > > >> what might be nice, just thinking about it would be something like: > > >> cap upload(dir_a, dir_b, dir_c) > > >> I know cap depends on rake (and I think i'm in the minority) but > >> still a thought. > > >> this would also allow > > >> cap deploy(production) > > >> On 01/10/2007, at 1:39 AM, Jamis Buck wrote: > > >>> Capistrano interprets all bareargumentsas tasks to be executed. > >>> The multistage extension makes this work by defining tasks for each > >>> stage, so that "cap production deploy" first calls the "production" > >>>task, and then calls "deploy". > > >>> If you want to pass parameters to your tasks, you can do it via > >>> environment variables: > > >>> cap upload FILES=dir_a,dir_b,dir_c > > >>> Then, your uploadtaskgets the FILES env var, parses it, and > >>> processes the directories as needed: > > >>> task:upload do > >>> files = ENV['FILES'].split(/,/) > >>> # ... > >>> end > > >>> - Jamis > > >>> On Sep 30, 2007, at 1:14 AM, Adam Salter wrote: > > >>>> OK, Here's the problem... > >>>> I'm using Cap as a basic shell script replacement (I don't use SCM > >>>> etc) I like that it gives you descriptions and namespaces and such > >>>> for > >>>> tasks, and it's all going swimmingly - except... > >>>> I'd like to be able to read theargumentsoff the command into an > >>>> array... > > >>>> cap upload dir_a dir_b dir_c > > >>>> I know that the capistrano multistage extension reads several items > >>>> from the command line, so it should be possible. > > >>>> If i just execute the above as is, I get a "taskdir_a not > >>>> found" (although I can still use theargumentswith ARGV[]). > > >>>> TIA, > >>>> -Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
