joshfiles

makefiles for those who dont want makefiles

build with go build . -o ./josh and put somewhere in your path
or you can run josh install but how would you do it without the thing

you run josh --init and it makes a joshfile in your directory

features

• async execution
• pretty error reports
• yaml config
• reports on time elapsed
• execute stuff with or without a shell
• easy to modify

plans

• toml support (in case you want both josh and tom on your system)
• json support (in case you want both josh and jason on your system)
  they're very easy, i just wanna do it tomorrow

usage

• josh
  runs the first task defined in the joshfile.

• josh TASK
  runs a specific named task.

• josh --init
  creates an example configuration file in the current directory.

• josh -h, --h
  displays help information.

• josh --man
  displays this man page.

example

tasks:
  main:
    cmds: # runs stuff in sh
      - "echo hello && echo world"
  direct:
    direct: true # bypasses sh
    cmds:
      - "echo hello && echo world"
  async:
    async: true # runs them concurrently. remember that they'll finish out of order
    report: true # reports time elapsed
    cmds:
      - "echo notice how they all finish at the same time?"
      - "sleep 2"
      - "sleep 2"
      - "sleep 2"
  silent:
    silent: true # runs them silently 
    cmds:
      - "echo you wont see this"   
  error:
    cmds: # errors are reported in a special manner
      - "sleep f"
  silenterr:
    silent: true # errors are still reported in silent mode by design
    cmds:
      - "this-is-silent"