Post deployment actions

[rishabkaushik]

I have my system setup with local version and deploy whenever I make changes. This all works well with git. I have custom actions defined for compiling the programs(using server side custom command) and are not using source orbit and Project explorer.

We also have another module and want to migrate it to the same setup. This is how it works.

1. We have some config files, after a change they are translated/processed to move the data to database table.
2. During the translation process, some changes are made to the actual file being processed.

Now once we migrate to local development, and a change is made - deployment works well and I can even run the translation process.

The issue is, we would need the translated file synced back to the local system. I understand that not a lot of people need this kind of functionality and is limited to our setup.

I have tried to use a script to connect to the system, download the file through ftp/scp/ssh but cold not get it working reliably. Any suggestion is welcome.

[sebjulliand]

I think the postDownload action parameter is what you're looking for:

For now it can only be set from the actions.json file (the action editor doesn't show it yet).

It's an array that takes a list of files or folders that must be downloaded back to the workspace after the action has run. Sounds exactly like what you're looking for 😄

[rishabkaushik]

@sebjulliand omg, such a life saver option. I am indeed using actions.json, will test and report back. I could not find it in the documentation though.

Thanks

[sebjulliand]

Yes, the documentation needs to be refreshed 😅

[rishabkaushik]

@sebjulliand I tried that but I believe it needs an actual path string and does not expand the variables that are available for the command option. Could that be a good enhancement to run the postDownload through the expand method in CompileTools.ts to replace the variables?

[sebjulliand]

Yep, that would be good; I'll add that to #3110 .

[rishabkaushik]

Thanks @sebjulliand , really appreciate! ❤️