Python Doit - Use Arguments In Dependent Tasks

I have 2 doit tasks, one having a dependency on the other. For example: def task_deploy(): return { 'actions': ['do some deploy commands'], 'file_dep': ['dist']

Solution 1:

Is there a way to share or pass the arguments of a task to another one?

Yes. Using getargs: http://pydoit.org/dependencies.html#getargs

In your example, you would need to add another action to the task deploy just to save the passed parameter.

Solution 2:

You could just use a global variable like commonCommand. If you have more complex needs, create a class to handle it.

class ComplexCommonParams(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.command = 'echo'
params = ComplexCommonParams()
commonCommand='echo'
def task_x():
    global commonCommand
    return {
        'actions': [ commonCommand + ' Hello2 > asdf' ],
        'targets': ['asdf']
        }
def task_y():
    global commonCommand
    return {
        'actions': [ commonCommand+'  World' ],
        'file_dep': ['asdf'],
        'verbosity':2}