feat: set and shopts directives by pd93 · Pull Request #929 · go-task/task

pd93 · 2022-11-10T14:30:07Z

Summary

This PR adds 2 new directives:

set - []string - Equivalent of the POSIX set builtin
shopts - []string - Equivalent of the Bash shopt builtin

Both of these directives are available at global, task and command level. See example Taskfile below:

version: '3'

# Global-level - Set for all commands in all tasks
set: [e] # Shorthand flags work for set too
shopts: [globstar]

tasks:
  default:
    # Task-level - Set for all command in this task
    set: [pipefail]
    shopts: [globstar]
    cmds:
      # Command-level - Set for just this command
      - cmd: shopt
        shopts: [globstar]
      - cmd: set -o
        set: [allexport]

Considerations

mvdan/sh allows us to set POSIX shell options via interp.Params(). However, from what I can tell, there is no equivalent for Bash options. This means that this PR is currently prepending the shopt builtin before each command where shopts are specified. I'm not a huge fan of this and have been looking at contributing a change to mvdan/sh to add a new interp.Shopts() function or similar. I'd love some input from @mvdan on whether this is a good approach.
Originally, I implemented both directives as a map[string]bool so that you could enable/disable opts at different levels. However, I came to the conclusion that this level of complexity wasn't really necessary as all the currently supported shell options are disabled by default anyway. Implementing as a []string still allows us to enable at each level and I think this covers most use cases. It also keeps the Taskfile looking clean as we can inline the list with [].
I did also consider merging the two directives as none of the option names conflict. However, this seems confusing and would require us to maintain a list of both inside Task so that we know how to pass them into the interpreter. I think its easier just to keep them separate.
The names set and shopts are definitely up for debate. I wasn't sure about the plurality for example...

Currently supported shell options

POSIX (`set`)

If you have gosh installed, you can find these by running gosh -c "set -o".

Option Name	Short Name	Default
`allexport`	`a`	off
`errexit`	`e`	off
`noexec`	`n`	off
`noglob`	`f`	off
`nounset`	`u`	off
`xtrace`	`x`	off
`pipefail`		off

Bash (`shopt`)

If you have gosh installed, you can find these by running gosh -c "shopt".

Option Name	Default
`expand_aliases`	off
`globstar`	off
`nullglob`	off

Don't have `gosh`?

If you don't have gosh installed, you can use the following Taskfile to get these lists:

version: '3'

tasks:
  default:
    cmds:
      - set -o
      - shopt

andreynering

First look.

I liked the direction here, but adding interp.BashOpts to mvdan/sh first would be great IMO.

andreynering · 2022-11-12T15:03:50Z

+	// Manually adding bash opts before each command as there is no interp.Shopts
+	if len(opts.BashOpts) > 0 {
+		s = append(s, fmt.Sprintf("shopt -s %s", strings.Join(opts.BashOpts, " ")))
+	}


I agree on contributing to mvdan/sh adding a interp.BashOpts option. I think it may be even worth waiting for it to be released before merging this here (but if it takes too long, it's fine to merge as is and adapt later).

pd93 · 2023-01-07T19:56:36Z

@andreynering I've fixed the issues you raised, but haven't had the time to look into the codebase over at mvdan/sh yet. I've opened an issue (mvdan/sh#962) over there instead. Hopefully I (or someone else) will have the time to work on this soon. In the meantime, if you're happy to merge this as-is, I can open another issue to track the improvements once (if) the functionality is added upstream.

- Rename `shopts` to `shopt` - Move `UniqueJoin` to a more appropriate package - Write documentation - Add entry to README

andreynering

Yes, let's get this merged and we can improve once mvdan/sh#962 gets implemented.

I've renamed shopts to shopt for consistency with the proper builtin. Also added documentation and README entry.

Thanks again!

See go-task/task#929 for details

marco-m · 2023-01-16T08:19:43Z

I love

tasks:
  default:
    # Task-level - Set for all command in this task
    set: [pipefail]

thanks!!!

pd93 · 2023-01-16T11:49:08Z

Yes, let's get this merged and we can improve once mvdan/sh#962 gets implemented.

I've renamed shopts to shopt for consistency with the proper builtin. Also added documentation and README entry.

@andreynering Thanks for tidying this up. I forgot to add the docs/schema etc. when marking as ready. I've opened #984 to track the improvements as discussed.

marco-m-pix4d · 2023-01-20T11:05:35Z

+builtins. This can be added at global, task or command level.
+
+```yaml
+version: '2'


@pd93 I think that this is an error and should be instead:

version: '3'

?

@marco-m-pix4d good spot! yes, this should be version: '3'. I'll get this updated.

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Add support for working with shell options #908

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interp: add BashOpts for shopt options, just like Params for set options mvdan/sh#962

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set and shopt improvements

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- Rename `shopts` to `shopt` - Move `UniqueJoin` to a more appropriate package - Write documentation - Add entry to README

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Improve shopt integration with mvdan/sh #984

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