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A linear build system for Dart projects, designed to be lightweight and extensible.
basil #
A linear build system for Dart projects, designed to be lightweight and extensible.
Features #
- Easily configurable
- Highly flexible
- Fast performance
- Supports parallel execution
- Supports platform-specific build types
Details #
Basil parses a YAML file (by default, the project basil.yaml
file) and looks for a top-level field named basil
.
Other fields under the basil
tag are called build types. Each build type must specify a field named cmds
containing
a list of shell commands. Build types are executed in descending order, by default. Build types can be also specified
manually.
Install #
There are two ways to install basil
. It can be installed to a project locally, such that others who clone your source
code will fetch basil
automatically as part of the developer dependencies. It can also be installed globally so
that basil
does not need to live in your source code, but instead lives on your system.
For a specific project #
Simply add basil to your developer dependencies for your project: dart pub add --dev basil
.
Global #
If you already have Dart installed, simply activate the package globally:
dart pub global activate basil
Configuration #
The configuration for basil lives in the root basil.yaml
file by default. The format is as follows:
# Main basil tag specifying ordered build tags.
basil:
# Build type names are arbitrary.
ex1:
# (Required) list of shell commands to execute.
cmds: [ 'cmd1', 'cmd2', ... ]
# (Optional) toggle the execution of this build tag.
enabled: true
# (Optional) execute the shell commands concurrently. Wait for completion before proceeding
# to the next build tag.
parallel: false
# (Optional) list of platforms to execute this build tag on. Platform is determined via
# [Platform.operatingSystem]. Example: platforms: [ 'linux', 'macos' ].
platforms: null
ex2:
...
ex3:
...
Usage #
Once configured, you can start a build via: dart run basil
if you installed it to your project, or just run basil
if you installed it globally. This will process all the build steps in descending order.
A specific configuration file can be specified using the --config
or -c
option. For example:
dart run basil -c custom.yaml
or basil -c custom.yaml
.
Build steps can also be specified individually: dart run basil [type...]
or basil [type...]
. For example:
dart run basil build cleanup
or basil build cleanup
will execute exclusively the build
step and thecleanup
step.