Question

I might be doing something wrong, cuz I’m using buildr for not so long, so all comments are welcome.

My project structure is:

define :proj do
    define :web do
        task :run do
            # runs the web part of the project in a jetty
        end
    end
end

now if I want to start my project I have to type

buildr proj:web:run

I’d like to type simply

buildr run

instead. How do I achieve that?

Answer 1

At the top level of your buildfile (i.e., outside of any defines), add

task :run => 'proj:web:run'

This defines a task named run whose sole prerequisite is the proj:web:run task.