Jan and Peter to answer your questions I have a couple of scenarios
where this could be useful.
1st usage convenience..
A person that often uses a different build file could use a shell
script that calls ant using a different default for convenience.
#!/bin/sh
ant -df config.xml "$@"
or
alias cfg="ant -df config.xml"
2nd usage dynamic change of ant task default target.
>> Ant
>> Description
>>
>> Runs Ant on a supplied buildfile. This can be used to build
subprojects. This task must not be used outside of a target if it
invokes the same build file it is part of.
>>
>> When the antfile attribute is omitted, the file "build.xml" in the
supplied directory (dir attribute) is used.
3rd usage dynamic change of subant task calls
>> antfile Build file name, to use in conjunction with
directories. String Optional
>> Defaults to "build.xml".
>> If genericantfile is set, this attribute is ignored.
Of the three usages I believe the 1st and 3rd usages have the most
merit. I believe the 1st could be very beneficial to many people to
speed development. It's a minor changes and requires little
maintenance but increases flexibility greatly. Dynamic usage of
subant would great to simplify ant usage for projects that multiple
preprocess.
--build.xml
<project name="subant" default="subant1">
<property name="build.dir" value="subant.build"/>
<target name="subant1">
<subant target="" buildpath="${project.dir}>
<property name="build.dir" value="subant1.build"/>
<property name="not.overloaded" value="not.overloaded"/>
</subant>
</target>
</project>
--bashrc
alias doc="and -df docs.xml"
alias gen="ant -df generate.xml"
alias cfg="ant -df config.xml"
cmd: gen -f build.xml
cmd: cfg -f build.xml
cmd: ant
Why doing that?
ant -f other.xml
would work.
Jan
The patch did not get tru the mailing list.
Open a bugzilla report for the patch.
How would this patch be useful?
Peter
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steve morin wrote:
>This patch allowes people to set the default filename that ant uses if
>none is given and sets ant.file.default to default file name value.
>
>M docs/manual/running.html
>M docs/manual/using.html
>M src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
>M src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
>M src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
>
>I would have provided unit tests with this and would appreciate some
>one pointing me in the right direction so I can create them.
>
>
>
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> Why doing that?
> ant -f other.xml
> would work.
>
> Jan
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Gesendet am: Montag, 11. Oktober 2004 10:50
> > An: Ant Developers List
> > Betreff: Re: [PATCH] set filename of default buildfile
> >
> > The patch did not get tru the mailing list.
> > Open a bugzilla report for the patch.
> > How would this patch be useful?
> >
> > Peter
> > steve morin wrote:
> >
> > >This patch allowes people to set the default filename that
> > ant uses if
> > >none is given and sets ant.file.default to default file name value.
> > >
> > >M docs/manual/running.html
> > >M docs/manual/using.html
> > >M src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
> > >M src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
> > >M src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
> > >
> > >I would have provided unit tests with this and would appreciate some
> > >one pointing me in the right direction so I can create them.
> > >
> > >
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