> Right, I think that would be a possibility. So I would have MIX_ENV set to "local" by default, and then explicitly set MIX_ENV to "ci" when invoking the test task? I assume that would be done through an alias?
Right. Either an alias or a custom task! On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 10:45 AM Kevin Hovsäter <ke...@hovsater.com> wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply. > > Right, I think that would be a possibility. So I would have MIX_ENV set to > "local" by default, and then explicitly set MIX_ENV to "ci" when invoking > the test task? I assume that would be done through an alias? > > > Another option is to relax the check we have inside "mix test" and only > raise if you are accidentally trying to run tests inside the "dev" > environment. Then you could change the preferred_cli_env env for the test > task directly in your mix.exs. > > I'm not sure that would help as we still need to set MIX_ENV to "local" to > not accidentally invoke "dev" (dev means something different in our case). > And since MIX_ENV is set, preferred_cli_env isn't respected when invoking > mix test. > > On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 10:29:34 AM UTC+2 José Valim wrote: > >> Perhaps a simpler fix is to add a "ci" Mix task to your projects that: >> >> 1. sets MIX_ENV to "ci" if not set >> 2. invokes "mix test" >> >> Another option is to relax the check we have inside "mix test" and only >> raise if you are accidentally trying to run tests inside the "dev" >> environment. Then you could change the preferred_cli_env env for the test >> task directly in your mix.exs. >> >> On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 10:05 AM Kevin Sjöberg <ma...@kevinsjoberg.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm currently working with a client that have hard requirements on what >>> the default environments should be across all their products. For instance, >>> `local` is the default environment. `ci` is the default environment for >>> running tests and `dev` is used as a development staging environment. >>> >>> Mix supports the `preferred_cli_env` option, which I can declare on a >>> project level. This is nice because it allows me to specify the preferred >>> environment for the test task. Unfortunately, there's no way of specifying >>> the default environment. It's currently hard-coded to `dev` unless >>> `MIX_ENV` is set. The problem with having `MIX_ENV` set is that it simply >>> makes `preferred_cli_env` void as the environment variable always takes >>> precedence, so I'm left with having to specify `MIX_ENV` explicitly when >>> running tests anyway. >>> >>> I propose adding a new option, `default_env`, to the Mix project >>> configuration. If set, it will be reported by `Mix.env` unless `MIX_ENV` is >>> also present. >>> >>> I'd love to hear some thoughts before I pursue this any further. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to elixir-lang-co...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/9029fb90-362d-4a1f-be30-6a8b3bd5f074n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/9029fb90-362d-4a1f-be30-6a8b3bd5f074n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/7b49f422-aae2-4c75-9224-b7b88c7479b1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/7b49f422-aae2-4c75-9224-b7b88c7479b1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4JNcOzoeGrNwN5RkGvqyg4Eb3OjXJMM_d2dpUmhtydw-g%40mail.gmail.com.
