On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 02:42:22PM -0700, Max Stepanenko spake thus:
> I would like to wrap my release:prepare and release:perform in some sort of
> a script (ant??), so that there is this magical button that someone can
> press to prepare and release our software. That said, release:perform,
> requires some user input (versions). Is there anyway to avoid/streamline
> this?
You could probably do this using expect(1), which is tailor-made for
automating program interaction. Check out:
http://expect.nist.gov/
The 'autoexpect' program (linked to from the page at the above URL)
could generate the code to get you most of the way there.
> What is the common approach to problem, is writing an ant script that
> will call release:prepare and release:perform w the arguments of my choice a
> good approach?
>
> Regards,
> Max
I don't know how common it is, but I have all kinds of scripts that
invoke maven in various ways. Others may suggest you try to do this from
within maven...
-Al
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Health Market Science, Inc.
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