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Version: 2.19.x (prerelease)

shell_sources


Generate a shell_source target for each file in the sources field.

Backend: pants.backend.shell


tags

field.type_hint
required

Arbitrary strings to describe a target.

For example, you may tag some test targets with 'integration_test' so that you could run scie-pants-linux-x86_64 --tag='integration_test' test :: to only run on targets with that tag.

description

field.type_hint
required

A human-readable description of the target.

Use scie-pants-linux-x86_64 list --documented :: to see all targets with descriptions.

sources

field.type_hint
default: ('*.sh', '!*_test.sh', '!test_*.sh', '!tests.sh')

A list of files and globs that belong to this target.

Paths are relative to the BUILD file's directory. You can ignore files/globs by prefixing them with !.

Example: sources=['example.sh', 'new_*.sh', '!old_ignore.sh']

overrides

field.type_hint
required

Override the field values for generated shell_source targets.

Expects a dictionary of relative file paths and globs to a dictionary for the overrides. You may either use a string for a single path / glob, or a string tuple for multiple paths / globs. Each override is a dictionary of field names to the overridden value.

For example:

overrides={
"foo.sh": {"skip_shellcheck": True]},
"bar.sh": {"skip_shfmt": True]},
("foo.sh", "bar.sh"): {"tags": ["linter_disabled"]},
}

File paths and globs are relative to the BUILD file's directory. Every overridden file is validated to belong to this target's sources field.

If you'd like to override a field's value for every shell_source target generated by this target, change the field directly on this target rather than using the overrides field.

You can specify the same file name in multiple keys, so long as you don't override the same field more than one time for the file.

skip_shfmt

field.type_hint
default: False
backend: pants.backend.shell.lint.shfmt

If true, don't run shfmt on this target's code.

skip_shellcheck

field.type_hint
default: False
backend: pants.backend.shell.lint.shellcheck

If true, don't run Shellcheck on this target's code.

dependencies

field.type_hint
required

Addresses to other targets that this target depends on, e.g. ['helloworld/subdir:lib', 'helloworld/main.py:lib', '3rdparty:reqs#django'].

This augments any dependencies inferred by Pants, such as by analyzing your imports. Use scie-pants-linux-x86_64 dependencies or scie-pants-linux-x86_64 peek on this target to get the final result.

See https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.19/docs/targets for more about how addresses are formed, including for generated targets. You can also run scie-pants-linux-x86_64 list :: to find all addresses in your project, or scie-pants-linux-x86_64 list dir to find all addresses defined in that directory.

If the target is in the same BUILD file, you can leave off the BUILD file path, e.g. :tgt instead of helloworld/subdir:tgt. For generated first-party addresses, use ./ for the file path, e.g. ./main.py:tgt; for all other generated targets, use :tgt#generated_name.

You may exclude dependencies by prefixing with !, e.g. ['!helloworld/subdir:lib', '!./sibling.txt']. Ignores are intended for false positives with dependency inference; otherwise, simply leave off the dependency from the BUILD file.