This is a useful alternative. Thanks!
On Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 2:57:45 AM UTC-6 ma...@jonrowe.co.uk wrote: > I just quickly experimented, but whilst there doesn't seem to be a way to > access a task by its original name, you can invoke it directly with its > module name? > > ``` > defp aliases do > [ > # ... other aliases you might have > test: &reset_if_all_tests/1 > ] > end > > defp reset_if_all_tests(args) do > case args do > [] -> # invoke your database reset > _ -> # anything else > end > Mix.Tasks.Test.run(args) > end > ``` > > You could expand the logic of the function further to look for CI specific > env variables etc > > On Thu, 30 Sep 2021, at 7:24 AM, Generic Jam wrote: > > > Right now one can override a mix task in mix.exs. It would be useful if > one could still access the 'original'. > > My use case: > > Our 'mix test' is remapped to reset the DB, etc which is what we need for > the CI, etc. > > However, I want to be able to run an individual test in order to drive the > code and I may not even need to touch the DB so resetting it is just a > waste of time. > > Perhaps these tasks could have an underlying discoverable name that one > could use to still access them when they've been overridden. > > > -- > 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/1ef2b1b2-77e2-4420-900d-f0b1f14860ccn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/1ef2b1b2-77e2-4420-900d-f0b1f14860ccn%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/6310dfc7-8e48-47a5-9bbd-c4960d5a13b6n%40googlegroups.com.
