On 14/09/05, Arnette, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When writing a build file that does everything from checking out the > source to creating the installation package, it would be nice if you > could run a target from the command line without running the > dependencies. Is this possible now?
my preferred model is to have empty targets that manage a chain of dependent tasks; all other tasks have no explicit dependencies. this gives me the greatest flexibility to inovke any task that i want and establishes clear points for running my build from end to end. it also give great flexibility to recombine tasks however i want. eg. <target name="all" depends="clean,compile,test,deploy" /> <!-- note: target is empty --> <target name="compile"> <!-- note: target has no dependencies --> ... </target> btw, i would recommend being careful with the <call> task. it tends to produce a more rigid call chain and can lead to redundant task calls. cheers, owen. -- Owen Rogers | http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/exortech | CruiseControl.NET - http://ccnet.thoughtworks.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list Nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
