Rod Ayers wrote:
I have tried those alternatives. What I had in mind, but didn't elaborate, is running the script
"as if it was really going to do some work", but only get messages saying "Kilroy
was here....". An approach for automation development/testing. That's why I would want to do
something like:
<if test=${log.test.only}> ("true")
<echo message="Kilroy was here: ${target::get-current-target()}"/>
<how_do_i_get_out_of_here/>
</if>
It's a way to check flow with out running stuff that isn't completed, or that
you do not want actually build/deploying.
It sounds like you want something analogous to the -n option of make. I
know there have been times when I wanted that. Perhaps that's something
that can be put on the list for post 0.85.
You might be able to fake it by dividing your targets into two types:
those that manage control flow, and those that do work. Then you can
either put flags on the latter to prevent them from doing anything, or
put them into an include file, and have a parallel include file for just
tracing. Another possibility would be to use xslt to create a derived
build file with all the action tasks disabled, keeping just the <echo>
and control structures. None of these ideas are particularly
satisfactory, since they involve a fair bit of tedious work and intrude
upon the clarity of the build script, but they might get you by for a while.
Personally, I just test by using a scratch area. I don't do anything
with NAnt beyond its own build tree (e.g., I don't currently use NAnt to
tag builds, checkin files, or make any other changes that would affect
other developers). So the only harm in letting things run fully is the
extra time it takes to test. I handle that by keeping targets small,
and testing in small chunks. I don't know if the Ant community has
developed any better approaches, but I think that a really good system
for testing NAnt build scripts is some time away.
Gary
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