Task Dictionary parameters
Tasks are defined by functions starting with the string task_. It must return a dictionary describing the task with the following fields:
- action:
- Required field
- type: Python-Task -> tuple (callable, *args, **kwargs)
- type: Cmd-Task -> string or list of strings (each item is a different command). to be executed by shell.
- type: Group-Task -> None.
- name:
- Required field - Sub-tasks only
- type: string. sub-task identifier
- dependencies:
- Optional field
- type: list. items:
* file (string) path relative to the dodo file
* task (string) “:<task_name>”
* run-once (True bool)
- targets:
- Optional field
- type: list of strings
- each item is file-path relative to the dodo file (accepts both files and folders)
- setup:
- Optional field
- type: list of objects with methods ‘setup’ and ‘cleanup’
- doc:
- Optional field
- type: string -> the description text
- clean:
- Optional field
- type: (True bool) remove target files
- type: (list) of actions (see above)
