scripts: prebuild, etc

[kingsleyh]

Hi,

I'd like to run a script before build occurs - so what do you think about an extra hook:

scripts:
  postinstall: make 
  prebuild: touch foo.txt

Other helpful hooks could be:

• preinstall
• postbuild

[straight-shoota]

I don't think shards should be expanded to do such build system tasks. It's better to focus on its main features instead of reinventing the wheel. Why not use make as the main tool for organising build recipes instead of calling make from shards Postinstall script?

[ysbaddaden]

Yes, your Makefile or any other build tool (shell script or whatever) would be better suited for this. For example:

scripts:
  postinstall: make shards

all:
  # ...

prebuild:
  touch foo.txt

shards: prebuild all