task(name, shellCommand) & alias(name, alias)

[jelte]

Possible to run simple shell commands directly without creating callback.

task(name, shellCommand)

example:
task('deploy:cache:warmup','php %releasepath%/app/console assetic:dump --env=%env% --no-debug')

This would automatically provide some default behaviour for a task, and could replace many simple tasks.

The current functionality for ReferenceTask could be removed to an alias function

function alias($name, $alias) {
    Deployer::$tasks[$name] = new ReferenceTask(Deployer::$tasks[$alias]);
}

[antonmedv]

I think it's bad decision, because may be unfamiliar to users. And this is also make incompatible API changes.

[jelte]

That's true, but we could handle this by checking if the shellCommand is the name of a Task, if it is the alias function will be called.

I think it will be extremely rare a taskname matches something you wish to execute on the server.
It is something that should be considered if you want to have Deployer configured by YAML files.

[antonmedv]

I do not think this is good solution.

[Mihailoff]

I don't see big difference between what is already exists

task('deploy:cache:warmup','php %releasepath%/app/console assetic:dump --env=%env% --no-debug')
task('deploy:cache:warmup',function(){ run('php %releasepath%/app/console assetic:dump --env=%env% --no-debug')); });

[antonmedv]

Closing this issue as non necessary.