Recursive vscode task.json inputs #108625
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If you need to collect many inputs, the current recommendation is that you write an extension that has a command that prompts for input. We do not want to make task inputs recursive, since that gets us into the territory of writing a new programming language. |
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TL;DR: Desire a documented way for commands intended to be run to generate inputs to themselves depend on inputs
As part of a separate discussion, the seemingly intentional exclusion of task inputs that can be generated by a shell command is very strange to me.
For instance, I cannot use
workbench.terminal.runas thecommandparameter of aninputwith thetypeofcommand.I am coping with this by installing Task Shell Input, a command by Augusto César Dias (thank you!)
What this allows me to do, is prompt for user input for example, when I want to control or filter which
subversiontags are displayed in a user pick list.When the user selects my
SVN - Checkout Blender Precompiled Libs Trunkon Windows, I have to ask them which windows library they want, since Blender Foundation has split up the precompiled libraries based on Visual Studio version.What isn't working is when the user wants to first select the tag to checkout, and then I want to prompt them with a list of available Windows versions.
Here is the relevant parts of my `task.json` file (click to expand)
{ // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558 // for the documentation about the tasks.json format "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "SVN - Checkout Blender Precompiled Libs Tag", "type": "process", "command": "svn", "linux": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/linux_centos7_x86_64/" ] }, "osx": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/darwin/" ] }, "windows": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/${input:BfSvnTagNTPlatform}" ] }, "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/lib" }, "problemMatcher": [] } ], "inputs": [ { "id": "BfSvnTag", "type": "command", "command": "shellCommand.execute", "args": { "command": "svn ls https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/" } }, { "id": "BfSvnTagNTPlatform", "type": "command", "command": "shellCommand.execute", "args": { "command": "svn ls https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/ | findstr \"^win\"" } } ] }Here is my complete `tasks.json`
{ // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558 // for the documentation about the tasks.json format "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "Python - Publish to PyPI", "type": "process", "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}", "args": [ "-m", "twine", "upload", "${workspaceFolder}/dist/*" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Python - Publish to PyPI [TEST]", "type": "process", "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}", "args": [ "-m", "twine", "upload", "--repository", "pypitest", "${workspaceFolder}/dist/*" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Python - Upgrade pip", "type": "process", "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}", "args": [ "-m", "pip", "install", "-U", "pip" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Python - Install Dependencies", "type": "process", "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}", "args": [ "-m", "pip", "install", "-r", "${workspaceFolder}/requirements.txt" ], "dependsOn": [ "Python - Upgrade pip" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Make Blender Source & Libs Folder", "type": "shell", "linux": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/Blender/lib" }, "osx": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/Blender/lib" }, "windows": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/Blender/lib" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Make Build Folder", "type": "shell", "linux": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/build/linux" }, "osx": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/build/osx" }, "windows": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/build/windows" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Make OptiX Folder", "type": "shell", "linux": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/OptiX" }, "osx": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/OptiX" }, "windows": { "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceFolder}/OptiX" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Browser - Get OptiX [Requires Registration]", "type": "shell", "linux": { "command": "open https://developer.nvidia.com/designworks/optix/download" }, "osx": { "command": "open https://developer.nvidia.com/designworks/optix/download" }, "windows": { "command": "start https://developer.nvidia.com/designworks/optix/download" }, "dependsOn": [ "Make OptiX Folder" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Git - Clone Blender Sources", "type": "process", "command": "git", "args": [ "clone", "git://git.blender.org/blender.git" ], "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender" }, "dependsOn": [ "Make Blender Source & Libs Folder" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Git - Fetch Blender Commits", "type": "process", "command": "git", "args": [ "fetch" ], "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Git - Pull Blender Commits", "type": "process", "command": "git", "args": [ "pull" ], "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Git - Checkout Blender Tag", "type": "process", "command": "git", "args": [ "checkout", "tags/${input:BfGitTag}", "-b", "origin/master" ], "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender" }, "dependsOn": [ "Git - Fetch Blender Commits" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Git - Checkout Blender Master", "type": "process", "command": "git", "args": [ "checkout", "master" ], "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender" }, "dependsOn": [ "Git - Fetch Blender Commits" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Git - Switch To Blender Master [Checkout & Pull]", "dependsOn": [ "Git - Checkout Blender Master", "Git - Pull Blender Commits" ], "dependsOrder": "sequence", "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Update Blender Sources [Checks out master branch]", "type": "shell", "command": "./make update", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender" }, "dependsOn": [ "Git - Checkout Blender Master" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "SVN - Checkout Blender Precompiled Libs Trunk", "type": "process", "command": "svn", "linux": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/lib/linux_centos7_x86_64/" ] }, "osx": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/lib/darwin/" ] }, "windows": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/lib/${input:BfSvnTrunkNTPlatform}" ] }, "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/lib" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "SVN - Checkout Blender Precompiled Libs Tag", "type": "process", "command": "svn", "linux": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/linux_centos7_x86_64/" ] }, "osx": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/darwin/" ] }, "windows": { "args": [ "checkout", "https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/${input:BfSvnTagNTPlatform}" ] }, "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/Blender/lib" }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Configure", "type": "shell", "linux": { "command": "cmake ${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_MODULE=ON -DWITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES=ON -DWITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_OPTIX=ON -DOPTIX_ROOT_DIR=/NVIDIA-OptiX-SDK-7.1.0-linux64-x86_64", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build/linux" } }, "osx": { "command": "cmake ${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_MODULE=ON", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build/osx" } }, "windows": { "command": "cmake ${workspaceFolder}/Blender/blender -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_MODULE=ON -DWITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES=ON -DWITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_OPTIX=ON -DOPTIX_ROOT_DIR=/NVIDIA-OptiX-SDK-7.1.0-linux64-x86_64", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build/windows" } }, "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Build", "type": "shell", "linux": { "command": "./make install", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build/linux" } }, "osx": { "command": "./make install", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build/osx" } }, "windows": { "command": "./make install", "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build/windows" } }, "problemMatcher": [], "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true } }, { "label": "Docker - Full Clean", "type": "process", "command": "docker", "args": [ "system", "prune", "--all", "--force", "--volumes" ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Docker - Create Manylinux Wheel Build Environment", "type": "process", "command": "docker", "args": [ "build", "--target", "blenderpy-manylinux-wheel-builder", "-t", "blenderpy/manylinux-wheel-builder", "-f", "${workspaceFolder}/.containers/Dockerfile", "." ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Docker - Create Windows Wheel Build Environment", "type": "process", "command": "docker", "args": [ "build", "--target", "blenderpy-windows-wheel-builder", "-t", "blenderpy/windows-wheel-builder", "-f", "${workspaceFolder}/.containers/Dockerfile", "." ], "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Docker - Delete All Containers & Volumes", "type": "shell", "command": "docker rm -vf $(docker ps -a -q)", "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Docker - Delete All Images", "type": "shell", "command": "docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)", "problemMatcher": [] }, { "label": "Docker - Delete EVERYTHING", "type": "shell", "dependsOn": [ "Docker - Delete All Containers & Volumes", "Docker - Delete All Images" ], "dependsOrder": "sequence", "problemMatcher": [] } ], "inputs": [ { "id": "BfGitTag", "type": "command", "command": "shellCommand.execute", "args": { "command": "cd Blender/blender && git tag" } }, { "id": "BfSvnTag", "type": "command", "command": "shellCommand.execute", "args": { "command": "svn ls https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/" } }, { "id": "BfSvnTrunkNTPlatform", "type": "command", "command": "shellCommand.execute", "args": { "command": "svn ls https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/lib/ | findstr \"^win\"" } }, { "id": "BfSvnTagNTPlatform", "type": "command", "command": "shellCommand.execute", "args": { "command": "svn ls https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/tags/${input:BfSvnTag}/lib/ | findstr \"^win\"" } } ] }What Happens:
What I Would Like (opinion)
I would like to be able to have a task
inputthat would accept a type ofshellorprocess(liketask). The user would supply a shell command or process (optionally breaking it down by OS variant [liketask]). The output of theshellorprocesswould produce text that would be split by newline in VS Code natively. Each split would be a list item for the input.What Could Work
If there was some documented way for commands run by inputs to gather inputs themselves, then this would work today.
See Also
augustocdias/vscode-shell-command#10
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