How to allow additional args if I have a specific arg set up

[NSPC911]

I currently have the following set up

[tool.poe.tasks.build]
help = "Build into an executable using Nuitka"
sequence = [
  { cmd = "docs/scripts/pre_nuitka_build.py" },
  { cmd = 'nuitka --lto=${lto} --mode=${mode} --report=${report} src/rovr ${args}"' },
]
args = [
  { name = "mode", help = "Build mode: onefile (default) or standalone", default = "onefile", positional = true, choices = ["standalone", "onefile"] },
  { name = "lto", help = "Enable LTO (doesn't work with zig)", default = "yes", choices = ["yes", "no"], options = ["--lto"] },
  { name = "report", help = "Where to output the Nuitka report", default = "report.xml", options = ["--report"] },
  { name = "args", help = "Additional arguments to pass to nuitka (optional)", type = "string", positional = true, required = false, multiple = true }
]

but for some reason, it doesnt seem to work if i do something like poe build --full-compat which is an allowed flag in nuitka, poe doesnt seem to allow this. How do I pass in arguments? poe build -- --full-compat doesnt seem to be registered by nuitka as well (because of the additional pre_nuitka_build script being run)

[nat-n]

Hi @NSPC911,

The issue is that before version 0.45.0 there was no way to pass extra undeclared arguments to subtasks of a sequence task, you would need to explicitly declare full_compat as an arg on the sequence task in order to forward it to nuitka in the cmd.

However since 0.45.0 you can now pass the extra arguments from the CLI as $POE_EXTRA_ARGS, which includes any arguments after -- in case named args are declared.

So in your example you should be able to get what you want with:

sequence = [
  { cmd = "docs/scripts/pre_nuitka_build.py" },
  { cmd = 'nuitka --lto=${lto} --mode=${mode} --report=${report} src/rovr ${POE_EXTRA_ARGS}' },
]
args = [
  { name = "mode", help = "Build mode: onefile (default) or standalone", default = "onefile", positional = true, choices = ["standalone", "onefile"] },
  { name = "lto", help = "Enable LTO (doesn't work with zig)", default = "yes", choices = ["yes", "no"], options = ["--lto"] },
  { name = "report", help = "Where to output the Nuitka report", default = "report.xml", options = ["--report"] },
]

And calling

poe build -- --full-compat