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I find `just` to be better suited than `make` for this use case: https://github.com/casey/just The sibling's comment (re. just shell in files) is good too, and often I'll put all the various commands into a subdir, and `just` is just an…

comment by deathanatos · 2024-05-13 · in I'm tired of makefiles

…a lot of the workarounds necessary to use Make as a task runner and adds a few other features. https://github.com/casey/just

comment by keypusher · 2024-05-13 · in Show HN: Making GNU Make a better Task Runner

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story by FireInsight · 2024-05-13 · 0 comments

I don't like makefiles, but I've been enjoying justfiles: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by yboris · 2024-04-28 · in How I stopped worrying and loved Makefiles

lol that's a purple link for me: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by AceJohnny2 · 2024-04-28 · in How I stopped worrying and loved Makefiles

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story by thunderbong · 2024-04-26 · 0 comments

…rather than build outputs. Define your recipes and then you can compose them as needed. [0] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by philomath_mn · 2024-04-25 · in Ask HN: Any tool for managing large and variable command lines?

…make my mac more usable for me in no particular order: visidata - https://www.visidata.org just - https://github.com/casey/just ripgrep - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep macports - https://www.macports.org sloth -…

comment by srhtftw · 2024-04-17 · in Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

…I'm a massive fan of things like `make` and more appropriately for the current age, `just`[0] [0]: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by hardwaresofton · 2024-04-03 · in GitHub switched to Docker Compose v2, action needed

…values and I store them all in $PATH enabled local/bin I would consider using just for this: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by BeetleB · 2024-01-21 · in Keeping a long shell history

…command available, the ability to use different languages, and overall simpler command writing. [1] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by gregwebs · 2023-12-26 · in Using Make – writing less Makefile

…is fantastic, but I'd say that this solution is somewhat in response to this open issue from 2019: https://github.com/casey/just/issues/429 I really wish just was included as a package in distributions.

comment by latchkey · 2023-12-26 · in Show HN: Just.sh – compiler that turns Justfiles into portable shell scripts

Reminds me of `just`. I love `just`. (Although I've never used make...) https://github.com/casey/just

comment by arcanemachiner · 2023-11-06 · in Show HN: Jeeves – A Pythonic Alternative to GNU Make

…initially building togomak, but there is a feature coming in soon which I am looking forward to: https://github.com/casey/just/pull/1562 . While I was building togomak, I read through Dagger [1], Earthly [2], Concourse CI [3], Jest and…

comment by srevinsaju · 2023-10-24 · in Show HN: Togomak – declarative pipeline orchestrator based on HCL and Terraform

…At which point, you might as well just use a task executor. If make is not your liking, how about https://github.com/casey/just

comment by latchkey · 2023-10-24 · in Show HN: Togomak – declarative pipeline orchestrator based on HCL and Terraform

for this purpose Just[1] with a python shebang line works great [1] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by omgwtfusb · 2023-10-24 · in Marcel the Shell

They can get quite gnarly, check out Just as a modern alternative: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by anotherhue · 2023-10-18 · in Ask HN: What outdated tech are you still using and are perfectly happy with?

I saw this further down in the thread: https://github.com/casey/just Looks like a version of make optimized for running commands instead of builds.

comment by colonCapitalDee · 2023-09-22 · in Makefile Tutorial

You mean, just? https://github.com/casey/just

comment by pletnes · 2023-09-22 · in Makefile Tutorial

Dropping a link here for convenience: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by tnorthcutt · 2023-09-22 · in Makefile Tutorial

…overview of what high level actions I might execute. Note that I have recently switched to Just ( https://github.com/casey/just ). While not technically the exact feature set as make, it covers all of the ground for what I typically do. It…

comment by 0cf8612b2e1e · 2023-09-10 · in “Make” as a static site generator (2022)

Just is already 'taken' in the Rust community as it is a command runner utility like make: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by orlp · 2023-07-21 · in I have written a JVM in Rust

An alternative I quite like is “just”. https://github.com/casey/just

comment by TheLocehiliosan · 2023-07-16 · in Mk: A Successor to Make (1987) [pdf]

How does this compare with `just`[0]? I've never written a Makefile but I'm a big fan of `just`. [0] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by arcanemachiner · 2023-07-16 · in Taskfile: A Modern Alternative to Makefile

…other tasks having been run before. A task-runner tool like `just` is better suited to this task. https://github.com/casey/just `just` has some nice UX improvements over `make`. (e.g. doesn't require soft tabs, can list recipes out of the…

comment by rgoulter · 2023-05-16 · in Learn Makefiles with the Tastiest Examples

…"will be readable in 5 months". The Just command runner [1] is good, but is not as ubiquitous. [1]: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by alhirzel · 2023-05-15 · in Learn Makefiles with the Tastiest Examples

…nix, it's probably not much of an issue to use a better task runner. I'd recommend 'just' instead https://github.com/casey/just -- It has a nicer UX, with a few significant quality-of-life improvements out-of-the-box compared to `make`.…

comment by rgoulter · 2023-04-24 · in I use Nix and make(1) to develop

…build system (which has been the minority use case of my use cases in the last 5 or so years). * https://github.com/casey/just

comment by chasinglogic · 2023-04-20 · in A Love Letter to Make

How does it compare to just? https://github.com/casey/just

comment by aabdelhafez · 2023-04-08 · in Knit: Making a Better Make

I've seen a few, but the only one I can remember off the top of my head is just[0]. [0]: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by lantry · 2023-04-08 · in Knit: Making a Better Make

…is not just concerned with compiling C, but has task automation builtin from the beginning. [0] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by 0cf8612b2e1e · 2023-04-07 · in Buck2: Our open source build system

After using https://github.com/casey/just in a medium sized project, I wholly recommend anyone even slightly frustrated with Makefiles to switch to this. C++ : C :: Just : Make More sensible defaults, fewer footguns, just as expressive…

comment by spacetime_cmplx · 2023-03-31 · in Reflections on 10k Hours of DevOps

Url: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by eirki · 2023-03-27 · in Automate your Python project with Makefile (2021)

…things like passing arguments to a task become incredibly complex. I’ve been playing around with https://github.com/casey/just and so far it’s been very pleasant.

comment by ricardobeat · 2023-02-23 · in Show HN: Xc – A Markdown Defined Task Runner

…If we ever want to change it will be simple to remove both, so we're not tied to the ecosystem. [1] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by phist_mcgee · 2023-02-21 · in Launch HN: Moonrepo (YC W23) – Open-source build system

…want: it's simpler than Make, with less magic, but it allows to declare task dependencies. [Just]: https://github.com/casey/just

comment by nine_k · 2023-01-11 · in Makefiles for web work

…elegantly add it to any Containerfile, no? Edit: I don't see a publicized image - added an issue: https://github.com/casey/just/issues/1497 However, anyone could add a docker just for just for their own project and use it to pull in just…

comment by benatkin · 2023-01-11 · in Makefiles for web work

the just dev has questionable privacy view, used to copy all Justfiles on github - https://github.com/casey/just/issues/1163 - https://github.com/casey/just/issues/503

comment by transportheap · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

…support for argument parsing [1] and help messages [2]. You're right about functions of course. 1: https://github.com/casey/just#recipe-parameters 2: https://github.com/casey/just#documentation-comments

comment by dividedbyzero · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

…Managing dependencies in python gets complex quickly. Your package manager likely also has just: https://github.com/casey/just#packages .

comment by nicoburns · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

…time-consuming tests unnecessarily. Bazel caches test results to avoid this, for example. [0] https://github.com/casey/just#what-are-the-idiosyncrasies-of...

comment by kjgkjhfkjf · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

…really fancy you could make a common.bash with safety pragmas and things like the host string. [1]: https://github.com/casey/just/blob/master/examples/screensho...

comment by l0b0 · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

See https://github.com/casey/just/pull/1470

comment by JuniperMesos · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

https://github.com/casey/just#recipe-parameters Accepting arguments alone seems to be a pretty big value add.

comment by bpicolo · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

…of package repos, but not all of them. Finally packaging Just for Debian[0] would help a lot. [0] https://github.com/casey/just/issues/429

comment by rodarmor · 2023-01-10 · in Just: A Command Runner

I believe this is just due to how they're parsing the README.md on https://github.com/casey/just . (Though this should probably still be updated) The installation section has no direct body, but there are subheaders with the actual…

comment by JacobLinney · 2023-01-09 · in Just: A Command Runner

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story by tnorthcutt · 2023-01-09 · 199 comments

…with .PHONY targets. It has a cleaner syntax and fewer pitfalls compared to makefiles. [0] https://github.com/casey/just

comment by watusername · 2023-01-09 · in Fake it until you automate it

…- https://asdf-vm.com/ : I find this better than installing python/node/etc from nix. - https://github.com/casey/just : I use this as my command runner (similar to make but cleaner in my opinion)

comment by sontek · 2023-01-09 · in Dotfiles Management

I've found the script runner "just" to be worth using. https://github.com/casey/just just (at a glance) is like a Makefile, but with some nice UX improvements that make it worth using. e.g. with `just --choose`, it runs fzf against the…

comment by rgoulter · 2022-12-31 · in SD: My script directory