Re: [Fab-user] splitting large fabfile.py

[Christian Vest Hansen]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Jeff Forcier <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Aljosa,
>
> Unforunately, Fabric 0.1 and older do not support splitting a fabfile
> into multiple files, so I'm afraid you're out of luck for the time
> being.

Actually, it does. See the help-text for the "load" operation. You
would use this function instead of python imports in old-fabric.

>
> Fabric 0.9 is on the way and should support this sort of thing; there
> is currently an alpha out (http://fabfile.org), and while I do not
> suggest using an alpha or beta for production work, you may want to
> try it out in a test environment to get an idea of how the final
> product might behave.
>
> 0.9's main focus is on allowing code to be plain Python with less
> magic, so while I haven't yet tried this approach out, it should be
> possible for you to perform imports like in your below example, and
> have it "just work".
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Aljosa Mohorovic
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> i'm trying to split a large fabfile.py but i can't find any examples
>> in docs and there is no info how should i use "config" when "fabric
>> actions" are defined in a different file.
>> my code looks similar to:
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> config.project = 'some project'
>> config.[...] # other options
>>
>> from deploy.something import some_fab_action
>>
>> def local():
>>  "set development env: LOCAL"
>>  config.fab_user = 'aljosa'
>>  config.fab_hosts = ['localhost',]
>>  config.project_root = os.path.abspath('.')
>>
>> [...]
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> now when i call "$ fab local some_fab_action" how should i use
>> "config" in some_fab_action which is in "deploy.something" and
>> imported into fabfile.py?
>> any tips/ideas are welcome.
>>
>> Aljosa Mohorovic
>>
>>
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