[Fab-user] Execute the same tasks in local() and run()

[Jorge Vargas]

Hello,

We are using fabric for development as well as deployment and I'm wondering how people are doing command like this.

@task

def load_fixtures():

    """Load initial data."""

    run("venv/bin/python data/fixtures.py")

This code should work for both the developer machine (ie: run local) and the deployment machine (ie: use run)

So far what I have done is something like

@task

def install_db(command=local):

    """@onetime install of the database"""

    with prefix("source venv/bin/activate"):

        command("python manage.py syncdb --migrate")

However that's a bit of a problem as I can't call that command from fab just from other fabric scripts.