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# scripting

[tapchicoma]

https://github.com/Tapchicoma/ktsexec-gradle - KtxExec task that, for now, supports only simple scripts (jcenter approval is pending)

[Nikky]

so why not on the gradle plugin repo ?

[tapchicoma]

it is just a task - plugin is not required in this case

[Nikky]

then it should be possible to add it as dependency of buildSrc right ?

[tapchicoma]

theoretically - yes

[Nikky]

also whats the ScriptDef used and how can i use a custom one ?

[tapchicoma]

it is just a quick hack over yesterday evening - for now just a simple script without external dependencies or special script annotation is supported

[tapchicoma]

if you want something more - open issue/PR 🙂

[Nikky]

it seems liek this: https://github.com/Tapchicoma/ktsexec-gradle/blob/master/host/src/main/kotlin/by/egorr/gradle/ktsexec/host/KtsExecKotlinScriptHost.kt#L14-L15

has no arguments ? i could recommend a val vararg args: String

i like the gradle task idea

[Nikky]

i can see quite a few usecases to aid gradle-kts

[tapchicoma]

yes, next that I want to add is passing arguments to script

[Nikky]

thats 5-6 lines i think, heh

[Nikky]

what i want to try is make this work with custom ScriptDefinitions

[tapchicoma]

but how you will pass it to host? 🤔

[Nikky]

inline reified function should be able to pass the type through

[Nikky]

and then its up to the user that they do not mess up the arguments

[Nikky]

also could add custom script${name} gradle dependencies.. i have the skeleton for that already laying around

[Nikky]

but that might be better to solve with file annotations that alreadyx exist in main-kts

[eskatos]

you could publish it to the portal as a no-op plugin, this would make it possible to bring it into build scripts using the plugins block

[tapchicoma]

plugin with empty apply()?

[eskatos]

yup

[tapchicoma]

mm, ok

[eskatos]

the KtsExec.script input is a simple string
it should be a RegularFileProperty instead so Gradle can track the changes in the script

[tapchicoma]

thank you for input 🙂

[tapchicoma]

will try to update it later this week

[eskatos]

here https://github.com/Tapchicoma/ktsexec-gradle/blob/master/task/src/main/kotlin/by/egorr/gradle/ktsexec/KtsExec.kt#L48
you could setDidWork(false) for Gradle to show the task as SKIPPED

[eskatos]

The other thing that comes to mind is managing the Kotlin version. It could come from the applied kotlin plugin by convention or be set explicitely.

[eskatos]

Good stuff @tapchicoma