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= RAKE -- Ruby Make
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This package contains Rake, a simple ruby build program with capabilities
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similar to make.
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Rake has the following features:
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* Rakefiles (rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in
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standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile
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syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?)
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* Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
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* Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks.
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* Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating
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file names and paths.
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* A library of prepackaged tasks to make building rakefiles easier. For example,
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tasks for building tarballs and publishing to FTP or SSH sites. (Formerly
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tasks for building RDoc and Gems were included in rake but they're now
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available in RDoc and RubyGems respectively.)
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* Supports parallel execution of tasks.
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== Installation
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=== Gem Installation
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Download and install rake with the following.
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gem install rake
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=== Normal Installation
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You can download the source tarball of the latest version of Rake from
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* http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
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Extract the tarball and run
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% ruby install.rb
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from its distribution directory.
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== Usage
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=== Simple Example
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First, you must write a "Rakefile" file which contains the build rules. Here's
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a simple example:
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task :default => [:test]
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task :test do
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ruby "test/unittest.rb"
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end
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This Rakefile has two tasks:
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* A task named "test", which - upon invocation - will run a unit test file in
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Ruby.
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* A task named "default". This task does nothing by itself, but it has exactly
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one dependency, namely the "test" task. Invoking the "default" task will
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cause Rake to invoke the "test" task as well.
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Running the "rake" command without any options will cause it to run the
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"default" task in the Rakefile:
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% ls
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Rakefile test/
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% rake
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(in /home/some_user/Projects/rake)
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ruby test/unittest.rb
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....unit test output here...
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Type "rake --help" for all available options.
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=== More Information
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* For details on Rake's command-line invocation, read
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doc/command_line_usage.rdoc[http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/command_line_usage_rdoc.html]
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* For details on writing Rakefiles, see
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doc/rakefile.rdoc[http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rakefile_rdoc.html].
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* For the original announcement of Rake, see
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doc/rational.rdoc[http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rational_rdoc.html].
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* For a glossary of terms, see
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doc/glossary.rdoc[http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/glossary_rdoc.html].
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== Development
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=== Source Repository
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Rake is currently hosted at github. The github web page is
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http://github.com/jimweirich/rake. The public git clone URL is
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* git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git
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=== Running the Rake Test Suite
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If you wish to run the unit and functional tests that come with Rake:
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* Install the 'flexmock' gem
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* Install the 'session' gem in order to run the functional tests.
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* CD into the top project directory of rake.
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* Type one of the following:
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rake # If you have a version of rake installed
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ruby -Ilib bin/rake # If you do not have a version of rake installed.
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=== Issues and Bug Reports
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Feature requests and bug reports can be made here
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* https://github.com/jimweirich/rake/issues
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Issues and bug reports can also be tracked here:
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* http://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/28469
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== Online Resources
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=== Rake References
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* Rake Documentation Home: http://docs.rubyrake.org
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* Rake Project Page: http://rubyforge.org/projects/rake
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* Rake API Documents: http://rake.rubyforge.org
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* Rake Source Code Repo: http://github.com/jimweirich/rake
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* Rake Git Repo Clone URL: git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git
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* Rake Issue Tracking: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/28469
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* Rake Bug Reports: https://github.com/jimweirich/rake/issues
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=== Presentations and Articles about Rake
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* Jim Weirich's 2003 RubyConf presentation:
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http://onestepback.org/articles/buildingwithrake/
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* Martin Fowler's article on Rake: http://martinfowler.com/articles/rake.html
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== Other Make Reinvisionings ...
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Rake is a late entry in the make replacement field. Here are links to
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other projects with similar (and not so similar) goals.
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* http://directory.fsf.org/bras.html -- Bras, one of earliest
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implementations of "make in a scripting language".
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* http://www.a-a-p.org -- Make in Python
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* http://www.aromatic.com/tools/jam.txt -- JAM, Java Automated Make
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* http://ant.apache.org -- The Ant project
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* http://ppt.perl.org/commands/make/index.html -- Make from the Perl
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Power Tools implementation.
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* http://search.cpan.org/search?query=PerlBuildSystem -- The Perl Build System
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* http://make.rubyforge.org -- Rant, another Ruby make tool.
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== Credits
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[<b>Ryan Dlugosz</b>] For the initial conversation that sparked Rake.
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[<b>nobu.nokada@softhome.net</b>] For the initial patch for rule support.
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[<b>Tilman Sauerbeck <tilman@code-monkey.de></b>] For the recursive rule patch.
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== License
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Rake is available under an MIT-style license.
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:include: MIT-LICENSE
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== Support
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The Rake homepage is http://rake.rubyforge.org. You can find the Rake
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RubyForge page at http://rubyforge.org/projects/rake.
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Feel free to submit commits or feature requests. If you send a patch,
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remember to update the corresponding unit tests. In fact, I prefer
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new feature to be submitted in the form of new unit tests.
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For other information, feel free to ask on the ruby-talk mailing list
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(which is mirrored to comp.lang.ruby) or contact
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jim dot weirich at gmail.com.
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---
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= Other stuff
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Author:: Jim Weirich <jim.weirich@gmail.com>
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Requires:: Ruby 1.8.6 or later
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License:: Copyright 2003-2008 by Jim Weirich.
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Released under an MIT-style license. See the LICENSE file
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included in the distribution.
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== Warranty
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This software is provided "as is" and without any express or
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implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
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warranties of merchantibility and fitness for a particular
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purpose.
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