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News

2023-08-05
Rex-1.14.3

Rex-1.14.3 is now available on CPAN. It contains bug fixes for local package installation, command existence checks, and Git tests.

2023-05-05
Rex-1.14.2

The Rex-1.14.2 release is now available on CPAN. It contains bug fixes for running local commands on Windows, cloning git repositories, and test suite fixes for the upcoming perl-5.38.0 release.

2023-03-17
Call for papers TPRC 2023

Dean Hamstead from the The Perl and Raku Foundation Marketing Committee has sent an invitation to present about Rex at TPRC 2023. I’m posting it here to increase visibility.

2023-03-05
Rex-1.14.1

The Rex-1.14.1 release is now available on CPAN. It contains bug fixes and documentation updates.

2023-02-05
Rex-1.14.0

The Rex-1.14.0 release is now available on CPAN. It contains improved Rexfile loading, documentation updates, and bumps the minimum required Perl version to 5.12.5.

Events

2021-03-08
Learning automation using Rex

Ferenc Erki (FErki) will be the guest of Gábor Szabó on the next Code Maven live stream to learn about automation using Rex. Register for the free event via Code Maven or Meetup, and join the discussion!

2020-03-05
Unexpected use cases with Rex

Unexpected use cases with Rex at the 22nd German Perl/Raku Workshop 2020 in Erlangen by Ferenc Erki (FErki).

2019-11-09
Rex & Friends

Rex & Friends talk at the Barcelona Perl & Friends 2019 by Ferenc Erki (FErki).

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Release notes for 0.33

General

# new task prepare => make {
<span class="hljs-comment"># do something</span><span class="hljs-comment">

};

# old task "prepare", group => "foo", sub { # do something };

# new task "prepare", group => "foo", make { # do something };

User Management

Templates

use Template;

set template_function => sub { my ( $content, $vars ) = @_; my $t = Template->new; my $out; $t->process( \$content, $vars, \$out ); return $out; };

task foo => sub { file "/etc/foo/service.conf", content => template( "service.conf.tpl", name => "foo", port => 1903 ); };

Modules

It is now easier to write independent modules. There is no break in compatibility. Both ways will work. But we suggest to rewrite/move your files.

Old-way module structure:

New module structure:

Converting an old module

It is easy to convert an old module. For the example from above, you just have to move the file "lib/Apache.pm" to "lib/Apache/Module.pm" (no code changes needed). And move the templates to "lib/Apache/templates".

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