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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 0.44

Common

task "test", sub { say "hello world"; };

Possible formatting options:

For example:

use Rex::Hook;
use Data::Dumper;

register_function_hooks {
    before => {
        file => sub {
            print Dumper( \@_ );
            print "before file\n";
            return;
        },
        create_user => sub {
            print "before create_user\n";
            die;
        },
    },
    after => {
        file => sub {
            print "after file\n";
        },
        create_user => sub {
            print "after create_user\n";
        },
    }
};

task prepare => sub { };

task prepare => sub { };

task "prepare", sub { run "this-command-fails"; };

Bugfixes

Community modules

set backup_location => "backup/%h";

task yourtask => sub { file "/etc/foo.conf", content => "new content\n"; };

Package repository

This is the first release build with the new build system on build.rexify.org. Due to this fact the following repository URLs have changed:

Please see the Get Rex page for the new URLs.

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