Tomo::PluginDSL

A tomo plugin is defined by a Ruby module that extends Tomo::PluginDSL. A plugin definition can specify three things:

  • Default settings
  • Tasks
  • Helpers

Here is the bundler plugin as an example:

require_relative "bundler/helpers"
require_relative "bundler/tasks"

module Tomo::Plugin::Bundler
  extend Tomo::PluginDSL

  tasks Tomo::Plugin::Bundler::Tasks
  helpers Tomo::Plugin::Bundler::Helpers

  defaults bundler_config_path: ".bundle/config",
           bundler_deployment:  true,
           bundler_gemfile:     nil,
           bundler_jobs:        "4",
           bundler_path:        "%{shared_path}/bundle",
           bundler_retry:       "3",
           bundler_version:     nil,
           bundler_without:     %w[development test]
end

The above plugin defines several default settings, defines tasks using a TaskLibrary named Tomo::Plugin::Bundler::Tasks, and defines helpers in a module named Tomo::Plugin::Bundler::Helpers.

Refer to the Publishing a Plugin tutorial for more information about packaging and distributing tomo plugins.

Instance methods

defaults(hash)

Specify default settings that will be applied when this plugin is loaded. Although not strictly necessary, it is best practice to list all required and optional settings that are used by the plugin, even if the default values are nil. This lets other developers know what setting names are expected when using the plugin.

Settings must use symbol keys and typically String values, although any Ruby type is possible. Strings can contain interpolated values.

module Tomo::Plugin::Bundler
  extend Tomo::PluginDSL

  defaults bundler_config_path: ".bundle/config",
           bundler_deployment:  true,
           bundler_gemfile:     nil,
           bundler_jobs:        "4",
           bundler_path:        "%{shared_path}/bundle",
           bundler_retry:       "3",
           bundler_version:     nil,
           bundler_without:     %w[development test]
end

tasks(*task_library_class)

Specify the tasks that will be defined by this plugin by supplying one or more TaskLibrary classes. The public instance methods of each class will be turned into tomo tasks.

class Tomo::Plugin::Git::Tasks < Tomo::TaskLibrary
  def clone
    # ...
  end

  def create_release
    # ...
  end
end

class Tomo::Plugin::Git
  extend Tomo::PluginDSL

  tasks Tomo::Plugin::Git::Tasks
end

You can use tasks self to define a plugin and its tasks together as a single class:

class Tomo::Plugin::Git < Tomo::TaskLibrary
  extend Tomo::PluginDSL
  tasks self

  def clone
    # ...
  end

  def create_release
    # ...
  end
end

helpers(*module)

Specify the helpers that will be defined by this plugin by supplying one or more plain Ruby modules. The modules will be mixed in at runtime to extend the Remote interface with additional methods.

module Tomo::Plugin::Core::Helpers
  def ln_sf(target, link, **run_opts)
    # ...
  end

  def mkdir_p(*directories, **run_opts)
    # ...
  end
end

module Tomo::Plugin::Core
  extend Tomo::PluginDSL

  helpers Tomo::Plugin::Core::Helpers
end