Re: [BuildStream] Summary: Workspace related DX features & design

[Tristan Van Berkom <tristan vanberkom codethink co uk>]

Hi,

On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 12:38 +0100, Sander Striker via BuildStream-list wrote:
> Hi,
[...]
> > 2. ============
> >
> > - Default location to be set at user level, with the standard
> > levels of
> > provenance. Both the default directory & --directory at cli are
> > referring to the 'root' directory in which directories for workspaces
> > will be created, with each element's workspace named after the
> > respective elementname as subdirs.
> >
> > -  Multiple workspaces:
> >   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >   bst [project options] workspace open [open options] element1.bst
> > [workspacename] \
> >           --open [open options] element2.bst [workspace name] \
> >           --open [open options] element2.bst [workspace name] \
> >           ...
> >
> > - [project options] = --directory pathto/project \
> >                       ...
> >
> > - [open options] = --directory  pathto/workspace \
> >                    --no-checkout \
> >                    -f --force \
> >                    --track \
> >                    ...
> >
> > - [workspace name] =  optional value to override the default behaviour
> > of naming workspaces as elementname
>
> I don't think this is the consensus we reached.  My impression was that we ended with:
>
> bst [project options] workspace open [--directory DIRECTORY] [open options] ELEMENT
> bst [project options] workspace open [open options] ELEMENT [ELEMENT ...]
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/buildstream-list/2018-September/msg00012.html
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/buildstream-list/2018-September/msg00017.html
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/buildstream-list/2018-September/msg00019.html
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/buildstream-list/2018-September/msg00023.html

+1

That is my recollection as well.

  * If you want elaborate options which differ for each workspace, then
    you need to open workspaces one by one.

  * You cannot use the `--directory` option at all if you are opening
    multiple workspaces in one go; multiple open requires a default
    workspace directory be configured.

  * When specifying the directory where the workspace will be created,
    the default (if set) is ignored entirely.

Cheers,
    -Tristan