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pydoit — Python Task Runner
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pydoit — Python Task Runner
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  • doit documentation

Getting Started

  • Use Cases
  • tutorial - python imports graph

Reference

  • Installing
  • Tasks
  • Non-file dependencies
  • More on Task creation
  • Command line interface - run
  • sub-commands for task manipulation
  • Configuration
  • Passing arguments from the command line
  • Globals - accessing doit internals
  • custom up-to-date
  • Tools & Integrations
  • Extending doit

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  • Support
  • Changes
  • Success Stories
  • FAQ
  • Related Projects
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Related Projects¶

Build tools & task runners:

  • make

  • just - command runner (no dependency tracking)

  • invoke - Python task execution (no DAG/incremental builds)

  • SCons

  • snakemake - workflow management for data analysis

  • Rake

  • ant

There are many more…

In this post I briefly explained my motivation to start another build tool like project.

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