[Module-build-general] manifest filter tools

[Uri G. <ur...@st...>]

ken,

any info on my manifest filter tools idea? just to reiterate (as i am
sure you have lost most of your yapc memories :), i want some util subs
and command line options to filter and do actions on files in the
manifest.

here are some simple use cases:

1. run (internal) grep on all pm (or any globbed recursively) files:

build grep '*.pm'

2. run a line counter script on all source files:
build line_count 'bin/* *.pm'


the command line would have a first arg of a build builtin (a
supported set) OR an external executable. the second arg (maybe a perl
regex instead of a glob) is used to filter the manifest. all matching
filename/paths will be passed to the command.

just an itch i have and it would make me switch over to build much
faster. i use those types of file operations and i have to hand code
them now as make blows here. i want them to only work on files in the
manifest so you can have work or temp files that are not found.

thanx,

uri

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