Release Notes

⚠️ Breaking Change

arg names in tasks can no longer contain dashes (-). This restriction is due to the integration of Minijinja for rendering tasks, where dashes could be misinterpreted as a subtraction operator.

✨ Highlights

This release comes with another set of features for the tasks! - The command of a task is now able to use minijinja for rendering the command.

:::toml
 [tasks]
# The arg `text`, converted to uppercase, will be printed.
task1 = { cmd = "echo {{ text | upper }}", args = ["text"] }
# If arg `text` contains 'hoi', it will be converted to lowercase. The result will be printed.
task2 = { cmd = "echo {{ text | lower if 'hoi' in text }}", args = [
  { arg = "text", default = "" },
] }
# With `a` and `b` being strings, they will be appended and then printed.
task3 = { cmd = "echo {{ a + b }}", args = ["a", { arg = "b", default = "!" }] }
# `names` will be split by whitespace and then every name will be printed separately
task4 = { cmd = "{% for name in names | split %} echo {{ name }};{% endfor %}", args = [
  "names",
] }

• Shortened composition of tasks with depends-on key.

  :::toml [tasks] test-all = [{ task = "test", args = ["all"] }]

  Equivalent to: test-all = { depends-on = [{task = "test", args = ["all"] }]}

  • The depends-on key can now include the environment that the task should run in.

  :::toml [tasks]

  Using the shortened composition of tasks

  test-all = [ { task = "test", environment = "py311" }, { task = "test", environment = "py312" }, ]

Added

• Integrate minijinja for tasks' command's rendering by @prsabahrami in #3579
• Support for riscv64 linux by @kxxt in #3606
• Task Environment Selection by @prsabahrami in #3501
• Shortened task composition with depends-on key by @prsabahrami in #3450

Changed

• Format shell script with shfmt by @gzm55 in #3552
• Improve error message at missing pixi section by @joyanedel in #3516
• Install.sh supports installing without tar and unzip commands by @gzm55 in #3551

Documentation

• Community: add xsf by @lucascolley in #3515
• Mention installation with wget instead of curl by @paugier in #3547
• Fix typo in advanced_tasks.md by @AH-Merii in #3555
• Update to call pixi task "start" in Index.md by @philipreese in #3487
• Migrate ros2.md example to use robostack-humble channel by @traversaro in #3520
• Provide guidance on using direnv by @phreed in #3513
• Remove unused ordered list in system_requirements.md by @kemingy in #3590
• Update authentication.md to fix typo in package name by @PanTheDev in #3615
• Replace project with workspace by @munechika-koyo in #3623 and in #3620
• Rename pixi build examples by @Hofer-Julian in #3632

Fixed

• Updating windows installation.md to correspond to installation.ps1 by @Ahschreyer in #3507
• Fix panic for pixi task list for platform specific tasks by @synapticarbors in #3510
• Improve error message if build backend crashes by @baszalmstra in #3543
• Check unzip command on msys and add ITs for install.sh by @gzm55 in #3458
• Shell-hook --no-completion by @Hofer-Julian in #3553
• Fixed a typo in init.rs by @noamgot in #3561
• Pixi-shell: bump timeout to 3 secs, fix docs link by @wolfv in #3528
• Invalidate lock-file if a pypi dependency is requested by @baszalmstra in #3562
• Build backend missing executable by @baszalmstra in #3527
• Community page link in README by @elonzh in #3595
• Mark add_tests::add_pypi_git as an online test by @mgorny in #3586
• Update git-cliff by @Hofer-Julian in #3614
• Pypi local directory satisfiability by @tdejager in #3631
• Don't keep reinstalling local pypi archives by @tdejager in #3618
• Don't resolve for previously locked platforms by @baszalmstra in #3635

Refactor

• Reduce difference between default and named feature by @baszalmstra in #3545
• Update pixi.toml to use args by @prsabahrami in #3531
• Refactor of pypi installer type by @tdejager in #3563

New Contributors

• @renovate[bot] made their first contribution in #3626
• @munechika-koyo made their first contribution in #3623
• @elonzh made their first contribution in #3595
• @Ahschreyer made their first contribution in #3507
• @kemingy made their first contribution in #3590
• @joyanedel made their first contribution in #3516
• @phreed made their first contribution in #3513
• @AH-Merii made their first contribution in #3555
• @paugier made their first contribution in #3547
• @mwiebe made their first contribution in #3519

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