Elixir mix auto acknowledge

Question

I want to run tests of my Phoenix app on Travis-CI.

Log excerpt:

$ MIX_ENV=test mix do deps.get, compile, test

Could not find hex, which is needed to build dependency :phoenix

Shall I install hex? [Yn]

When it comes to fetching and installing dependencies, it asks if it should install hex. I was wondering if I can pass a --yes option to mix so that it doesn't ask but just installs?

score 34 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '14 at 20:11

You can add this command to your before_install section in .travis.yml

mix local.hex --force

After of course, you've already installed elixir in a previous command. I cargo culted this .travis.yml from an existing elixir project on github.

language: erlang
env:
  - ELIXIR="v1.0.0"
otp_release:
  - 17.1
before_install:
  - mkdir -p vendor/elixir
  - wget -q https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/download/$ELIXIR/Precompiled.zip && unzip -qq Precompiled.zip -d vendor/elixir
  - export PATH="$PATH:$PWD/vendor/elixir/bin"
  - mix local.hex --force
script: "MIX_ENV=test mix do deps.get, test"

I think this is the better solution and should be accepted as answer! — Patrick Oscity, Sep 19 '14 at 04:18

Patrick Oscity · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-13T06:48:22.300

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As with any unix command, you could pipe yes into the mix command:

yes | MIX_ENV=test mix do deps.get, compile, test

But there are some warnings about this solution in the comments below. I recommend using the top voted solution!

edited Jul 13 '22 at 06:48

answered Sep 18 '14 at 11:26

Patrick Oscity

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This just blew my mind. Suddenly the very existence of this command makes so much sense – pfac Jul 02 '15 at 16:05
There is a problem with this in Docker (and probably other contexts too) - Erlang buffers any input so a constant stream of 'yes' input can cause an overflow. See this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36522559/docker-container-is-killed-after-1-minute I suggest the answer from Fred the Magic Wonder Dog is a better answer. – PJeffes Jul 04 '16 at 08:24
Indeed.. even in small applications this will make your beam process blow up to Gigabytes of RAM until an OOM is triggered – Martijn Jul 06 '16 at 14:39

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