how to detect if --quiet option is specified with rake

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how to detect of if --quiet option is specified with rake.

Intention is to filter custom messages based on category.

class Category
  INFO = 1
  WARNING = 2
  ERROR = 3
end

@trace = true

task :silent do
  @trace = false
end

def trace(msg, category=Category::INFO)
  return if (@trace == nil)
  return if ((@trace == false) && (category == Category::INFO))
  puts msg
end

In this case I would like to add one more case to filter out trace if --quiet option is specified.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '12 at 09:52

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Rake.verbose provides option to check if --quiet mode is specified

Following simple rake file like produces output like this $rake --quiet false

$rake default

task :default do
  puts Rake.verbose
end

It is also possible to override the setting within rakefile using Rake.verbose(true|false)

answered Mar 01 '12 at 09:52

harsha

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I have a `private method 'verbose' called for Rake:Module` error – fguillen May 11 '12 at 13:46
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Looks like the proper way is do it like this: `Rake.application.options.verbose` – fguillen May 11 '12 at 13:52
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There are also `Rake.application.options.silent` and `Rake.application.options.quiet` which correspond to `--silent` and `--quiet` respectively. – Dimitar Aug 17 '12 at 09:38
I couldn't get `Rake.application.options.quiet` to be anything other than `nil` for me. – Sarah Vessels Aug 26 '13 at 20:19
@Dimitar, if you have made an answer of this I would have voted for it – 244an Apr 21 '20 at 09:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '15 at 18:05

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Looks like you can just call the method verbose in rake-10.0.4, at least.

With a task:

task :default do
  puts verbose
end

I get:

$ rake --silent
false
$ rake --quiet
false
$ rake --verbose
true

answered Mar 04 '15 at 18:05

Ryan McCuaig

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how to detect if --quiet option is specified with rake

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