Peon works for you while you are developing.
It runs any command you tell it and execute the command when some file that matches a pattern is changed.
Just install using:
python setup.py install
You can install from pip:
pip install peon
If you intend using this in Mac, you need to install py-Growl for Growl Notification
To use Growl, you need to configure him to allow listening incoming notification (Network)
By default Peon looks for changes in python files (*.py) and if no command is specified, it run nosetests.
Peon will keep running that command whenever a file changes.
For example, take the following directory tree as example:
.
|-- Makefile
|-- peon
| |-- __init__.py
| |-- peon.py
| |-- stop.png
| `-- tick.png
|-- setup.py
`-- tests
|-- base.py
|-- checksum_spec.py
|-- something_has_changed_spec.py
If I want Peon watches for changes in all my "*.py" files and run "make" when something changes, I could do simply:
$ peon make # run make in the current dir, looking for changes in *.py files
It is possible to specify the directory to watch (-d or --directory option):
$ peon make -d peon
It is possible to tell peon what is your pattern too, through -p or --patern option:
$ peon make -p '*.png' -d peon
If you do not want peon to reset/clear your terminal before each run, you may use the --no-reset option:
$ peon make --no-reset