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Cheat sheet

Don't have time to read the docs? Here's a quick cheat sheet to get you started.

Tasks​

Learn more about tasks and targets.

Run all build and test tasks for all projects​

moon check --all

Run all build and test tasks in a project​

moon check project

Run all build and test tasks for closest project based on working directory​

moon check

Run a task in all projects​

moon run :task

Run a task in all projects with a tag​

moon run '#tag:task'
# OR
moon run \#tag:task
# OR
moon run :task --query "tag=tag"

Run a task in a project​

moon run project:task

Run multiple tasks in all projects​

moon run :task1 :task2

Run multiple tasks in any project​

moon run projecta:task1 projectb:task2

Run a task in applications, libraries, or tools​

moon run :task --query "projectType=application"

Run a task in projects of a specific language​

moon run :task --query "language=typescript"

Run a task in projects matching a keyword​

moon run :task --query "project~react-*"

Run a task in projects based on file path​

moon run :task --query "projectSource~packages/*"

Task configuration​

Learn more about available options.

Disable caching​

moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    # ...
    options:
      cache: false

Re-run flaky tasks​

moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    # ...
    options:
      retryCount: 3

Depend on tasks from parent project's dependencies​

moon.yml
# Also inferred from the language's platform
dependsOn:
  - 'project-a'
  - 'project-b'

tasks:
  example:
    # ...
    deps:
      - '^:build'

Depend on tasks from arbitrary projects​

moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    # ...
    deps:
      - 'other-project:task'

Run dependencies serially​

moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    # ...
    deps:
      - 'first'
      - 'second'
      - 'third'
    options:
      runDepsInParallel: false

Run multiple watchers/servers in parallel​

moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    command: 'noop'
    deps:
      - 'app:watch'
      - 'backend:start'
      - 'tailwind:watch'
    local: true

The local or persistent settings are required for this to work.

Languages​

Run system binaries available on PATH​

moon.yml
language: 'bash' # batch, etc

tasks:
  example:
    command: 'printenv'
moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    command: 'printenv'
    platform: 'system'

Run language binaries not supported in moon's toolchain​

moon.yml
language: 'ruby'

tasks:
  example:
    command: 'rubocop'
    platform: 'system'

Run npm binaries (Node.js)​

moon.yml
language: 'javascript' # typescript

tasks:
  example:
    command: 'eslint'
moon.yml
tasks:
  example:
    command: 'eslint'
    platform: 'node'