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Problem

How to use the pants command: Fast, scalable, user-friendly, open-source build and developer workflow tool. More information: <https://www.pantsbuild.org/stable/docs/using-pants/command-line-help>.

Solution

pants — Fast, scalable, user-friendly, open-source build and developer workflow tool. More information: <https://www.pantsbuild.org/stable/docs/using-pants/command-line-help>.

List all targets:

pants list ::

Run all tests:

pants test ::

Fix, format, and lint only uncommitted files:

pants --changed-since=HEAD fix fmt lint

Typecheck only uncommitted files and their dependents:

pants --changed-since=HEAD --changed-dependents=transitive check

Create a distributable package for the specified target:

pants package {{path/to/directory:target-name}}

Auto-generate BUILD file targets for new source files:

pants tailor ::

Display help:

pants help

Code Snippets

List all targets

pants list ::

Run all tests

pants test ::

Fix, format, and lint only uncommitted files

pants --changed-since=HEAD fix fmt lint

Typecheck only uncommitted files and their dependents

pants --changed-since=HEAD --changed-dependents=transitive check

Create a distributable package for the specified target

pants package {{path/to/directory:target-name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pants

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