Re: [Fab-user] setting variable value using local/subprocess

[Shantanu Pavgi]

On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Shantanu Pavgi wrote:

> 
> I am writing a task where output of local wrapper needs to be assigned to a 
> variable so that it can be used later in another command. Following is a task 
> where commit_sha1 is obtained from git command and then used in tar command: 
> 
> {{{
> # Create project-commit-id.tar.gz for the project 
> def make_tar():
>        """Create tar.gz archive with latest commit id"""
>        with lcd('%s/%s' %(env.builddir,env.projectrepo)):
>                commit_sha1 = local('git log -1 --pretty=format:%H')
>        with lcd('%s' %(env.builddir)):
>                local('tar cvzf %s-%s.tar.gz %s' 
> %(env.projectrepo,commit_sha1,env.projectrepo))
> }}}
> 
> It seems like 'commit_sha1' variable is not getting set at all. I am using 
> Fabric 1.2.0. 
> 
> Am I missing anything here? Any help?
> 
> 

It's working now with 'capture=True' option in local wrapper. 

--
Shantanu.