View Source Mix.Project (Mix v1.11.3)
Defines and manipulates Mix projects.
A Mix project is defined by calling use Mix.Project
in a module, usually
placed in mix.exs
:
defmodule MyApp.MixProject do
use Mix.Project
def project do
[
app: :my_app,
version: "1.0.0"
]
end
end
Configuration
In order to configure Mix, the module that use
s Mix.Project
should export
a project/0
function that returns a keyword list representing configuration
for the project.
This configuration can be read using Mix.Project.config/0
. Note that
config/0
won't fail if a project is not defined; this allows many Mix tasks
to work without a project.
If a task requires a project to be defined or needs to access a
special function within the project, the task can call Mix.Project.get!/0
which fails with Mix.NoProjectError
in the case a project is not
defined.
There isn't a comprehensive list of all the options that can be returned by
project/0
since many Mix tasks define their own options that they read from
this configuration. For example, look at the "Configuration" section in the
documentation for the Mix.Tasks.Compile
task.
These are a few options that are not used by just one Mix task (and will thus be documented here):
:build_per_environment
- iftrue
, builds will be per-environment. Iffalse
, builds will go in_build/shared
regardless of the Mix environment. Defaults totrue
.:aliases
- a list of task aliases. For more information, check out the "Aliases" section in the documentation for theMix
module. Defaults to[]
.:config_path
- a string representing the path of the main config file. Seeconfig_files/0
for more information. Defaults to"config/config.exs"
.:default_task
- a string representing the default task to be run bymix
when no task is specified. Defaults to"run"
.:deps
- a list of dependencies of this project. Refer to the documentation for theMix.Tasks.Deps
task for more information. Defaults to[]
.:deps_path
- directory where dependencies are stored. Also seedeps_path/1
. Defaults to"deps"
.:lockfile
- the name of the lockfile used by themix deps.*
family of tasks. Defaults to"mix.lock"
.:preferred_cli_env
- a keyword list of{task, env}
tuples wheretask
is the task name as an atom (for example,:"deps.get"
) andenv
is the preferred environment (for example,:test
). This option overrides what is specified by the tasks with the@preferred_cli_env
attribute (see the docs forMix.Task
). Defaults to[]
.:preferred_cli_target
- a keyword list of{task, target}
tuples wheretask
is the task name as an atom (for example,:test
) andtarget
is the preferred target (for example,:host
). Defaults to[]
.
For more options, keep an eye on the documentation for single Mix tasks; good
examples are the Mix.Tasks.Compile
task and all the specific compiler tasks
(such as Mix.Tasks.Compile.Elixir
or Mix.Tasks.Compile.Erlang
).
Note that sometimes the same configuration option is mentioned in the
documentation for different tasks; this is just because it's common for many
tasks to read and use the same configuration option (for example,
:erlc_paths
is used by mix compile.erlang
, mix compile.yecc
, and other
tasks).
Erlang projects
Mix can be used to manage Erlang projects that don't have any Elixir code. To
ensure Mix tasks work correctly for an Erlang project, language: :erlang
has
to be part of the configuration returned by project/0
. This setting also
makes sure Elixir is not added as a dependency to the generated .app
file or
to the escript generated with mix escript.build
, and so on.
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Functions
Returns the application path inside the build.
Returns a map with the umbrella child applications paths.
Returns the build path for the given project.
Builds the project structure for the given application.
Clears the dependency for the current environment.
Returns the paths the given project compiles to.
Returns the project configuration.
Returns a list of project configuration files for this project.
Returns the latest modification time from config files.
Returns the path where protocol consolidations are stored.
Returns all dependencies app names.
Returns the path where dependencies are stored for the given project.
Returns the full path of all dependencies as a map.
Returns the SCMs of all dependencies as a map.
Ensures the project structure for the given project exists.
Retrieves the current project if there is one.
Runs the given fun
inside the given project.
Returns the path where manifests are stored.
Returns true
if config
is the configuration for an umbrella project.
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Returns the application path inside the build.
The returned path will be expanded.
Examples
Mix.Project.app_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/shared/lib/app"
Returns a map with the umbrella child applications paths.
These paths are based on the :apps_path
and :apps
configurations.
If the given project configuration identifies an umbrella project, the return
value is a map of app => path
where app
is a child app of the umbrella and
path
is its path relative to the root of the umbrella project.
If the given project configuration does not identify an umbrella project,
nil
is returned.
Examples
Mix.Project.apps_paths()
#=> %{my_app1: "apps/my_app1", my_app2: "apps/my_app2"}
Returns the build path for the given project.
If no configuration is given, the one for the current project is used.
The returned path will be expanded.
Examples
Mix.Project.build_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/shared"
If :build_per_environment
is set to true
, it will create a new build per
environment:
Mix.env()
#=> :dev
Mix.Project.build_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/dev"
Builds the project structure for the given application.
Options
:symlink_ebin
- symlink ebin instead of copying it
@spec clear_deps_cache() :: :ok
Clears the dependency for the current environment.
Useful when dependencies need to be reloaded due to change of global state.
For example, Nerves uses this function to force all dependencies to be reloaded after it updates the system environment. It goes roughly like this:
- Nerves fetches all dependencies and looks for the system specific deps
- Once the system specific dep is found, it loads it alongside env vars
- Nerves then clears the cache, forcing dependencies to be loaded again
- Dependencies are loaded again, now with an updated env environment
Returns the paths the given project compiles to.
If no configuration is given, the one for the current project will be used.
The returned path will be expanded.
Examples
Mix.Project.compile_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/dev/lib/app/ebin"
@spec config() :: keyword()
Returns the project configuration.
If there is no project defined, it still returns a keyword list with default values. This allows many Mix tasks to work without the need for an underlying project.
Note this configuration is cached once the project is pushed onto the stack. Calling it multiple times won't cause it to be recomputed.
Do not use Mix.Project.config/0
to find the runtime configuration.
Use it only to configure aspects of your project (like
compilation directories) and not your application runtime.
@spec config_files() :: [Path.t()]
Returns a list of project configuration files for this project.
This function is usually used in compilation tasks to trigger a full recompilation whenever such configuration files change.
It returns the mix.exs
file, the lock manifest, and all config
files in the config
directory that do not start with a leading
period (for example, .my_config.exs
).
@spec config_mtime() :: posix_mtime when posix_mtime: integer()
Returns the latest modification time from config files.
This function is usually used in compilation tasks to trigger a full recompilation whenever such configuration files change. For this reason, the mtime is cached to avoid file system lookups.
Returns the path where protocol consolidations are stored.
The returned path will be expanded.
Examples
Mix.Project.consolidation_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/dev/lib/my_app/consolidated"
Inside umbrellas:
Mix.Project.consolidation_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/dev/consolidated"
@spec deps_apps() :: [atom()]
Returns all dependencies app names.
The order they are returned is guaranteed to be sorted for proper dependency resolution. For example, if A depends on B, then B will listed before A.
Returns the path where dependencies are stored for the given project.
If no configuration is given, the one for the current project is used.
The returned path will be expanded.
Examples
Mix.Project.deps_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/deps"
Returns the full path of all dependencies as a map.
Options
:depth
- only returns dependencies to the depth level, a depth of 1 will only return top-level dependencies:parents
- starts the dependency traversal from the given parents instead of the application root
Examples
Mix.Project.deps_paths()
#=> %{foo: "deps/foo", bar: "custom/path/dep"}
Returns the SCMs of all dependencies as a map.
See Mix.SCM
module documentation to learn more about SCMs.
Options
:depth
- only returns dependencies to the depth level, a depth of 1 will only return top-level dependencies:parents
- starts the dependency traversal from the given parents instead of the application root
Examples
Mix.Project.deps_scms()
#=> %{foo: Mix.SCM.Path, bar: Mix.SCM.Git}
Ensures the project structure for the given project exists.
In case it does exist, it is a no-op. Otherwise, it is built.
@spec get() :: module() | nil
Retrieves the current project if there is one.
If there is no current project, nil
is returned. This
may happen in cases there is no mix.exs
in the current
directory.
If you expect a project to be defined, i.e., it is a
requirement of the current task, you should call
get!/0
instead.
@spec get!() :: module()
Same as get/0
, but raises an exception if there is no current project.
This is usually called by tasks that need additional
functions on the project to be defined. Since such
tasks usually depend on a project being defined, this
function raises a Mix.NoProjectError
exception in
case no project is available.
Runs the given fun
inside the given project.
This function changes the current working directory and loads the project at the given directory onto the project stack.
A post_config
can be passed that will be merged into
the project configuration.
fun
is called with the module name of the given Mix.Project
.
The return value of this function is the return value of fun
.
Examples
Mix.Project.in_project(:my_app, "/path/to/my_app", fn module ->
"Mix project is: #{inspect(module)}"
end)
#=> "Mix project is: MyApp.MixProject"
Returns the path where manifests are stored.
By default they are stored in the app path inside the build directory. Umbrella applications have the manifest path set to the root of the build directory. Directories may be changed in future releases.
The returned path will be expanded.
Examples
Mix.Project.manifest_path()
#=> "/path/to/project/_build/shared/lib/app/.mix"
Returns true
if config
is the configuration for an umbrella project.
When called with no arguments, tells whether the current project is an umbrella project.