[feature request] bacon build

[m4rch3n1ng]

i use cargo-watch mostly with cargo watch -x build to build my project in the background, so that if i want to run it cargo run is instantaneous. i looked and, to me, it doesn't seem possible to do this with bacon currently, as $ bacon build gives me an Error: job not found: "build"

alternatives considered:

• cargo watch still works so i'll keep using that
• bacon check does not compile the project fully, so i still have to wait when i want to cargo run
• bacon run does work, but it also launches a gui application on every compile and waits until it closes to recompile, which is extremely annoying

[Canop]

bacon is meant to be configured, you can add the jobs of your choice.

For example:

[jobs.build]
command = [
    "cargo", "build",
    "--color", "always",
]
need_stdout = false

With this job added, you can launch bacon build.

Please have a look at the documentation: https://dystroy.org/bacon/config/

[alerque]

You can define any jobs you want in your config:

[jobs.build]
command = ["cargo", "build"]

You can also as keybindings to jump to the job. There are examples linked from the home page.

[m4rch3n1ng]

ah, somehow didn't think of that. makes sense.