Invoke commands recursively

The recursive behavior enables you to manage interdependent repositories effectively by searching for dependency files (e.g., skart.toml). It recursively looks for dependencies, clones necessary repositories, and executes commands in a structured manner. This ensures that commands are executed from the bottom of the dependency tree upwards.

The recursive behavior consists of:

• Automatically finds .toml files and resolves dependencies.

• Executes commands on repositories without the .toml file first, moving upwards in the hierarchy.

• Once all dependent repositories have been processed, it executes the same command on the current repository.

Note that technically any bash command can be executed recursively on repositories using skart invoke-recursive, however, running commands that perform dependency updates or related processes was in mind when this behaviour was developed.

For more details about the available options and their usage, you can run:

$ skart invoke-recursive --help

This will provide additional context and commands you can use while working with the skart tool.

Recursive use-cases

• Testing changes recursively
• Performing a Patch Release