Pkg.jl: st Some* should return a list of packages starting with Some

[cossio]

It would be nice if typing pkg> st Some* returned the status of all packages with names starting with Some.

[KristofferC]

"All packages" where? Installed or in available registries?

[fredrikekre]

Since st X work on the current project I am assuming that this would be the same. However, then you might just do st Some<TAB> for the same effect.

[StefanKarpinski]

Since st only applies to packages in your project, presumably in the project file only.

[cossio]

Since st X work on the current project I am assuming that this would be the same. However, then you might just do st Some<TAB> for the same effect.

st Some<TAB> only prints the package names, not the full status info line (version, path if dev, etc.).

[StefanKarpinski]

Another option would be to allow | cmd at the end of any pkg> mode command to pipe its output to that command and then do pkg> st | grep ^Some. Just thinking out loud about more general ways to do this kind of thing.

[fredrikekre]

I don't really see when you want to see the status for all packages starting with some letter combination, they are probably completely unrelated.

st Some only prints the package names, not the full status info line (version, path if dev, etc.).

What? That works:

(v1) pkg> st Example
    Status `~/.julia/environments/v1/Project.toml`
  [7876af07] Example v0.5.1

Another option would be to allow | cmd at the end of any pkg> mode command to pipe its output to that command and then do pkg> st | grep ^Some.

With https://github.com/fredrikekre/jlpkg:

$ jlpkg st | grep Ex
  [7876af07] Example v0.5.1

:)

[cossio]

What? That works:

I meant pkg> st Some<TAB>, that is, pressing TAB, not Enter. Since you said that this was equivalent, I was just point out that pkg> st Some<TAB> only prints the package names that start with Some, but doesn't list their status.

However my original intention in this issue is that pkg> st Some* could print the status of matching packages.

I don't really see when you want to see the status for all packages starting with some letter combination, they are probably completely unrelated.

This is a good point. I just happen to have a bunch of packages with similar names now, related to a project. But that maybe just my particular situation and is probably not common.

[fredrikekre]

I just happen to have a bunch of packages with similar names now, related to a project.

Typically status is used to answering "What is the complete status of my project?" (pkg> status) or answering "What version of this specific package have I installed?" (pkg> status Example).

I just don't really see the usecase of pkg> status Some*. When do you ask yourself the question "What is the status of packages starting with Some?"?

[cossio]

When you are working in a project named Some and all your package names start with Some.... Ok, maybe is not that common.