Accept parameters for aliases

[jeandat]

I think it could be useful to allow parameters for aliases.

Maybe something like that. In this example, myAlias receive two parameters from command line named user and pwd whose value is respectively aUser and aPwd. They are used by task1.

aliases.yaml

myAlias:
  - task1:aTarget:$user:$pwd
  - task2

command line

grunt myAlias:aUser:aPwd

[SolomoN-ua]

Hi @jdat82, interesting idea I will think about it, thx.

[JeffWeim]

This would prove useful, especially if you could establish in your Gruntfile.js something like:

    'data': {
        'myData': grunt.option('foo') || 'bar'
    }

and then in your aliases.json file something like:

    "myAlias": [
        "sass:compileSass --foo=xzy"
    ]

[kohlmannj]

FWIW, would also like to see this enhancement under consideration.

[jshemas]

Would love this!

[luketeaford]

This would be perfect for me!

[ksotello]

Yeah this looks awesome

[jshemas]

@jgallen23 Any chance you can look into this? I would be eternally grateful!

[jgallen23]

This sounds like a great feature. I'd accept a PR if anybody wants to take a shot at it.

[yadimon]

as a workaround, i used alias this, to run 2 tasks, and the first one with passed parameter:

'test': {
  description: 'starts test file',
  tasks: function(fileName) {
    grunt.task.run('run-test:' + fileName);
    grunt.task.run('open:testReport');
  }
},

now i can run it like test:parameter