I'm trying to use bb tasks as Makefile replacement. How to import environment variables? like set -a ;; source .../myenv ;; ...

now I do

:tasks
  {
    dev (shell "bash -c 'set -ae ; source VARS ; source ${DEV_ENV} && clojure -M:dev:nrepl'")
  }

is there more elegant way?

@maxp Hi! In babashka I use the following method: 1. I can set and control any value by means of config files in EDN-format. I don't need ENV vars in most cases. See example https://github.com/redstarssystems/rssyslib/blob/4de3fa36fcf6fa629f4340bbefacd4842bddc606/bb.edn#L14 2. When I need to set ENV vars for subprocess I do it like this https://github.com/redstarssystems/rssyslib/blob/4de3fa36fcf6fa629f4340bbefacd4842bddc606/bb.edn#L46 3. To read ENV vars I use cprop function from-env

cprop in Babashka - it's so good! ^)

I prepare myself to switch from shell based scripts.

@mike1452 you don't have to use env to pass environment variables to a child process, you can use (shell {:extra-env {"FOO" "BAR"}} ....)

Can something similar be achieved before launching something with (clojure ...) ? (setting env vars)

yes

exactly the same

Damn, I can't even find a single reason for complaining about BB

By the way, I did write very simple caching for BB on CircleCI, it's not particularly smart but it works and allow for upgrading version: https://gist.github.com/helins/59e3abfc96f7a641d608a314fb6b8665